Historical Events In 1898

Jan 29   Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre) in the year 1898.  

Feb 01   1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co on this day in history.  

Feb 01   In the year 1898 first auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Company  

Feb 02   In the year 1898 josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar)  

Feb 03   On this day in history alvar Aalto, Finland, architect (Finlandia House)  

Feb 08   On this day in history john Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming mach (Mass)  

Feb 08   In the year 1898 john Ames Sherman patents first envelope folding &gumming machine (Massachusetts)  

Feb 10   Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer in the year 1898.  

Feb 10   On this day in history the birth of Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist  

Feb 11   In the year 1898 leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist  

Feb 11   Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia in the year 1898.  

Feb 11   In the year 1898 owen Smith of North Carolina, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia  

Feb 12   Wallace Ford, [Samuel Jones Grundy], Batton England, actor (Deputy) on this day in history.  

Feb 13   On this day in history neville Pearson, English publisher  

Feb 14   Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer (super nova) on this day in history.  

Feb 15   In the year 1898 toto, (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy, actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri)  

Feb 15   USS Maine blows up in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die in the year 1898.  

Feb 15   USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die on this day in history.  

Feb 16   Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St) on this day in history.  

Feb 17   Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt) in the year 1898.  

Feb 18   Enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena in the year 1898.  

Feb 18   Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58 in the year 1898.  

Feb 19   In the year 1898 lauwrens Voorthuyzen, [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch sect leader  

Feb 20   On this day in history the birth of Enzo Ferrari, Italian car manufacturer  

Feb 21   Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh) on this day in history.  

Feb 22   On this day in history anton de Kom, Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter  

Feb 22   Black postmaster lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City SC in the year 1898.  

Feb 23   In the year 1898 in France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism & wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus  

Feb 23   Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist in the year 1898.  

Feb 24   In the year 1898 kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer  

Feb 25   In the year 1898 william Thomas Astbury, English physicist/chemist (textiles)  

Feb 26   In the year 1898 julien de Valckenaere, Flemish writer  

Feb 27   On this day in history allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)  

Feb 28   Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) in the year 1898.  

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Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1898 frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history w A Remy, composer, dies at 66  

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

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