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

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

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

Mar 08   In the year 1898 louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other)  

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

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

Mar 10   Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) in the year 1898.  

Mar 11   Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm) in the year 1898.  

Mar 11   In the year 1898 the birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star  

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   In the year 1898 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes)  

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

Mar 17   The first practical submarine submerges, off New York NY for 1 hour 40 minutes in the year 1898.  

Mar 18   Otto Jochum, composer in the year 1898.  

Mar 19   Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

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   Explosion in mine at Dudley Colliery, Stockton, near Newcastle, NSW, kills 15 men in the year 1898.  

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

Mar 24   In the year 1898 1st automobile sold  

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

Mar 24   The first recoreded sale of an automobile on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1898.  

Mar 31   Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies on this day in history.  

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

Apr 02   Adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms on this day in history.  

Apr 03   George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) in the year 1898.  

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

Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born in the year 1898.  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1898.  

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   James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 in the year 1898.  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1898 gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86  

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

Jan 16   Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) died on this day in history.  

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