What Happened In September 1898 In History

Historical Events for September, 1898

• 2nd » Battle of Omdurman United Kingdom or British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• 10th » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• 13th » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1898

• 1st » Violet Carson, English actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 7th » Mamie Rearden, American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 9th » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
• 10th » Bessie Love, American actress and singer (d. 1986)
• 10th » Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (d. 1999)
• 11th » Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (d. 1979)
• 12th » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
• 12th » Alma Moodie, Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)
• 12th » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
• 13th » Roger Désormière, French conductor (d. 1963)
• 13th » C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1964)
• 14th » Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American music collector (d. 1979)
• 14th » Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (d. 1974)
• 14th » Hal B. Wallis, American actor and producer (d. 1986)
• 15th » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
• 16th » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created 'Curious George' (d. 1977)
• 19th » Giuseppe Saragat, Italian politician, 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)
• 22nd » Katharine Alexander, American actress and singer (d. 1981)
• 23rd » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977)
• 23rd » Jadwiga Smosarska, Polish actress (d. 1971)
• 24th » Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 25th » Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (d. 1980)
• 26th » George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
• 27th » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
• 28th » Carl Clauberg, German physician (d. 1957)
• 29th » Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (d. 1976)
• 30th » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (d. 1933)
• 30th » Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (d. 1977)
• 30th » Orestis Makris, Greek actor and tenor (d. 1975)

Famous Deaths for September 1898

• 2nd » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 5th » Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
• 9th » Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (b. 1842)
• 10th » Empress Elisabeth of Austria (b. 1837)
• 14th » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 16th » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 20th » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)

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