Historical Events In 1899

Nov 19   On this day in history [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55  

Nov 20   In the year 1899 carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63  

Nov 20   Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 21   In the year 1899 garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies  

Nov 22   On this day in history -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army)  

Nov 22   Hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael (songwriter Stardust) in the year 1899.  

Nov 22   Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust) in the year 1899.  

Nov 23   In the year 1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF)  

Nov 23   Norman Hunter, writer on this day in history.  

Nov 23   The first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco) on this day in history.  

Nov 24   On this day in history abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies  

Nov 24   Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 25   In the year 1899 battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers  

Nov 25   On this day in history robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73  

Nov 25   On this day in history vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman)  

Nov 27   In the year 1899 felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74  

Nov 28   In the year 1899 adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19  

Nov 28   Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronjé beats British gen Methuen) in the year 1899.  

Nov 29   In the year 1899 gustave Reese, composer  

Dec 01   Robert Welch, found John Birch Society on this day in history.  

Dec 02   John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra) in the year 1899.  

Dec 02   On this day in history uS & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them  

Dec 02   US and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them on this day in history.  

Dec 04   On this day in history 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes  

Dec 04   On this day in history douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer  

Dec 04   Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor in the year 1899.  

Dec 05   Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player in the year 1899.  

Dec 06   On this day in history harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith  

Dec 07   In the year 1899 antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82  

Dec 08   James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist on this day in history.  

Dec 08   Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith on this day in history.  

Dec 09   In the year 1899 frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor  

Dec 10   On this day in history -15] British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa  

Dec 11   On this day in history andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer  

Jan 01   In the year 1899 birth of lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)  

Jan 01   Raymond Loucheur, composer was born in the year 1899.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)  

Jan 06   In the year 1899 birth of phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)  

Jan 07   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1899 birth of kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)  

Jan 10   Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1899 death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)  

Jan 25   In the year 1899 alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies  

Jan 29   On this day in history alfred Sisley, painter, dies  

Feb 06   On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67  

Feb 11   George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies in the year 1899.  

Feb 16   Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 on this day in history.