Page 11: Historical Events In 1899

Nov 19   Allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems) on this day in history.   

Nov 19   In the year 1899 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55   

Nov 20   Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Nov 20   On this day in history juan Vicente Lecuna, composer   

Nov 21   Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies in the year 1899.   

Nov 22   On this day in history -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army)   

Nov 22   In the year 1899 hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael (songwriter Stardust)   

Nov 22   Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust) in the year 1899.   

Nov 23   In the year 1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF)   

Nov 23   Norman Hunter, writer in the year 1899.   

Nov 23   In the year 1899 the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

Nov 24   Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 24   On this day in history jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer   

Nov 25   On this day in history battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers   

Nov 25   Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1899.   

Nov 25   Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman) in the year 1899.   

Nov 27   In the year 1899 felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74   

Nov 28   On this day in history adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19   

Nov 28   On this day in history battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronjé beats British gen Methuen)   

Nov 29   On this day in history gustave Reese, composer   

Dec 01   Robert Welch, found John Birch Society in the year 1899.   

Dec 02   On this day in history john Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra)   

Dec 02   US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them in the year 1899.   

Dec 02   US and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them in the year 1899.   

Dec 04   On this day in history 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes   

Dec 04   Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer on this day in history.   

Dec 04   Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor in the year 1899.   

Dec 05   Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player on this day in history.   

Dec 06   On this day in history harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith   

Dec 07   Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Dec 08   James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist in the year 1899.   

Dec 08   In the year 1899 natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith   

Dec 09   On this day in history frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor   

Dec 10   -15] British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer   

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

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

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

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   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 in the year 1899.   

Feb 06   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history 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