Historical Events In 1899

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

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   -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army) in the year 1899.  

Nov 22   On this day in history hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael (songwriter Stardust)  

Nov 22   Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 23   Norman Hunter, writer on this day in history.  

Nov 23   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Nov 25   In the year 1899 vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman)  

Nov 27   On this day in history felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74  

Nov 28   Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 29   Gustave Reese, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 01   On this day in history robert Welch, found John Birch Society  

Dec 02   John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra) in the year 1899.  

Dec 02   On this day in history uS & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them  

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

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   In the year 1899 webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor  

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

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

Dec 07   Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1899.  

Dec 08   James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist on this day in history.  

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  

Dec 11   On this day in history andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   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   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) was born in the year 1899.  

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 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 in the year 1899.  

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   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.