What Happened In January 1899 In History

Historical Events for January, 1899

• 1st » Spain e.g Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• 12th » Thirteen crew members and five apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner 'Forest Hall' by the Lynmouth Lifeboat Station known as Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former Shipwrecking Instability and foundering or founders off the coast of Devon.
• 17th » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
• 19th » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• 21st » Opel manufactures its first automobile.
• 22nd » Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
• 23rd » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic.
• 23rd » Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the Philippines or President of the First Philippine Republic.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1899

• 6th » Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960)
• 6th » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (d. 1968)
• 7th » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (d. 1941)
• 7th » Francis Poulenc, French composer (d. 1963)
• 8th » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1959)
• 9th » Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942)
• 11th » Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (d. 1991)
• 12th » Pierre Bernac, French opera singer (d. 1979)
• 12th » Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 14th » Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)
• 15th » Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982)
• 17th » Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947)
• 17th » Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic (d. 1977)
• 17th » Nevil Shute, English author (d. 1960)
• 20th » Clarice Cliff, English potter (d. 1972)
• 20th » Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (d. 1990)
• 21st » Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
• 22nd » Martti Haavio, Finnish poet (d. 1973)
• 23rd » Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1931)
• 25th » Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 25th » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1972)
• 26th » Günther Reindorff, Estonian graphic designer (d. 1974)
• 28th » Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman (d. 1940)
• 30th » Max Theiler, South African virologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)

Famous Deaths for January 1899

• 12th » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 29th » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)

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