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Day of marriage May 22, 1897

• The temperature on May 22, 1897 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
  • April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
  • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
  • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
  • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
  • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

Day of death August 2, 1898

• The temperature on August 2, 1898 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
  • 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.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
  • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
  • December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)