Family tree Van Rumpt » Johanna de Man (1899-????)

Birthday October 22, 1899

• The temperature on October 22, 1899 was about 4.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • 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.
  • 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 » Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic († 1988)
• 1896 » José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright († 1967).
• 1897 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator († 1958)
• 1898 » Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist († 1990).
• 1899 » Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter († 1975).
• 1900 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist († 1927)