Historical Events In 1899

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

May 31   In the year 1899 conference of Bloemfontein fails  

May 31   Leonid Leonow, writer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings  

Jun 02   On this day in history royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 05   Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted in the year 1899.  

Jun 07   On this day in history 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 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 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 in the year 1899.  

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) in the year 1899.  

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

Jun 16   On this day in history nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)  

Jun 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1899 anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer  

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   On this day in history alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1899 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 in the year 1899.  

Jan 12   Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) died on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57  

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