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   Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England in the year 1898.  

Mar 06   On this day in history hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's)  

Mar 07   Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer in the year 1898.  

Mar 08   Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other) in the year 1898.  

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

Mar 08   On this day in history richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen  

Mar 10   On this day in history cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)  

Mar 11   On this day in history dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm)  

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

Mar 12   Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa) on this day in history.  

Mar 13   In the year 1898 josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)  

Mar 16   Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 17   On this day in history blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington  

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

Mar 18   In the year 1898 otto Jochum, composer  

Mar 19   Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26 in the year 1898.  

Mar 19   On this day in history uSS Oregon departs San Francisco for 14,000 mile trip around South America to join U.S. Squadron off Cuba  

Mar 21   On this day in history explosion in mine at Dudley Colliery, Stockton, near Newcastle, NSW, kills 15 men.  

Mar 23   On this day in history georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus  

Mar 24   In the year 1898 1st automobile sold  

Mar 24   Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard) on this day in history.  

Mar 24   On this day in history 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   Renzo Massarani, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 27   On this day in history sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80  

Mar 29   Cecil Lewis, airman/writer on this day in history.  

Mar 30   Heinz Risse, writer on this day in history.  

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

Apr 01   In the year 1898 nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], NYC, actress (Blood & Sand)  

Apr 02   In the year 1898 adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms  

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of george van Derton, Belgian  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1898 frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73  

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

Jan 14   Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1898 alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74  

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