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Birthday January 25, 1899

• The temperature on January 25, 1899 was about -3.4 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

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• 1899 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1972)
• 1899 » Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)
• 1900 » István Fekete, Hungarian author († 1970)
• 1900 » Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and pioneer of evolutionary biology († 1975)
• 1900 » Yōjirō Ishizaka, Japanese author and educator († 1986)
• 1901 » Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver and pilot († 1982)