Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

May 31   On this day in history -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails   

May 31   On this day in history conference of Bloemfontein fails   

May 31   On this day in history leonid Leonow, writer   

Jun 01   In the year 1899 cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last   

Jun 01   In the year 1899 werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)   

Jun 02   In the year 1899 black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings   

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   In the year 1899 johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73   

Jun 03   W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days in the year 1899.   

Jun 04   On this day in history leo Spies, composer   

Jun 05   In the year 1899 alfred Dreyfus' acquitted   

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

Jun 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1899 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   In the year 1899 raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS)   

Jun 11   George Frederick McKay, composer on this day in history.   

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   Carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968) in the year 1899.   

Jun 16   Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday) in the year 1899.   

Jun 16   In the year 1899 victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's   

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   Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer on this day in history.   

Jun 21   In the year 1899 pavel Haas, composer   

Jun 22   Dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 24   On this day in history bruce Marshall, writer   

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

Jun 30   Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal in the year 1899.   

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Jan 01   Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)   

Jan 01   Raymond Loucheur, composer was born in the year 1899.   

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   On this day in history birth of phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)   

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 in the year 1899.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1899 george Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies   

Feb 16   On this day in history 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.