Historical Events In 1899

Nov 19   In the year 1899 allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)  

Nov 19   On this day in history [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55  

Nov 20   On this day in history carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63  

Nov 20   Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 21   Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust)  

Nov 23   1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on this day in history.  

Nov 23   In the year 1899 norman Hunter, writer  

Nov 23   The first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 24   In the year 1899 jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer  

Nov 25   Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers in the year 1899.  

Nov 25   On this day in history robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73  

Nov 25   Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman) on this day in history.  

Nov 27   Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1899.  

Nov 28   In the year 1899 adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19  

Nov 28   Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronjé beats British gen Methuen) in the year 1899.  

Nov 29   On this day in history gustave Reese, composer  

Dec 01   In the year 1899 robert Welch, found John Birch Society  

Dec 02   In the year 1899 john Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra)  

Dec 02   In the year 1899 uS & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them  

Dec 02   US and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them on this day in history.  

Dec 04   In the year 1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes  

Dec 04   Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer in the year 1899.  

Dec 04   Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor on this day in history.  

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

Dec 06   In the year 1899 harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith  

Dec 07   On this day in history antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82  

Dec 08   On this day in history james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist  

Dec 08   Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith on this day in history.  

Dec 09   In the year 1899 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   Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer was born in the year 1899.  

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

Jan 02   Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61) was born on this day in history.  

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   Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant) was born in the year 1899.  

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

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   In the year 1899 alfred Sisley, painter, dies  

Feb 06   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 in the year 1899.  

Feb 11   On this day in history george Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies  

Feb 16   In the year 1899 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.