Family tree Van den Brande » Leopold VAN DAMME (1899-????)

Birthday January 2, 1899

• The temperature on January 2, 1899 was about 4.1 °C. The airpressure was 73 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.
  • 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.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1896 » Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer († 1982)
• 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
• 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)