Historical Events In 1899

Jan 01   Cuba liberated from Spain by US on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1899.  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1899 paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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.  

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   Al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging) on this day in history.  

Jan 17   The birth of Al Capone, American gangster in the year 1899.  

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

Jan 19   On this day in history anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms  

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

Jan 20   Alexander Tcherepnin, composer in the year 1899.  

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

Jan 22   On this day in history guido Kisch, Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany)  

Jan 22   On this day in history leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss a federation bill.  

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

Jan 23   In the year 1899 emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.  

Jan 23   On this day in history joseph Nathan Kane, historian (Famous Firsts)  

Jan 24   In the year 1899 belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms  

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

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   In the year 1899 american Social Science Association incorporated by Congress  

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   On this day in history birth of lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer  

Jan 02   In the year 1899 birth of paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 25   In the year 1899 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   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.