Notable Historical Events - 1899
1899 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902) |
Jan 1 |
Spanish rule ends in Cuba. |
Jan 3 |
The first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times. |
Jan 5 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG) |
Jan 7 |
Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's |
Jan 17 |
US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific |
Jan 19 |
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms |
Jan 21 |
Opel manufactured its first automobile. |
Jan 22 |
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. |
Jan 24 |
Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms |
Jan 24 |
Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan |
Jan 28 |
American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress |
Feb 2 |
The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne. |
Feb 4 |
The Philippine-American War begins with fighting between American and Philippine revolutionary forces |
Feb 6 |
Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate |
Feb 10 |
-39°F (-39°C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature) |
Feb 10 |
US-Spain peace treaty signed by Pres McKinley. US gets PR & Guam |
Feb 11 |
-15°F (-26°C), Washington, DC (district record) |
Feb 11 |
-61°F, Montana (record low temperature) |
Feb 12 |
-47°F (-44°C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) |
Feb 12 |
1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, Madison Square Garden, NYC |
Feb 13 |
-16°F (-27°C), Minden Louisiana (state record) |
Feb 13 |
-1°F (-18°C) New Orleans, La |
Feb 13 |
-2°F (-19°C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record) |
Feb 14 |
US Congress begins using voting machines |
Feb 16 |
Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng v SA Johannesburg) |
Feb 16 |
President Félix Faure of France dies in office. |
Feb 16 |
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland's first football club is founded. |
Feb 18 |
80°F in SF |
Feb 18 |
SF named as a port of dispatch for Army transports |
Feb 18 |
Stanley Cup: Mont Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games |
Feb 20 |
Ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system |
Feb 24 |
Western Washington University is established. |
Mar 2 |
Pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US) |
Mar 3 |
Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar |
Mar 3 |
George Dewey becomes 1st in US to hold the rank of Admiral of the Navy |
Mar 4 |
Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead. |
Mar 5 |
1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D |
Mar 6 |
"Asprin" (acetylsalicylic acid) patented by Felix Hoffmann at German company Bayer |
Mar 14 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2 |
Mar 17 |
Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die |
Mar 18 |
Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering |
Mar 21 |
British & French accord over West Africa |
Apr 1 |
NC Mutual opens doors for business |
Apr 4 |
South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) |
Apr 11 |
Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US |
Apr 18 |
John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager |
Apr 18 |
The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria. |
Apr 19 |
3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38 |
Apr 24 |
Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid |
May 4 |
25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12 |
May 8 |
The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens. |
May 8 |
Ernest Rutherford publishes his discovery of two different kinds of radiation (Alpha and Beta Particles) |
May 9 |
Lawn mower patented |
May 17 |
Victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid, London, England |
May 18 |
World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference |
May 24 |
1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) |
May 25 |
33rd Belmont: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23 |
May 30 |
24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47 |
May 31 |
-June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails |
May 31 |
Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park |
Jun 1 |
Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last |
Jun 2 |
Black Americans observed day of fasting in protest against lynchings |
Jun 3 |
W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days |
Jun 5 |
Alfred Dreyfus acquitted |
Jun 9 |
james j jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
Jun 10 |
Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati |
Jun 12 |
New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200. |
Jun 16 |
Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's |
Jun 27 |
16th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Blanche Hillyard beats C Sterry (6-2 6-3) |
Jun 27 |
23rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Reginald Doherty beats Arthur Gore (1-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3) |
Jun 29 |
Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage |
Jun 30 |
Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng v Australia at Headingley |
Jul 1 |
Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels |
Jul 1 |
SF City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building |
Jul 19 |
National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers forms |
Jul 29 |
1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY |
Jul 29 |
Southern California Golf Association forms |
Jul 29 |
The First Hague Convention is signed. |
Jul 31 |
Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's |
Aug 15 |
Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game |
Sep 4 |
8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska |
Sep 6 |
Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk |
Sep 6 |
US minister of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note" |
Sep 8 |
British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa |
Sep 9 |
French Capt Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds |
Sep 10 |
2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska |
Sep 13 |
Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199m - 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya. |
Sep 14 |
Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality in the US (NY) |
Sep 15 |
5th US Golf Open: Willie Smith shoots a 315 at Baltimore CC MD |
Sep 17 |
1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa |
Sep 28 |
Transvaal mobilizes |
Oct 2 |
Orange Free state mobilizes |
Oct 3 |
J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner |
Oct 9 |
1st British troops reaches Durban, South Africa |
Oct 9 |
South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum |
Oct 10 |
IR Johnson patents bicycle frame |
Oct 11 |
South African Boers declare war on Great Britain |
Oct 12 |
South Africa Boer Republic declares war on Britain |
Oct 13 |
7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal |
Oct 14 |
Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa |
Oct 15 |
Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders |
Oct 17 |
Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 |
Oct 20 |
Battle at Talana Hill, Natal: British army vs Boers |
Oct 20 |
Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup |
Oct 21 |
Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army) |
Oct 22 |
British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa |
Oct 24 |
Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army |
Oct 30 |
Battle of Ladysmith, Natal: Boers beat lt-general White's army |
Oct 30 |
British Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill reaches Capetown |
Nov 2 |
Boers begin siege of Ladysmith, Natal |
Nov 3 |
james j jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title |
Nov 11 |
Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora" premieres in London |
Nov 12 |
British troops reach Durban Natal |
Nov 15 |
Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal |
Nov 18 |
Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld |
Nov 22 |
-23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army) |
Nov 23 |
Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers |
Nov 25 |
Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: General Methuen beats Farmers |
Nov 28 |
Battle of Mud River (Boer general Cronjé beats British gen Methuen) |
Dec 2 |
US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them |
Dec 2 |
Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought. |
Dec 4 |
56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes |
Dec 4 |
Webb Hayes, son of pres Rutherford Hayes, receives medal of honor |
Dec 9 |
Boer War: During Seige of Ladysmith, Boers storm King's Post and Caesar's Camp - driven back |
Dec 10 |
-15] British "Black Week" due to defeats in South Africa |
Dec 10 |
Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army |
Dec 10 |
Frank Wedekind's "Der Kammersang" premieres in Berlin |
Dec 10 |
The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York. |
Dec 12 |
1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii |
Dec 12 |
George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee |
Dec 15 |
Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army) |
Dec 18 |
Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa |
Dec 23 |
British Field Marshall Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa for the 2nd Boer War |
Dec 23 |
Tentative Turkish & German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway |
Dec 25 |
Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade |
Dec 26 |
Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed |
Dec 29 |
English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up |
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