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   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) in the year 1899.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 04   In the year 1899 leo Spies, composer   

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 in the year 1899.   

Jun 10   On this day in history ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44   

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   On this day in history raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS)   

Jun 11   In the year 1899 george Frederick McKay, composer   

Jun 12   In the year 1899 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   In the year 1899 victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's   

Jun 18   In the year 1899 james Ralph Darling, teacher   

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 in the year 1899.   

Jun 21   Pavel Haas, composer in the year 1899.   

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

Jun 23   In the year 1899 alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer   

Jun 24   In the year 1899 bruce Marshall, writer   

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

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of raymond Loucheur, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1899 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   Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies in the year 1899.   

Feb 06   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.