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Birthday October 12, 1898

• The temperature on October 12, 1898 was about 9.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
  • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress († 1975)
• 1893 » Velvalee Dickinson, American spy († 1980)
• 1894 » Elisabeth of Romania, queen consort of Greece († 1956)
• 1896 » Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1903 » Josephine Hutchinson, American actress († 1998)
• 1904 » Lester Dent, American journalist and author († 1959)