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Birthday October 15, 1899

• The temperature on October 15, 1899 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel († 1965)
• 1897 » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1960)
• 1899 » Adolf Brudes, Polish-German race car driver († 1986)
• 1899 » José Ramón Guizado, Panamanian politician, 17th President of Panama († 1964)
• 1900 » Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer († 1987)
• 1901 » Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist († 1952)