Historical Events In 1899

Jan 01   On this day in history cuba liberated from Spain by US   

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

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) on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1899 walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's   

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 in the year 1899.   

Jan 12   On this day in history paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)   

Jan 13   In the year 1899 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.   

Jan 14   Fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general (WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo) on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman) on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging)   

Jan 17   In the year 1899 the birth of Al Capone, American gangster   

Jan 17   On this day in history uS takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific   

Jan 19   Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1899 alexander Tcherepnin, composer   

Jan 21   Opel manufactured its first automobile in the year 1899.   

Jan 22   Guido Kisch, Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany) in the year 1899.   

Jan 22   Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss a federation bill in the year 1899.   

Jan 22   Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation in the year 1899.   

Jan 23   On this day in history emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.   

Jan 23   In the year 1899 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   Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   On this day in history wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)   

Jan 27   Granville English, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 28   American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress in the year 1899.   

Jan 28   On this day in history zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1899 birth of alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)   

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

Jan 07   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1899 birth of kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1899 death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

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

Jan 29   On this day in history alfred Sisley, painter, dies   

Feb 06   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies in the year 1899.   

Feb 16   Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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