Page 11: Historical Events In 1899

Nov 19   Allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems) in the year 1899.   

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

Nov 20   Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63 in the year 1899.   

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

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

Nov 22   In the year 1899 -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army)   

Nov 22   Hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael (songwriter Stardust) in the year 1899.   

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

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

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   In the year 1899 abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies   

Nov 24   Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 25   In the year 1899 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   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   In the year 1899 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   On this day in history uS and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them   

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

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 in the year 1899.   

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   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   In the year 1899 frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor   

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

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Jan 01   Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu) was born in the year 1899.   

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   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   On this day in history birth of kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1899 death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

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   On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67   

Feb 11   In the year 1899 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