Historical Events In 1899

Nov 19   In the year 1899 allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)  

Nov 19   On this day in history [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55  

Nov 20   Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Nov 20   On this day in history juan Vicente Lecuna, composer  

Nov 21   Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies in the year 1899.  

Nov 22   In the year 1899 -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army)  

Nov 22   In the year 1899 hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael (songwriter Stardust)  

Nov 22   On this day in history hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust)  

Nov 23   In the year 1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF)  

Nov 23   Norman Hunter, writer in the year 1899.  

Nov 23   The first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco) on this day in history.  

Nov 24   Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies in the year 1899.  

Nov 24   Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer in the year 1899.  

Nov 25   Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers in the year 1899.  

Nov 25   On this day in history robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73  

Nov 25   Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman) in the year 1899.  

Nov 27   On this day in history felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74  

Nov 28   Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19 in the year 1899.  

Nov 28   Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronjé beats British gen Methuen) on this day in history.  

Nov 29   In the year 1899 gustave Reese, composer  

Dec 01   Robert Welch, found John Birch Society in the year 1899.  

Dec 02   John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra) on this day in history.  

Dec 02   In the year 1899 uS & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them  

Dec 02   On this day in history uS and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them  

Dec 04   In the year 1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes  

Dec 04   Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer in the year 1899.  

Dec 04   Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor on this day in history.  

Dec 05   Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player in the year 1899.  

Dec 06   On this day in history harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith  

Dec 07   In the year 1899 antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82  

Dec 08   In the year 1899 james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist  

Dec 08   Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith in the year 1899.  

Dec 09   On this day in history frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor  

Dec 10   On this day in history -15] British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa  

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Jan 01   Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu) was born in the year 1899.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of raymond Loucheur, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer  

Jan 02   In the year 1899 birth of paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)  

Jan 06   Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) was born in the year 1899.  

Jan 07   Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant) was born in the year 1899.  

Jan 10   In the year 1899 gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69  

Jan 12   In the year 1899 death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)  

Jan 25   On this day in history alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies  

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies in the year 1899.  

Feb 06   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 11   George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies in the year 1899.  

Feb 16   Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   On this day in history m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56