Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

May 31   -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails in the year 1899.   

May 31   Conference of Bloemfontein fails on this day in history.   

May 31   Leonid Leonow, writer in the year 1899.   

Jun 01   Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last on this day in history.   

Jun 01   On this day in history werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)   

Jun 02   Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings in the year 1899.   

Jun 02   Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman) on this day in history.   

Jun 03   On this day in history georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961)   

Jun 03   On this day in history johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73   

Jun 03   In the year 1899 w G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days   

Jun 04   On this day in history leo Spies, composer   

Jun 05   Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted in the year 1899.   

Jun 07   On this day in history elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters)   

Jun 09   In the year 1899 james J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title   

Jun 10   Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Jun 10   On this day in history improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati   

Jun 10   On this day in history improved Benevolent &Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati   

Jun 10   Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS) in the year 1899.   

Jun 11   On this day in history george Frederick McKay, composer   

Jun 12   On this day in history new Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200.   

Jun 13   In the year 1899 carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India)   

Jun 14   On this day in history kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)   

Jun 16   On this day in history nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)   

Jun 16   Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's in the year 1899.   

Jun 18   James Ralph Darling, teacher on this day in history.   

Jun 18   The CP line from Lethbridge through Crows Nest Pass to Kootenay Landing is opened for traffic. This was built with subsidies afforded by the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897 which also set fixed rates on grain traffic in the year 1899.   

Jun 19   George Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei) in the year 1899.   

Jun 20   In the year 1899 anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer   

Jun 21   Pavel Haas, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 22   On this day in history dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)   

Jun 23   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 24   Bruce Marshall, writer on this day in history.   

Jun 29   Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage in the year 1899.   

Jun 30   In the year 1899 frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal   

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Jan 01   In the year 1899 birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer   

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   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 02   In the year 1899 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 in the year 1899.   

Jan 07   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 in the year 1899.