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Birthday April 14, 1898

• The temperature on April 14, 1898 was about 6.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
  • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
  • 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 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
  • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Claire Windsor, American actress († 1972)
• 1892 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter († 1962)
• 1892 » V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist and philologist († 1957)
• 1902 » Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee († 1974)
• 1903 » Henry Corbin, French philosopher and academic († 1978)
• 1903 » Ruth Svedberg, Swedish discus thrower and triathlete († 2002)