Family tree Van Dijk » Petrus Aloisius Vermeer (1899-????)

Birthday September 28, 1899

• The temperature on September 28, 1899 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 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.
  • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

• 1893 » Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician († 1973)
• 1898 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician († 1957)
• 1900 » Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII († 1951)
• 1901 » Ed Sullivan, American television host († 1974)
• 1901 » William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS († 1990)
• 1903 » Haywood S. Hansell, American general († 1988)