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Birthday March 16, 1899

• The temperature on March 16, 1899 was about 2.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 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 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Ernest Labrousse, French historian († 1988)
• 1897 » Antonio Donghi, Italian painter († 1963)
• 1897 » Conrad Nagel, American actor († 1970)
• 1900 » Cyril Hume, American novelist († 1966)
• 1900 » Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin († 1964)
• 1901 » Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer († 1987)