Historical Events In 1898

Mar 01   Through service commences over the Intercolonial Railway between Halifax and Montreal. This is achieved through a series of leases and running rights agreements with the Grand trunk Railway on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's) in the year 1898.   

Mar 07   On this day in history jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer   

Mar 08   Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other) on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen on this day in history.   

Mar 10   Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   On this day in history dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm)   

Mar 11   In the year 1898 the birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star   

Mar 12   Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa) on this day in history.   

Mar 13   In the year 1898 josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)   

Mar 16   Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 in the year 1898.   

Mar 17   1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes) on this day in history.   

Mar 17   On this day in history blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington   

Mar 17   On this day in history the first practical submarine submerges, off New York NY for 1 hour 40 minutes   

Mar 18   In the year 1898 otto Jochum, composer   

Mar 19   Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26 in the year 1898.   

Mar 19   USS Oregon departs San Francisco for 14,000 mile trip around South America to join U.S. Squadron off Cuba on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Explosion in mine at Dudley Colliery, Stockton, near Newcastle, NSW, kills 15 men on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus on this day in history.   

Mar 24   1st automobile sold on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard) in the year 1898.   

Mar 24   In the year 1898 the first recoreded sale of an automobile   

Mar 25   Assist. SECNAV Theodore Roosevelt proposes Navy investigate military application of Samuel Langley's flying machine, beginning naval aviation in the year 1898.   

Mar 25   Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history renzo Massarani, composer   

Mar 27   On this day in history sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80   

Mar 29   On this day in history cecil Lewis, airman/writer   

Mar 30   In the year 1898 heinz Risse, writer   

Mar 31   On this day in history edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies   

Apr 01   Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], NYC, actress (Blood & Sand) in the year 1898.   

Apr 02   In the year 1898 adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms   

Apr 03   George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   George van Derton, Belgian was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of george van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race)   

Jan 01   Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) was born in the year 1898.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of zaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)   

Jan 04   Roger Vuataz, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1898 birth of charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)   

Jan 03   In the year 1898 james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70   

Jan 04   In the year 1898 frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 11   Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65   

Jan 16   Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) died on this day in history.   

Jan 23   W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1898.   

Feb 16   Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) died in the year 1898.