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) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 13   Daniel Lazarus, composer in the year 1898.  

Dec 13   In the year 1898 first passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge.  

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

Dec 14   On this day in history frederick Douglass Hall, composer  

Dec 15   In the year 1898 fernando Remacha, composer  

Dec 18   On this day in history 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.  

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

Dec 18   Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist in the year 1898.  

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

Dec 21   On this day in history ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar)  

Dec 21   Scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium in the year 1898.  

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   Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 29   Jeanne Leleu, composer in the year 1898.  

Dec 30   Vincent Lopez, Bkln NY, orch leader (Welcome Aboard) 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   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   In the year 1898 birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)  

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

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   On this day in history james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70  

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

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

Jan 14   In the year 1898 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   In the year 1898 alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74  

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