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What Happened In March 1899 In History

Historical Events for March, 1899

  • 4th » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a Convert 12 m ft wave that reaches up to Convert 5 km mi inland, killing over 300.
  • 6th » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • 27th » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Philippine Revolutionary Army or Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • 30th » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights e.g International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • 31st » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, Capture of Malolos named was captured by American forces.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1899

  • 1st » Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer (d. 1972)
  • 4th » Liana Del Balzo, Argentinian-Italian actress (d. 1982)
  • 4th » Emilio Prados, Spanish poet (d. 1962)
  • 8th » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author (d. 1984)
  • 11th » James H. Douglas, Jr. American colonel, lawyer and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 1988)
  • 11th » Frederick IX of Denmark (d. 1972)
  • 13th » Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer and coach (d. 1981)
  • 13th » Jan Lechoń, Polish poet (d. 1956)
  • 13th » John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
  • 14th » K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman, founded Irving Oil (d. 1992)
  • 14th » Ada Kramm, Norwegian actress (d. 1981)
  • 15th » George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979)
  • 16th » Alberto Gainza Paz, Argentinian journalist and activist (d. 1977)
  • 22nd » Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1991)
  • 23rd » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)
  • 25th » K. S. Arulnandhy, Sri Lankan academic (d. 1972)
  • 25th » Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (d. 1978)
  • 25th » François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)
  • 27th » Carl Aage Hilbert, Danish-Faroese jurist and politician (d. 1953)
  • 27th » Karim Mammadbeyov, Azerbaijani politician (d. 1938)
  • 27th » Francis Ponge, French poet (d. 1988)
  • 27th » Gloria Swanson, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1983)
  • 28th » Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)
  • 28th » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1973)
  • 28th » Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)
  • 29th » Lavrentiy Beriya, Abkhazian-Russian politician (d. 1953)
  • 30th » Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Indian author (d. 1970)

Famous Deaths for March 1899

  • 3rd » William P. Sprague, American banker and politician (b. 1827)
  • 6th » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
  • 16th » Joseph Medill, American politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
  • 20th » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (b. 1822)

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