Historical Events In 1899

Jan 01   Cuba liberated from Spain by US on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   The first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times in the year 1899.   

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   Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1899 solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)   

Jan 09   In the year 1899 manitobans suffer record low temperature of -52.8 Celsius (-63 F)0   

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

Jan 12   Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948) on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1899.   

Jan 17   Al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging) on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history the birth of Al Capone, American gangster   

Jan 17   US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific in the year 1899.   

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

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

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

Jan 21   Opel manufactured its first automobile on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1899.   

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

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   In the year 1899 belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms   

Jan 24   Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan in the year 1899.   

Jan 25   On this day in history ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces)   

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

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

Jan 27   In the year 1899 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   Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 02   In the year 1899 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   Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies in the year 1899.   

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

Feb 18   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 on this day in history.