Historical Events In 1898

Jan 01   Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island are consolidated into New York City in the year 1898.  

Jan 01   Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay in the year 1898.  

Jan 03   James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life & Letters" appears  

Jan 04   Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history roger Vuataz, composer  

Jan 06   On this day in history 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake  

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) on this day in history.  

Jan 06   The first telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake in the year 1898.  

Jan 07   Art Baker, NYC, TV host (You Asked For It) on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1898 gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer  

Jan 10   In the year 1898 sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director (Alexandr Nevski) [OS]  

Jan 11   Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven)  

Jan 12   Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan in the year 1898.  

Jan 12   Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in Paris on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Dreyfus  

Jan 13   In the year 1898 pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch diplomat  

Jan 14   Death of Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, British author of Alice in Wonderland in the year 1898.  

Jan 14   In the year 1898 helen Flint, Chicago, actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast)  

Jan 14   In the year 1898 joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)  

Jan 14   In the year 1898 joe Darling hits the first six in Tests (out of the ground)  

Jan 14   On this day in history lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65  

Jan 19   Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein) on this day in history.  

Jan 21   On this day in history avery Claflin, composer  

Jan 22   In the year 1898 alexander Abramsky, composer  

Jan 23   Randolph Scott, actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union) in the year 1898.  

Jan 23   In the year 1898 w A Remy, composer, dies at 66  

Jan 25   Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding) in the year 1898.  

Jan 28   Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1898.  

Jan 28   Vittorio Rieti, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1898 birth of george van Derton, Belgian  

Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 01   In the year 1898 birth of viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)  

Jan 03   In the year 1898 birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)  

Jan 04   Roger Vuataz, composer was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1898 birth of charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)  

Jan 03   James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 in the year 1898.  

Jan 04   Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1898.  

Jan 11   Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1898.  

Jan 14   On this day in history lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65  

Jan 16   In the year 1898 death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)  

Jan 23   W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1898.  

Jan 28   Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1898 death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)