Historical Events In 1898

Mar 01   Through service commences over the Intercolonial Railway between Halifax and Montreal. This is achieved through a series of leases and running rights agreements with the Grand trunk Railway on this day in history.  

Mar 02   Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England on this day in history.  

Mar 06   In the year 1898 hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's)  

Mar 07   In the year 1898 jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer  

Mar 08   Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other) on this day in history.  

Mar 08   In the year 1898 richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen  

Mar 08   On this day in history richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen  

Mar 10   On this day in history cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)  

Mar 11   In the year 1898 dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm)  

Mar 11   The birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star on this day in history.  

Mar 12   On this day in history fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa)  

Mar 13   On this day in history josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)  

Mar 16   On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23  

Mar 17   In the year 1898 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes)  

Mar 17   In the year 1898 blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington  

Mar 17   On this day in history the first practical submarine submerges, off New York NY for 1 hour 40 minutes  

Mar 18   Otto Jochum, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 19   In the year 1898 joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26  

Mar 19   USS Oregon departs San Francisco for 14,000 mile trip around South America to join U.S. Squadron off Cuba in the year 1898.  

Mar 21   Explosion in mine at Dudley Colliery, Stockton, near Newcastle, NSW, kills 15 men in the year 1898.  

Mar 23   On this day in history georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus  

Mar 24   On this day in history 1st automobile sold  

Mar 24   Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard) in the year 1898.  

Mar 24   The first recoreded sale of an automobile in the year 1898.  

Mar 25   In the year 1898 assist. SECNAV Theodore Roosevelt proposes Navy investigate military application of Samuel Langley's flying machine, beginning naval aviation  

Mar 25   In the year 1898 intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC  

Mar 26   Renzo Massarani, composer in the year 1898.  

Mar 27   Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 in the year 1898.  

Mar 29   Cecil Lewis, airman/writer in the year 1898.  

Mar 30   On this day in history heinz Risse, writer  

Mar 31   In the year 1898 edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies  

Apr 01   Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], NYC, actress (Blood & Sand) on this day in history.  

Apr 02   On this day in history adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms  

Apr 03   On this day in history george Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic)  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1898 birth of george van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race)  

Jan 01   Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) was born in the year 1898.  

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   On this day in history 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   Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) died in the year 1898.  

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

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)