Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

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

May 31   On this day in history conference of Bloemfontein fails   

May 31   In the year 1899 leonid Leonow, writer   

Jun 01   Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last in the year 1899.   

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   W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days on this day in history.   

Jun 04   In the year 1899 leo Spies, composer   

Jun 05   Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted in the year 1899.   

Jun 07   Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   On this day in history james J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title   

Jun 10   Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1899 improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati   

Jun 10   Improved Benevolent &Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati in the year 1899.   

Jun 10   Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS) on this day in history.   

Jun 11   George Frederick McKay, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 12   In the year 1899 new Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200.   

Jun 13   Carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   On this day in history kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)   

Jun 16   On this day in history nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)   

Jun 16   Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 1899 james Ralph Darling, teacher   

Jun 18   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 in the year 1899.   

Jun 19   In the year 1899 george Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)   

Jun 20   In the year 1899 anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer   

Jun 21   On this day in history pavel Haas, composer   

Jun 22   On this day in history dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)   

Jun 23   Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 24   On this day in history bruce Marshall, writer   

Jun 29   Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)   

Jan 01   Raymond Loucheur, composer was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer   

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

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   In the year 1899 birth of kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)   

Jan 10   Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1899.   

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