Historical Events In 1899

Jan 01   In the year 1899 cuba liberated from Spain by US  

Jan 02   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer in the year 1899.  

Jan 03   The first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1899 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)  

Jan 06   In the year 1899 phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)  

Jan 07   On this day in history francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)  

Jan 07   On this day in history walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's  

Jan 08   On this day in history solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)  

Jan 09   On this day in history manitobans suffer record low temperature of -52.8 Celsius (-63 F)0  

Jan 10   Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)  

Jan 13   The Canadian Northern Railway is formed by the amalgamation of the Winnipeg Great Northern Railway and the Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Company. William Mackenzie and Donald Mann then proceeded to expand the Canadian Northern system so that by 1915 the system comprised 9,362 miles of trackage on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general (WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo)  

Jan 15   Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman) in the year 1899.  

Jan 17   Al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging) in the year 1899.  

Jan 17   On this day in history the birth of Al Capone, American gangster  

Jan 17   In the year 1899 uS takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific  

Jan 19   Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms in the year 1899.  

Jan 19   On this day in history [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer  

Jan 20   On this day in history alexander Tcherepnin, composer  

Jan 21   In the year 1899 opel manufactured its first automobile.  

Jan 22   In the year 1899 guido Kisch, Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany)  

Jan 22   Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss a federation bill in the year 1899.  

Jan 22   In the year 1899 leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.  

Jan 23   Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Joseph Nathan Kane, historian (Famous Firsts) on this day in history.  

Jan 24   Belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms in the year 1899.  

Jan 24   Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces) on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 26   On this day in history wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)  

Jan 27   Granville English, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history american Social Science Association incorporated by Congress  

Jan 28   Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger in the year 1899.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer  

Jan 01   Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1899 birth of raymond Loucheur, composer  

Jan 02   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1899 birth of phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)  

Jan 07   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) was born in the year 1899.  

Jan 07   Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant) was born in the year 1899.  

Jan 10   Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 in the year 1899.  

Jan 12   Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) died in the year 1899.  

Jan 25   On this day in history alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies  

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 11   George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 16   Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 in the year 1899.