Historical Events In 1899

Oct 13   In the year 1899 marcelle de Manziarly, composer  

Oct 14   In the year 1899 alan Washbond, US, 2-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)  

Oct 14   Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa in the year 1899.  

Oct 15   In the year 1899 cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders  

Oct 17   Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 on this day in history.  

Oct 19   Miguel Asturias, Guatemala, poet/diplomat (Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67) in the year 1899.  

Oct 20   In the year 1899 battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers  

Oct 20   Evelyn Brent, Tampa FL, actress (Panama Lady, Last Coomand) on this day in history.  

Oct 20   In the year 1899 robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle  

Oct 21   Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army) in the year 1899.  

Oct 22   In the year 1899 british troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa  

Oct 23   Lilyan Tashman, Brooklyn NY, actor (Bulldog Drummond) in the year 1899.  

Oct 23   On this day in history w Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle  

Oct 24   On this day in history battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army  

Oct 24   Ferhat Abbas, Algerian pharmacist/MP chairman (1962-63) in the year 1899.  

Oct 28   In the year 1899 c Grant B Allen, Canada, British writer (Woman Who Did), dies  

Oct 29   On this day in history akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)  

Oct 30   Battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat lt-general Whites army in the year 1899.  

Oct 30   Ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder (NSNAP) on this day in history.  

Nov 02   In the year 1899 boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal  

Nov 02   On this day in history eddy [Charles E] du Perron, Dutch author/poet  

Nov 03   On this day in history james J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title  

Nov 03   Jim Jeffries retains heavyweight boxing title over Sailor Tom Sharkey in the year 1899.  

Nov 04   In the year 1899 carlos Pellicer, Mexican museum director/poet (Teotihuacan)  

Nov 05   Forrest Lewis, actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas) on this day in history.  

Nov 09   Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack in the year 1899.  

Nov 11   Harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   On this day in history stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora," premieres in London  

Nov 12   British troops reach Durban Natal in the year 1899.  

Nov 15   Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill & wife captured in Natal in the year 1899.  

Nov 16   On this day in history mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC)  

Nov 17   In the year 1899 roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar)  

Nov 18   In the year 1899 eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)  

Nov 18   Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld in the year 1899.  

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

Jan 06   Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1899.  

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

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 in the year 1899.  

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

Feb 18   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 on this day in history.