Historical Events In 1898

Mar 01   In the year 1898 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.  

Mar 02   Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England in the year 1898.  

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

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   Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen on this day in history.  

Mar 10   Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) in the year 1898.  

Mar 11   Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm) on this day in history.  

Mar 11   In the year 1898 the birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star  

Mar 12   Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa) on this day in history.  

Mar 13   In the year 1898 josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)  

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) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 17   The first practical submarine submerges, off New York NY for 1 hour 40 minutes in the year 1898.  

Mar 18   In the year 1898 otto Jochum, composer  

Mar 19   Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 23   Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus in the year 1898.  

Mar 24   1st automobile sold on this day in history.  

Mar 24   Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 25   Assist. SECNAV Theodore Roosevelt proposes Navy investigate military application of Samuel Langley's flying machine, beginning naval aviation on this day in history.  

Mar 25   Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC in the year 1898.  

Mar 26   Renzo Massarani, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   On this day in history cecil Lewis, airman/writer  

Mar 30   Heinz Risse, writer on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1898.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of george van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race)  

Jan 01   Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) was born in the year 1898.  

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   Roger Vuataz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1898 lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65  

Jan 16   On this day in history death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)  

Jan 23   W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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