Historical Events In 1899

Jan 01   On this day in history cuba liberated from Spain by US   

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)   

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

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

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

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

Jan 09   Manitobans suffer record low temperature of -52.8 Celsius (-63 F)0 in the year 1899.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1899 the birth of Al Capone, American gangster   

Jan 17   US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1899 anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

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

Jan 20   Alexander Tcherepnin, composer in the year 1899.   

Jan 21   Opel manufactured its first automobile on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1899.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 25   On this day in history ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces)   

Jan 25   In the year 1899 alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies   

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

Jan 27   On this day in history granville English, composer   

Jan 28   In the year 1899 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   In the year 1899 birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer   

Jan 01   In the year 1899 birth of lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1899 birth of alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)   

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

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

Jan 07   In the year 1899 birth of kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

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 in the year 1899.   

Feb 11   In the year 1899 george Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies   

Feb 16   Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 in the year 1899.   

Feb 18   On this day in history m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56