Family tree Vercauteren » Josephina Maria Vercauteren (1898-????)

Birthday July 28, 1898

• The temperature on July 28, 1898 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
  • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
  • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
  • September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1898 » Lawrence Gray, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)
• 1901 » Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist († 1986)
• 1902 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter († 1959)
• 1902 » Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic († 1994)