Historical Events In 1898

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

Dec 11   On this day in history nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn)  

Dec 12   1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania on this day in history.  

Dec 13   Daniel Lazarus, composer in the year 1898.  

Dec 13   First passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge in the year 1898.  

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

Dec 14   On this day in history frederick Douglass Hall, composer  

Dec 15   On this day in history fernando Remacha, composer  

Dec 18   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 on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) in the year 1898.  

Dec 18   On this day in history jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist  

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

Dec 21   Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar) in the year 1898.  

Dec 21   On this day in history scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium  

Dec 24   In the year 1898 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41  

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

Dec 25   Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter in the year 1898.  

Dec 26   Radium, the radioactive element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie on this day in history.  

Dec 29   Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Dec 29   Jeanne Leleu, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 30   Vincent Lopez, Bkln NY, orch leader (Welcome Aboard) on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   Roger Vuataz, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)  

Jan 03   On this day in history james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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.