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   In the year 1899 the first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times.   

Jan 05   Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG) in the year 1899.   

Jan 06   On this day in history phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1899 walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's   

Jan 08   In the year 1899 solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)   

Jan 09   Manitobans suffer record low temperature of -52.8 Celsius (-63 F)0 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1899 gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69   

Jan 12   Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948) in the year 1899.   

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 in the year 1899.   

Jan 14   In the year 1899 fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general (WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo)   

Jan 15   Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman) on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging)   

Jan 17   The birth of Al Capone, American gangster on this day in history.   

Jan 17   US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific in the year 1899.   

Jan 19   In the year 1899 anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

Jan 19   [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer in the year 1899.   

Jan 20   Alexander Tcherepnin, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Opel manufactured its first automobile in the year 1899.   

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

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

Jan 22   Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation on this day in history.   

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

Jan 23   In the year 1899 joseph Nathan Kane, historian (Famous Firsts)   

Jan 24   Belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1899 rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan   

Jan 25   In the year 1899 ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces)   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1899 wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)   

Jan 27   On this day in history granville English, composer   

Jan 28   American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress in the year 1899.   

Jan 28   On this day in history zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger   

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Jan 01   Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   Raymond Loucheur, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61) was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 06   Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 07   In the year 1899 birth of francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69   

Jan 12   Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) died on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies in the year 1899.   

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies in the year 1899.   

Feb 06   In the year 1899 georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67   

Feb 11   On this day in history george Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies   

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

Feb 18   In the year 1899 m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56