Historical Events In 1898

Jul 22   On this day in history belgica crew see first sunrise in 1600 hrs-1st to endure Antarct winter  

Jul 23   Mervyn "Red" Dutton, Manitoba, 2nd NHL pres (1943-46) in the year 1898.  

Jul 24   In the year 1898 amelia Earhart, US aviator (1st woman to solo Atlantic)  

Jul 24   On this day in history the birth of Amelia Earhart, American aviator  

Jul 25   On this day in history 1st US troops land & occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay  

Jul 25   In the year 1898 during the Spanish-American War, U.S. forces launched their invasion of Puerto Rico, a 108-mile long, forty-mile-wide island that was one of Spain's two principle possessions in the Caribbean.  

Jul 25   In the year 1898 the first US troops land & occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay  

Jul 27   Audley Moore, civil rights activist, humanitarian [Queen Mother] on this day in history.  

Jul 27   In the year 1898 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men" (BG)  

Jul 27   Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dancing Men" (BG) in the year 1898.  

Jul 28   Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender on this day in history.  

Jul 28   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Retired Colourman"(BG) in the year 1898.  

Jul 29   In the year 1898 isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist (explored atom, Nobel 1944)  

Jul 30   "Scientific America" carried the first magazine automobile ad. The Winton Motor Car Company of Cleveland, OH invited readers to "Dispense with a Horse." in the year 1898.  

Jul 30   Henry Moore, England, sculptor (Vertebrae) in the year 1898.  

Jul 30   Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   The birth of Henry Moore, English sculptor on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history morris Stoloff, Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey)  

Aug 03   On this day in history brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper  

Aug 08   On this day in history paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans)  

Aug 09   David de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal) in the year 1898.  

Aug 11   On this day in history arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, politician/trade unionist  

Aug 12   In the year 1898 hawaii formally annexed to US  

Aug 12   On this day in history oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor (I Remember Mama)  

Aug 12   In the year 1898 peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed  

Aug 13   In the year 1898 jean Borota, France, tennis champ (35 Wimbledons between 1922-64)  

Aug 13   In the year 1898 uS forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war  

Aug 15   In the year 1898 lillian Carter, Pres Carter's (1977-1981) mom  

Aug 16   On this day in history edwin Prescott patents roller coaster  

Aug 16   On this day in history roller coaster patented  

Aug 17   In the year 1898 carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56  

Aug 17   In the year 1898 gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian  

Aug 20   G Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands) 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   On this day in history birth of viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)  

Jan 03   In the year 1898 birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)  

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1898 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   On this day in history death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)