Page 13: Historical Events In 1898

Dec 10   Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR and Guam on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 13   On this day in history 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 The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge on this day in history.   

Dec 13   George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Dec 14   In the year 1898 frederick Douglass Hall, composer   

Dec 15   Fernando Remacha, composer on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

Dec 18   In the year 1898 jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist   

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

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   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   In the year 1898 theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter   

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   On this day in history jeanne Leleu, composer   

Dec 30   On this day in history 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   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 01   In the year 1898 birth of viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)   

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   In the year 1898 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   Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1898 james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70   

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

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

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

Jan 16   On this day in history death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74   

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