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Birthday November 10, 1899

• The temperature on November 10, 1899 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » John P. Marquand, American author († 1960)
• 1894 » Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1957)
• 1895 » József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic († 1979)
• 1895 » Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation († 1981)
• 1896 » Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1899 » Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator († 1975)