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

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

Mar 07   On this day in history jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer  

Mar 08   In the year 1898 louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other)  

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

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   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   On this day in history 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes)  

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

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

Mar 18   On this day in history otto Jochum, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 24   On this day in history 1st automobile sold  

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

Mar 24   In the year 1898 the first recoreded sale of an automobile  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1898 cecil Lewis, airman/writer  

Mar 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms  

Apr 03   George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) in the year 1898.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1898 birth of george van Derton, Belgian  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1898 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   In the year 1898 birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)  

Jan 04   Roger Vuataz, composer was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born in the year 1898.  

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   Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1898.  

Jan 11   On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86  

Jan 14   Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 in the year 1898.  

Jan 16   In the year 1898 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 in the year 1898.  

Jan 28   Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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