Historical Events In 1898

Dec 10   Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR and Guam in the year 1898.  

Dec 11   Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn) on this day in history.  

Dec 12   1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania in the year 1898.  

Dec 13   In the year 1898 daniel Lazarus, composer  

Dec 13   On this day in history first passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge.  

Dec 13   George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1898.  

Dec 14   Frederick Douglass Hall, composer in the year 1898.  

Dec 15   Fernando Remacha, composer in the year 1898.  

Dec 18   In the year 1898 at a site near Paris, France, Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the world's first official automobile land speed record of 39 miles per hour.  

Dec 18   Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist in the year 1898.  

Dec 20   On this day in history irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama)  

Dec 21   Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar) on this day in history.  

Dec 21   In the year 1898 scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium  

Dec 24   Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1898.  

Dec 24   In the year 1898 herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam  

Dec 25   Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.  

Dec 26   In the year 1898 radium, the radioactive element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie  

Dec 29   In the year 1898 georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74  

Dec 29   In the year 1898 jeanne Leleu, composer  

Dec 30   In the year 1898 vincent Lopez, Bkln NY, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)  

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)  

Jan 06   Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 03   James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65  

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

Jan 23   W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 16   In the year 1898 death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)