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Birthday May 27, 1899

• The temperature on May 27, 1899 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach († 1962)
• 1897 » John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1898 » David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer († 1976)
• 1899 » Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player († 1993)
• 1900 » Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp († 1964)
• 1900 » Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator († 1933)