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Birthday April 7, 1899

• The temperature on April 7, 1899 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis († 1974)
• 1897 » Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot († 1918)
• 1897 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host († 1972)
• 1899 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer († 1972)
• 1900 » Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor († 1975)
• 1900 » Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker († 1984)