Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

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

May 31   In the year 1899 conference of Bloemfontein fails   

May 31   Leonid Leonow, writer in the year 1899.   

Jun 01   On this day in history 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   Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings on this day in history.   

Jun 02   In the year 1899 royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)   

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 in the year 1899.   

Jun 04   Leo Spies, composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 05   Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted on this day in history.   

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   Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1899 george Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)   

Jun 20   On this day in history anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer   

Jun 21   Pavel Haas, composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 22   Dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil) in the year 1899.   

Jun 23   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1899 bruce Marshall, writer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1899 birth of lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)   

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

Jan 07   Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69   

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   In the year 1899 alfred Sisley, painter, dies   

Feb 06   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 in the year 1899.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 in the year 1899.