Historical Events In 1898

Mar 01   Through service commences over the Intercolonial Railway between Halifax and Montreal. This is achieved through a series of leases and running rights agreements with the Grand trunk Railway on this day in history.   

Mar 02   On this day in history australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England   

Mar 06   Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's) in the year 1898.   

Mar 07   On this day in history jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer   

Mar 08   Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other) on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen in the year 1898.   

Mar 10   In the year 1898 cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)   

Mar 11   Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   The birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1898 fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa)   

Mar 13   Josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma) on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1898 aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

Mar 17   1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes) on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington in the year 1898.   

Mar 17   On this day in history the first practical submarine submerges, off New York NY for 1 hour 40 minutes   

Mar 18   Otto Jochum, composer in the year 1898.   

Mar 19   On this day in history joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26   

Mar 19   USS Oregon departs San Francisco for 14,000 mile trip around South America to join U.S. Squadron off Cuba in the year 1898.   

Mar 21   In the year 1898 explosion in mine at Dudley Colliery, Stockton, near Newcastle, NSW, kills 15 men.   

Mar 23   Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus in the year 1898.   

Mar 24   On this day in history 1st automobile sold   

Mar 24   In the year 1898 dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard)   

Mar 24   In the year 1898 the first recoreded sale of an automobile   

Mar 25   In the year 1898 assist. SECNAV Theodore Roosevelt proposes Navy investigate military application of Samuel Langley's flying machine, beginning naval aviation   

Mar 25   Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC in the year 1898.   

Mar 26   On this day in history renzo Massarani, composer   

Mar 27   Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   Cecil Lewis, airman/writer in the year 1898.   

Mar 30   On this day in history heinz Risse, writer   

Mar 31   On this day in history edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies   

Apr 01   Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], NYC, actress (Blood & Sand) on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms in the year 1898.   

Apr 03   In the year 1898 george Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic)   

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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   In the year 1898 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1898.   

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

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

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

Feb 16   Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) died on this day in history.