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Birthday August 25, 1898

• The temperature on August 25, 1898 was about 18.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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.
  • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Arthur Wood, English cricketer († 1973)
• 1898 » Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic († 1975)
• 1899 » Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1900 » Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect († 1970)
• 1902 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator († 1972)