Page 3: Historical Events In 1899

Feb 16   Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng v SA Johannesburg)   

Feb 16   Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England vs South Africa Johannesburg)   

Feb 18   80°F in SF.   

Feb 18   80º F, San Francisco CA.   

Feb 18   Arthur Bryant, English historian (King Charles II)   

Feb 18   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56.   

Feb 18   San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports.   

Feb 20   Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways).   

Feb 20   Ill Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system   

Feb 20   Illinois Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system   

Feb 22   Dwight Frye, Salina KS, actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein)   

Feb 24   Jacob Presser, Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall).   

Feb 24   Western Washington University is established.   

Feb 25   Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist   

Feb 25   Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the eponymous British news agency, dies in Nice, France   

Feb 25   Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies.   

Feb 27   Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer (Insulin).   

Feb 28   Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

Mar 01   Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian MP, dies at 90.   

Mar 02   Admiral George Dewey is recorded as becoming the inaugural US Admiral of the Navy.   

Mar 02   Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame   

Mar 02   Pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US).   

Mar 02   President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US).   

Mar 03   Alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)   

Mar 03   Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar.   

Mar 03   George Dewey is recorded as becoming inaugural in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy.   

Mar 04   Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland.   

Mar 05   1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D   

Mar 05   Patrick Hadley, composer.   

Mar 06   "Aspirin" patented by Felix Hoffmann and still going strong 100 years later   

Mar 06   "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann   

Mar 06   Aspirin was patented by Felix Hoffman   

Mar 08   Eric Linklater, Scotland, novelist/poet (Blue Swallows).   

Mar 10   Finn Hoffding, composer   

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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   Raymond Loucheur, composer was born in the year 1899.   

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   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   On this day in history alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies   

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1899 georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67   

Feb 11   George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies in the year 1899.   

Feb 16   In the year 1899 francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57   

Feb 18   On this day in history m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56