Historical Events In 1898

Dec 10   Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR and Guam in the year 1898.  

Dec 11   Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn) in the year 1898.  

Dec 12   In the year 1898 1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania  

Dec 13   Daniel Lazarus, composer on this day in history.  

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 The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge in the year 1898.  

Dec 13   On this day in history george Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72  

Dec 14   Frederick Douglass Hall, composer in the year 1898.  

Dec 15   Fernando Remacha, composer in the year 1898.  

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 in the year 1898.  

Dec 18   Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) on this day in history.  

Dec 18   On this day in history 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   In the year 1898 scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium  

Dec 24   Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 25   In the year 1898 theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter  

Dec 26   Radium, the radioactive element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie on this day in history.  

Dec 29   Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1898.  

Dec 29   On this day in history jeanne Leleu, composer  

Dec 30   On this day in history 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   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) was born in the year 1898.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1898 birth of jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)  

Jan 06   Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1898 frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 11   In the year 1898 gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86  

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

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

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

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

Feb 16   Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) died on this day in history.