Historical Events In 1899

May 31   On this day in history -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails   

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

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   Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   In the year 1899 black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings   

Jun 02   Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 03   In the year 1899 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   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   In the year 1899 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   Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jun 13   Carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India) in the year 1899.   

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

Jun 16   Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 18   James Ralph Darling, teacher on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history 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   In the year 1899 george Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)   

Jun 20   Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Pavel Haas, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil) in the year 1899.   

Jun 23   In the year 1899 alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer   

Jun 24   Bruce Marshall, writer in the year 1899.   

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 in the year 1899.   

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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 in the year 1899.   

Jan 02   In the year 1899 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   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   In the year 1899 gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69   

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

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

Jan 29   In the year 1899 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   On this day in history 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