Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

May 31   In the year 1899 -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails   

May 31   Conference of Bloemfontein fails on this day in history.   

May 31   Leonid Leonow, writer in the year 1899.   

Jun 01   Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last on this day in history.   

Jun 01   On this day in history werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)   

Jun 02   Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings in the year 1899.   

Jun 02   On this day in history royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)   

Jun 03   Georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961) on this day in history.   

Jun 03   On this day in history johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73   

Jun 03   In the year 1899 w G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days   

Jun 04   Leo Spies, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history alfred Dreyfus' acquitted   

Jun 07   In the year 1899 elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters)   

Jun 09   James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title in the year 1899.   

Jun 10   Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44 in the year 1899.   

Jun 10   On this day in history improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati   

Jun 10   Improved Benevolent &Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati on this day in history.   

Jun 10   On this day in history raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS)   

Jun 11   George Frederick McKay, composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 12   On this day in history new Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200.   

Jun 13   On this day in history carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India)   

Jun 14   In the year 1899 kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)   

Jun 16   In the year 1899 nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)   

Jun 16   In the year 1899 victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's   

Jun 18   In the year 1899 james Ralph Darling, teacher   

Jun 18   In the year 1899 the CP line from Lethbridge through Crows Nest Pass to Kootenay Landing is opened for traffic. This was built with subsidies afforded by the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897 which also set fixed rates on grain traffic.   

Jun 19   On this day in history george Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)   

Jun 20   Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 21   Pavel Haas, composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 22   In the year 1899 dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)   

Jun 23   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 24   In the year 1899 bruce Marshall, writer   

Jun 29   In the year 1899 brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage   

Jun 30   On this day in history frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal   

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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   On this day in history birth of raymond Loucheur, composer   

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

Jan 02   Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 in the year 1899.   

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

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

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

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   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