Historical Events In 1899

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

Oct 14   On this day in history morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa  

Oct 15   On this day in history cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders  

Oct 17   Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 in the year 1899.  

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

Oct 20   Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers in the year 1899.  

Oct 20   On this day in history evelyn Brent, Tampa FL, actress (Panama Lady, Last Coomand)  

Oct 20   On this day in history robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle  

Oct 21   In the year 1899 battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army)  

Oct 22   British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa in the year 1899.  

Oct 23   Lilyan Tashman, Brooklyn NY, actor (Bulldog Drummond) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1899 ferhat Abbas, Algerian pharmacist/MP chairman (1962-63)  

Oct 28   On this day in history c Grant B Allen, Canada, British writer (Woman Who Did), dies  

Oct 29   In the year 1899 akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)  

Oct 30   In the year 1899 battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat lt-general Whites army  

Oct 30   Ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder (NSNAP) in the year 1899.  

Nov 02   Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal in the year 1899.  

Nov 02   Eddy [Charles E] du Perron, Dutch author/poet in the year 1899.  

Nov 03   James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Jim Jeffries retains heavyweight boxing title over Sailor Tom Sharkey on this day in history.  

Nov 04   Carlos Pellicer, Mexican museum director/poet (Teotihuacan) in the year 1899.  

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

Nov 09   In the year 1899 boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack  

Nov 11   In the year 1899 harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates)  

Nov 11   Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora," premieres in London in the year 1899.  

Nov 12   British troops reach Durban Natal on this day in history.  

Nov 15   On this day in history morning Post reporter Winston Churchill & wife captured in Natal  

Nov 16   Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC) in the year 1899.  

Nov 17   Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar) in the year 1899.  

Nov 18   On this day in history eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)  

Nov 18   On this day in history trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld  

Nov 19   On this day in history allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)  

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Jan 01   In the year 1899 birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer  

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   In the year 1899 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   On this day in history birth of francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)  

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1899.