Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

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

May 31   On this day in history conference of Bloemfontein fails   

May 31   In the year 1899 leonid Leonow, writer   

Jun 01   On this day in history cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last   

Jun 01   Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings on this day in history.   

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

Jun 03   Georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961) on this day in history.   

Jun 03   Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 04   Leo Spies, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history alfred Dreyfus' acquitted   

Jun 07   In the year 1899 elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters)   

Jun 09   James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44 in the year 1899.   

Jun 10   Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1899 improved Benevolent &Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati   

Jun 10   In the year 1899 raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS)   

Jun 11   In the year 1899 george Frederick McKay, composer   

Jun 12   New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200 in the year 1899.   

Jun 13   Carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India) in the year 1899.   

Jun 14   In the year 1899 kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)   

Jun 16   In the year 1899 nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)   

Jun 16   Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history james Ralph Darling, teacher   

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   On this day in history george Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)   

Jun 20   Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 21   On this day in history pavel Haas, composer   

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 in the year 1899.   

Jun 29   Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal on this day in history.   

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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 in the year 1899.   

Jan 01   Raymond Loucheur, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1899 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1899 alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies   

Jan 29   On this day in history alfred Sisley, painter, dies   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 in the year 1899.   

Feb 18   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 on this day in history.