Family tree Wim Westphaal » Sara Anna Goedhals (1899-????)

Birthday January 16, 1899

• The temperature on January 16, 1899 was about 9.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • 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.
  • 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

• 1897 » Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic († 1977)
• 1898 » Irving Rapper, American film director and producer († 1999)
• 1898 » Margaret Booth, American producer and editor († 2002)
• 1900 » Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank († 1945)
• 1900 » Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator († 1978)
• 1901 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba († 1973)