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Birthday June 22, 1899

• The temperature on June 22, 1899 was about 18.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • 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 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster († 1973)
• 1897 » Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist and philosopher († 1990)
• 1898 » Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier and author († 1970)
• 1899 » Michał Kalecki, Polish economist and academic († 1970)
• 1899 » Richard Gurley Drew, American engineer, invented Masking tape († 1980)
• 1900 » Oskar Fischinger, German-American abstract artist, filmmaker, and painter († 1967)