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Birthday April 23, 1899

• The temperature on April 23, 1899 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 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.
  • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • 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 » Folke Jansson, American general († 1965)
• 1898 » Lucius D. Clay, American general († 1978)
• 1899 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1899 » Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult († 1982)
• 1900 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1959)
• 1900 » Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director († 1996)