Historical Events In 1898

Dec 10   Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR and Guam on this day in history.   

Dec 11   Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn) in the year 1898.   

Dec 12   On this day in history 1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania   

Dec 13   On this day in history daniel Lazarus, composer   

Dec 13   First passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge in the year 1898.   

Dec 13   George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Dec 14   In the year 1898 frederick Douglass Hall, composer   

Dec 15   On this day in history fernando Remacha, composer   

Dec 18   At a site near Paris, France, Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the world's first official automobile land speed record of 39 miles per hour in the year 1898.   

Dec 18   Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) in the year 1898.   

Dec 18   On this day in history jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist   

Dec 20   In the year 1898 irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama)   

Dec 21   Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar) on this day in history.   

Dec 21   Scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium in the year 1898.   

Dec 24   On this day in history eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41   

Dec 24   Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam in the year 1898.   

Dec 25   On this day in history theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter   

Dec 26   Radium, the radioactive element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in the year 1898.   

Dec 29   In the year 1898 georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74   

Dec 29   Jeanne Leleu, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 30   On this day in history vincent Lopez, Bkln NY, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1898 birth of george van Derton, Belgian   

Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 01   Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)   

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 04   In the year 1898 birth of roger Vuataz, composer   

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 06   Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70   

Jan 04   Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1898.   

Jan 11   On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86   

Jan 14   In the year 1898 lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65   

Jan 16   In the year 1898 death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

Jan 23   On this day in history w A Remy, composer, dies at 66   

Jan 28   In the year 1898 alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74   

Feb 16   On this day in history death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)