What Happened In February 1899 - Historical Events 1899 February

Historical Events for February, 1899

4th » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila (1899) known as Battle of Manila.
6th » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris (1898) e.g Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
14th » Voting machines are approved by the Congress of the United States named U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
22nd » Philippine Revolutionary Army called Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna Second Battle of Caloocan or launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from

3rd » Café Filho, Brazilian politician, 18th President of Brazil (d. 1970)
3rd » Lao She, Chinese author and playwright (d. 1966)
3rd » Doris Speed, English actress (d. 1994)
6th » Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (d. 1968)
8th » Lonnie Johnson (musician) e.g Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)
15th » Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
15th » Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)
18th » Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (d. 1985)
19th » Lucio Fontana, Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1968)
19th » Yury Olesha, Russian author (d. 1960)
20th » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (d. 1992)
22nd » Dwight Frye, American actor (d. 1943)
22nd » Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d. 1986)
23rd » Erich Kästner, German author and poet (d. 1974)
23rd » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (d. 1981)
26th » Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician (d. 1994)
27th » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian scientist, co-discovered Insulin (d. 1978)
27th » Ian Keith, American actor (d. 1960)

6th » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
6th » Leo von Caprivi, German politician, List of Chancellors of Germany known as Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
16th » Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
25th » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist (b. 1816)