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Birthday September 24, 1898

• The temperature on September 24, 1898 was about 13.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  • August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1896 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer († 1940)
• 1898 » Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer († 1990)
• 1898 » Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1899 » William Dobell, Australian painter († 1970)
• 1900 » Ham Fisher, American cartoonist († 1955)