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Birthday February 4, 1899

• The temperature on February 4, 1899 was about -3.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
  • 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 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author († 1938)
• 1896 » Friedrich Hund, German physicist and academic († 1997)
• 1897 » Ludwig Erhard, German soldier and politician, 2nd Chancellor of West Germany († 1977)
• 1899 » Virginia M. Alexander, American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home († 1949)
• 1900 » Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1902 » Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer († 1974)