Page 11: Historical Events In 1899

Nov 19   In the year 1899 allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)   

Nov 19   On this day in history [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55   

Nov 20   On this day in history carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63   

Nov 20   On this day in history juan Vicente Lecuna, composer   

Nov 21   On this day in history garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies   

Nov 22   -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army) in the year 1899.   

Nov 22   Hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael (songwriter Stardust) on this day in history.   

Nov 22   In the year 1899 hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust)   

Nov 23   In the year 1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF)   

Nov 23   In the year 1899 norman Hunter, writer   

Nov 23   In the year 1899 the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

Nov 24   In the year 1899 abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies   

Nov 24   Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 25   In the year 1899 battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers   

Nov 25   In the year 1899 robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73   

Nov 25   Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman) on this day in history.   

Nov 27   Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1899.   

Nov 28   In the year 1899 adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19   

Nov 28   Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronjé beats British gen Methuen) in the year 1899.   

Nov 29   On this day in history gustave Reese, composer   

Dec 01   On this day in history robert Welch, found John Birch Society   

Dec 02   John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra) in the year 1899.   

Dec 02   On this day in history uS & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them   

Dec 02   US and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them in the year 1899.   

Dec 04   56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes on this day in history.   

Dec 04   On this day in history douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer   

Dec 04   On this day in history webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor   

Dec 05   Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player on this day in history.   

Dec 06   In the year 1899 harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith   

Dec 07   Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1899.   

Dec 08   In the year 1899 james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist   

Dec 08   In the year 1899 natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith   

Dec 09   Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor on this day in history.   

Dec 10   On this day in history -15] British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa   

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Jan 01   Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer was born in the year 1899.   

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

Jan 01   Raymond Loucheur, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) was born in the year 1899.   

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1899 gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69   

Jan 12   Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) died on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1899 alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies   

Jan 29   In the year 1899 alfred Sisley, painter, dies   

Feb 06   In the year 1899 georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67   

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

Feb 16   In the year 1899 francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57   

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