Historical Events In 1898

Aug 21   In the year 1898 nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40  

Aug 22   In the year 1898 francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress (John Meade's Woman)  

Aug 23   18th US Mens Tennis: Malcolm Whitman beats Dwight Davis (36 62 62 61) on this day in history.  

Aug 23   In the year 1898 joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82  

Aug 24   On this day in history albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)  

Aug 25   In the year 1898 700 Greeks and 15 Englishmen are slaughtered by the Turks in Heraklion, Greece.  

Aug 26   Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Enny de Leeuwe, [Engelina], actress (Anatevka)/wife of Pierre Mols on this day in history.  

Aug 28   Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola" in the year 1898.  

Aug 28   In the year 1898 ludwig Turek, writer  

Aug 29   Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels) on this day in history.  

Aug 29   In the year 1898 the Goodyear tire company is founded.  

Sep 01   Dutch soccer team Receiver forms in the year 1898.  

Sep 01   On this day in history marilyn Miller, [Renolds], US actress (Sunny)/wife of Jack Pickford  

Sep 02   Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain on this day in history.  

Sep 02   In the year 1898 hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire  

Sep 02   Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain in the year 1898.  

Sep 05   In the year 1898 ebbe Hamerik, composer  

Sep 05   Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds, disguised as man fought for union, dies in the year 1898.  

Sep 06   On this day in history lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman  

Sep 08   Queenie Smith, NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side) in the year 1898.  

Sep 09   Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931) in the year 1898.  

Sep 09   Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders in the year 1898.  

Sep 10   On this day in history adele Marie Astaire, Omaha NE, sister of Fred Astaire, entertainer  

Sep 10   Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60 in the year 1898.  

Sep 10   Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda in the year 1898.  

Sep 11   Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1898.  

Sep 12   Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters) in the year 1898.  

Sep 13   On this day in history 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike  

Sep 14   Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history john J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet (El Dorado)  

Sep 15   National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY on this day in history.  

Sep 18   On this day in history lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan  

Sep 19   Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian was born in the year 1898.  

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   Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 03   In the year 1898 birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of roger Vuataz, composer  

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1898 birth of charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)  

Jan 03   James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 in the year 1898.  

Jan 04   In the year 1898 frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 11   Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1898.  

Jan 14   Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) died on this day in history.  

Jan 23   In the year 1898 w A Remy, composer, dies at 66  

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

Feb 16   On this day in history death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)