Historical Events In 1899

Jan 01   In the year 1899 cuba liberated from Spain by US   

Jan 02   In the year 1899 alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history the first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times.   

Jan 05   Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG) in the year 1899.   

Jan 06   On this day in history phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)   

Jan 07   On this day in history francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)   

Jan 07   Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59) in the year 1899.   

Jan 09   Manitobans suffer record low temperature of -52.8 Celsius (-63 F)0 in the year 1899.   

Jan 10   Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948) on this day in history.   

Jan 13   The Canadian Northern Railway is formed by the amalgamation of the Winnipeg Great Northern Railway and the Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Company. William Mackenzie and Donald Mann then proceeded to expand the Canadian Northern system so that by 1915 the system comprised 9,362 miles of trackage in the year 1899.   

Jan 14   Fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general (WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo) in the year 1899.   

Jan 15   In the year 1899 goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman)   

Jan 17   Al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging) in the year 1899.   

Jan 17   On this day in history the birth of Al Capone, American gangster   

Jan 17   In the year 1899 uS takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific   

Jan 19   On this day in history anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

Jan 19   [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Alexander Tcherepnin, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Opel manufactured its first automobile on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Guido Kisch, Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany) on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss a federation bill on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.   

Jan 23   Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic in the year 1899.   

Jan 23   On this day in history joseph Nathan Kane, historian (Famous Firsts)   

Jan 24   Belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms in the year 1899.   

Jan 24   In the year 1899 rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan   

Jan 25   In the year 1899 ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces)   

Jan 25   Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies in the year 1899.   

Jan 26   In the year 1899 wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)   

Jan 27   In the year 1899 granville English, composer   

Jan 28   American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress on this day in history.   

Jan 28   In the year 1899 zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger   

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Jan 01   In the year 1899 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   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 02   In the year 1899 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   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   On this day in history gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

Jan 25   Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies in the year 1899.   

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56