Family tree van Es » Dirk Johannes Piket (1899-????)

Birthday May 1, 1899

• The temperature on May 1, 1899 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter († 1972)
• 1900 » Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer († 1967)
• 1900 » Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician († 1978)
• 1901 » Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author († 1945)
• 1901 » Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1901 » Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic († 1989)