Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

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

May 31   On this day in history conference of Bloemfontein fails   

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   Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY) in the year 1899.   

Jun 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1899 georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961)   

Jun 03   Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73 in the year 1899.   

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   In the year 1899 alfred Dreyfus' acquitted   

Jun 07   In the year 1899 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 in the year 1899.   

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

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

Jun 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1899 carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India)   

Jun 14   Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 18   On this day in history 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.   

Jun 19   On this day in history george Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)   

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   Bruce Marshall, writer on this day in history.   

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

Jun 30   On this day in history frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal   

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

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   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61) was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)   

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   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   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   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 in the year 1899.   

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