Historical Events In 1899

Feb 16   Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng v SA Johannesburg) in the year 1899.  

Feb 16   On this day in history pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England vs South Africa Johannesburg)  

Feb 18   In the year 1899 80°F in SF  

Feb 18   On this day in history 80º F, San Francisco CA  

Feb 18   On this day in history arthur Bryant, English historian (King Charles II)  

Feb 18   In the year 1899 m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56  

Feb 18   On this day in history san Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports  

Feb 20   On this day in history cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)  

Feb 20   On this day in history ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system  

Feb 20   On this day in history illinois Tel &Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system  

Feb 22   Dwight Frye, Salina KS, actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein) in the year 1899.  

Feb 24   On this day in history jacob Presser, Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall)  

Feb 24   In the year 1899 western Washington University is established.  

Feb 25   Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist on this day in history.  

Feb 25   In the year 1899 paul Julius Reuter, founder of the eponymous British news agency, dies in Nice, France.  

Feb 25   On this day in history paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies  

Feb 27   Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer (Insulin) on this day in history.  

Feb 28   On this day in history frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist  

Mar 01   Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian MP, dies at 90 in the year 1899.  

Mar 02   On this day in history admiral George Dewey becomes the first US Admiral of the Navy.  

Mar 02   On this day in history pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame  

Mar 02   On this day in history pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US)  

Mar 02   President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US) in the year 1899.  

Mar 03   On this day in history alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)  

Mar 03   On this day in history congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar  

Mar 03   George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy on this day in history.  

Mar 04   Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland on this day in history.  

Mar 05   On this day in history 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D  

Mar 05   Patrick Hadley, composer in the year 1899.  

Mar 06   In the year 1899 "Aspirin" patented by Felix Hoffmann and still going strong 100 years later  

Mar 06   In the year 1899 "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann  

Mar 06   In the year 1899 aspirin was patented by Felix Hoffman  

Mar 08   In the year 1899 eric Linklater, Scotland, novelist/poet (Blue Swallows)  

Mar 10   Finn Hoffding, composer in the year 1899.  

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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   On this day in history birth of raymond Loucheur, composer  

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

Jan 02   Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61) was born in the year 1899.  

Jan 06   Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) was born in the year 1899.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)  

Jan 10   Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 in the year 1899.  

Jan 12   On this day in history death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)  

Jan 25   On this day in history alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies  

Jan 29   In the year 1899 alfred Sisley, painter, dies  

Feb 06   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 in the year 1899.  

Feb 11   On this day in history george Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies  

Feb 16   In the year 1899 francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57  

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