Page 3: Historical Events In 1898

Mar 01   On this day in history 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.   

Mar 02   In the year 1898 australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England   

Mar 06   In the year 1898 hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's)   

Mar 07   In the year 1898 jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 08   In the year 1898 richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen   

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   On this day in history the birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star   

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

Mar 13   On this day in history josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)   

Mar 16   On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

Mar 17   In the year 1898 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   In the year 1898 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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 23   In the year 1898 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) in the year 1898.   

Mar 24   The first recoreded sale of an automobile in the year 1898.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1898 renzo Massarani, composer   

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

Mar 29   In the year 1898 cecil Lewis, airman/writer   

Mar 30   In the year 1898 heinz Risse, writer   

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

Apr 01   On this day in history 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   George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)   

Jan 03   In the year 1898 birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)   

Jan 04   In the year 1898 birth of roger Vuataz, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1898.   

Jan 11   On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86   

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

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   Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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