Historical Events In 1898

Dec 10   On this day in history spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR and Guam  

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

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

Dec 13   In the year 1898 daniel Lazarus, composer  

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 The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge in the year 1898.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   In the year 1898 george Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72  

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

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) in the year 1898.  

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

Dec 20   Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama) in the year 1898.  

Dec 21   On this day in history ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar)  

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

Dec 24   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 26   Radium, the radioactive element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in the year 1898.  

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

Dec 29   In the year 1898 jeanne Leleu, composer  

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   In the year 1898 birth of george van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race)  

Jan 01   In the year 1898 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   Roger Vuataz, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1898 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   In the year 1898 james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70  

Jan 04   On this day in history frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73  

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

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)