Historical Events In 1898

Dec 10   Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR and Guam on this day in history.  

Dec 11   In the year 1898 nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn)  

Dec 12   On this day in history 1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania  

Dec 13   In the year 1898 daniel Lazarus, composer  

Dec 13   First passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge on this day in history.  

Dec 13   In the year 1898 george Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72  

Dec 14   Frederick Douglass Hall, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 15   Fernando Remacha, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 18   At a site near Paris, France, Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the world's first official automobile land speed record of 39 miles per hour on this day in history.  

Dec 18   In the year 1898 automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)  

Dec 18   In the year 1898 jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist  

Dec 20   Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama) on this day in history.  

Dec 21   Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar) in the year 1898.  

Dec 21   Scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium on this day in history.  

Dec 24   Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1898.  

Dec 24   Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam in the year 1898.  

Dec 25   On this day in history theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter  

Dec 26   In the year 1898 radium, the radioactive element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie  

Dec 29   On this day in history georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74  

Dec 29   In the year 1898 jeanne Leleu, composer  

Dec 30   In the year 1898 vincent Lopez, Bkln NY, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of george van Derton, Belgian  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of george van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)  

Jan 03   In the year 1898 birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)  

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1898 birth of roger Vuataz, composer  

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born in the year 1898.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1898 james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70  

Jan 04   On this day in history frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73  

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

Jan 14   Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 in the year 1898.  

Jan 16   On this day in history death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)  

Jan 23   On this day in history w A Remy, composer, dies at 66  

Jan 28   On this day in history alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74  

Feb 16   Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) died in the year 1898.