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1899 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1899
– Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
January 21, 1899
– Opel manufactures its first automobile.
February 2, 1899
– The Australian Premiers’ Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia’s capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 6, 1899
– Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
February 14, 1899
– Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
March 4, 1899
– Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland, killing over 300.
April 18, 1899
– The St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
May 30, 1899
– Female Old West outlaw Pearl Hart robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
September 13, 1899
– Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
October 11, 1899
– The Western League is renamed the American League.
Who Were Born On 1899?
January 6, 1899
– Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (d. 1968)
January 7, 1899
– Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941)
January 21, 1899
– Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer (d. 1977)
February 15, 1899
– Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
March 10, 1899
– Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
May 8, 1899
– Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-born British economist and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
June 5, 1899
– Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor (d. 1992)
June 30, 1899
– Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
August 27, 1899
– C. S. Forester, British author (d. 1966)
December 8, 1899
– John Qualen, Canadian actor (d. 1987)