Historical Events In 1898

Aug 21   Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Aug 22   Francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress (John Meade's Woman) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 23   On this day in history joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82  

Aug 24   Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 26   In the year 1898 peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector  

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

Aug 28   On this day in history caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".  

Aug 28   Ludwig Turek, writer on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels) in the year 1898.  

Aug 29   On this day in history the Goodyear tire company is founded.  

Sep 01   In the year 1898 dutch soccer team Receiver forms  

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

Sep 02   In the year 1898 battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain  

Sep 02   Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire in the year 1898.  

Sep 02   In the year 1898 lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain  

Sep 05   Ebbe Hamerik, composer in the year 1898.  

Sep 05   On this day in history sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds, disguised as man fought for union, dies  

Sep 06   Lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman in the year 1898.  

Sep 08   Queenie Smith, NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side) on this day in history.  

Sep 09   Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10   Adele Marie Astaire, Omaha NE, sister of Fred Astaire, entertainer on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10   On this day in history lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda  

Sep 11   On this day in history adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74  

Sep 12   On this day in history ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters)  

Sep 13   In the year 1898 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike  

Sep 14   Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies in the year 1898.  

Sep 15   In the year 1898 john J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet (El Dorado)  

Sep 15   National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY in the year 1898.  

Sep 18   In the year 1898 lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan  

Sep 19   Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71) in the year 1898.  

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

Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) was born in the year 1898.  

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

Jan 04   Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1898.  

Jan 11   Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 16   Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) died in the year 1898.  

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

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.