Page 11: Historical Events In 1899

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

Nov 19   In the year 1899 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55   

Nov 20   Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Nov 20   In the year 1899 juan Vicente Lecuna, composer   

Nov 21   Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies in the year 1899.   

Nov 22   On this day in history -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army)   

Nov 22   Hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael (songwriter Stardust) in the year 1899.   

Nov 22   Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust) in the year 1899.   

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

Nov 23   In the year 1899 norman Hunter, writer   

Nov 23   The first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco) in the year 1899.   

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

Nov 24   On this day in history jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer   

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

Nov 25   Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1899.   

Nov 25   In the year 1899 vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman)   

Nov 27   Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Nov 28   Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19 on this day in history.   

Nov 28   On this day in history battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronjé beats British gen Methuen)   

Nov 29   On this day in history gustave Reese, composer   

Dec 01   In the year 1899 robert Welch, found John Birch Society   

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

Dec 02   In the year 1899 uS & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them   

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

Dec 04   In the year 1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes   

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 in the year 1899.   

Dec 06   Harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith on this day in history.   

Dec 07   On this day in history antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82   

Dec 08   James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist in the year 1899.   

Dec 08   On this day in history natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith   

Dec 09   Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor in the year 1899.   

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

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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   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history george Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies   

Feb 16   Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 in the year 1899.   

Feb 18   On this day in history m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56