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 in the year 1899.   

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   In the year 1899 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)   

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

Jan 07   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) in the year 1899.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69   

Jan 12   Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948) in the year 1899.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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) in the year 1899.   

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   US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific in the year 1899.   

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

Jan 19   [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer in the year 1899.   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history opel manufactured its first automobile.   

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

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

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

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

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) in the year 1899.   

Jan 25   Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies on this day in history.   

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

Jan 27   On this day in history granville English, composer   

Jan 28   On this day in history american Social Science Association incorporated by Congress   

Jan 28   Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer   

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

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 in the year 1899.   

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 in the year 1899.   

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 in the year 1899.   

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   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 in the year 1899.   

Feb 16   In the year 1899 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