Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

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

May 31   Conference of Bloemfontein fails in the year 1899.   

May 31   Leonid Leonow, writer in the year 1899.   

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

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 in the year 1899.   

Jun 03   W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days on this day in history.   

Jun 04   Leo Spies, composer in the year 1899.   

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   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   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   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   On this day in history victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 21   Pavel Haas, composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 22   In the year 1899 dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)   

Jun 23   On this day in history alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer   

Jun 24   Bruce Marshall, writer in the year 1899.   

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

Jan 01   Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history birth of francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)   

Jan 07   In the year 1899 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history george Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies   

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

Feb 18   In the year 1899 m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56