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Birthday February 14, 1898

• The temperature on February 14, 1898 was about 2.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
  • July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • 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.
  • October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
  • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)
• 1895 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist († 1973)
• 1895 » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general († 1945)
• 1898 » Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
• 1898 » Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer († 1974)
• 1900 » Jessica Dragonette, American singer († 1980)