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 in the year 1898.  

Mar 02   On this day in history australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England  

Mar 06   On this day in history hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's)  

Mar 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen  

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

Mar 10   Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) on this day in history.  

Mar 11   Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm) in the year 1898.  

Mar 11   On this day in history the birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star  

Mar 12   In the year 1898 fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa)  

Mar 13   Josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma) on this day in history.  

Mar 16   Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 17   In the year 1898 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   On this day in history explosion in mine at Dudley Colliery, Stockton, near Newcastle, NSW, kills 15 men.  

Mar 23   Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus on this day in history.  

Mar 24   1st automobile sold in the year 1898.  

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

Mar 24   On this day in history the first recoreded sale of an automobile  

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   On this day in history intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC  

Mar 26   Renzo Massarani, composer in the year 1898.  

Mar 27   In the year 1898 sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80  

Mar 29   In the year 1898 cecil Lewis, airman/writer  

Mar 30   In the year 1898 heinz Risse, writer  

Mar 31   Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies in the year 1898.  

Apr 01   In the year 1898 nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], NYC, actress (Blood & Sand)  

Apr 02   In the year 1898 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   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)  

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 in the year 1898.  

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

Jan 04   Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)