1899 - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Events Toggle Events subsection 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 1.13 Date unknown 2 Births Toggle Births subsection 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 April 2.5 May 2.6 June 2.7 July 2.8 August 2.9 September 2.10 October 2.11 November 2.12 December 2.13 Date unknown 3 Deaths Toggle Deaths subsection 3.1 January–February 3.2 March–April 3.3 May–June 3.4 July–August 3.5 September–October 3.6 November–December 3.7 Date unknown 4 References Toggle the table of contents 1899 189 languages Аԥсшәа Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Aragonés العربية الدارجة مصرى Asturianu Авар Kotava Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه Башҡортса Basa Bali Boarisch Žemaitėška Bikol Central Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Беларуская Български বাংলা বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী Brezhoneg Bosanski Català 閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ Нохчийн Cebuano کوردی Corsu Qırımtatarca Čeština Kaszëbsczi Чӑвашла Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Zazaki Ελληνικά Emiliàn e rumagnòl Esperanto Español Eesti Euskara فارسی Suomi Võro Føroyskt Français Arpetan Nordfriisk Furlan Frysk Gaeilge 贛語 Kriyòl gwiyannen Gàidhlig Galego Avañe'ẽ Gaelg 客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî עברית हिन्दी Fiji Hindi Hrvatski Hornjoserbsce Kreyòl ayisyen Magyar Հայերեն Արեւմտահայերէն Interlingua Bahasa Indonesia Ilokano ГӀалгӀай Ido Íslenska Italiano 日本語 Jawa ქართული Qaraqalpaqsha Қазақша ಕನ್ನಡ 한국어 Къарачай-малкъар Ripoarisch Kurdî Коми Kernowek Latina Lëtzebuergesch Лезги Limburgs Ligure Ladin Lombard Lietuvių Latviešu मैथिली Basa Banyumasan Мокшень Malagasy Олык марий Māori Minangkabau Македонски മലയാളം Монгол मराठी Кырык мары Bahasa Melayu မြန်မာဘာသာ Эрзянь مازِرونی Nāhuatl Napulitano Nedersaksies Plattdüütsch नेपाल भाषा Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Norsk bokmål Nouormand Sesotho sa Leboa Occitan Livvinkarjala ଓଡ଼ିଆ Ирон ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Papiamentu Polski پنجابی Português Runa Simi Română Русский Русиньскый संस्कृतम् Саха тыла Sardu Sicilianu Scots سنڌي Davvisámegiella Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски တႆး Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina Anarâškielâ Shqip Српски / srpski Sranantongo Seeltersk Sunda Svenska Kiswahili Ślůnski தமிழ் తెలుగు Tetun Тоҷикӣ ไทย Türkmençe Tagalog Tolışi Türkçe Татарча / tatarça Удмурт ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche Українська اردو Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Vèneto Tiếng Việt West-Vlams Volapük Walon Winaray 吴语 მარგალური ייִדיש Vahcuengh Zeêuws 文言 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí 粵語 中文 Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the TV series, see 1899 (TV series). Calendar year Years Millennium 2nd millennium Centuries 18th century 19th century 20th century Decades 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s Years 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 v t e 1899 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1899 in various calendarsGregorian calendar 1899 MDCCCXCIX Ab urbe condita 2652 Armenian calendar 1348 ԹՎ ՌՅԽԸ Assyrian calendar 6649 Baháʼí calendar 55–56 Balinese saka calendar 1820–1821 Bengali calendar 1305–1306 Berber calendar 2849 British Regnal year 62 Vict. 1 – 63 Vict. 1 Buddhist calendar 2443 Burmese calendar 1261 Byzantine calendar 7407–7408 Chinese calendar 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4596 or 4389     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4597 or 4390 Coptic calendar 1615–1616 Discordian calendar 3065 Ethiopian calendar 1891–1892 Hebrew calendar 5659–5660 Hindu calendars  - Vikram Samvat 1955–1956  - Shaka Samvat 1820–1821  - Kali Yuga 4999–5000 Holocene calendar 11899 Igbo calendar 899–900 Iranian calendar 1277–1278 Islamic calendar 1316–1317 Japanese calendar Meiji 32 (明治３２年) Javanese calendar 1828–1829 Julian calendar Gregorian minus 12 days Korean calendar 4232 Minguo calendar 13 before ROC 民前13年 Nanakshahi calendar 431 Thai solar calendar 2441–2442 Tibetan calendar ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 2025 or 1644 or 872     — to — ས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Boar) 2026 or 1645 or 873 1899 by topic Humanities Animation Archaeology Architecture Art Film Literature Poetry Music By country Australia Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Denmark France Germany Italy New Zealand Norway Philippines Portugal Russia South Africa Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States Other topics Rail transport Science Sports Lists of leaders Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders Territorial governors Religious leaders Law Birth and death categories Births Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments Disestablishments Works category Works v t e 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1899th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 899th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1899, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. Calendar year Events [edit] January [edit] January 1: Cuba free. January 1 Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.[1] In Samoa, followers of Mataafa, claimant to the rule of the island's subjects, burn the town of Upolu in an ambush of followers of other claimants, Malietoa Tanus and Tamasese, who are evacuated by the British warship HMS Porpoise.[1] Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as Governor of New York at the age of 39.[1] January 3 – A treaty of alliance is signed between Russia and Afghanistan.[1] January 5 – A fierce battle is fought between American troops and Filipino defenders at the town of Pililla on the island of Luzon. The collision of a British steamer and a French steamer kills 12 people on the English Channel.[1] January 6 – Baron Curzon takes office as the Governor-General of British India.[1] January 7 – Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the Philippine insurrection against the U.S. occupation, issues a proclamation calls on Filipinos to continue the fight for liberty. President McKinley dispatches USS Princeton and USS Yorktown to Manila.[1] January 8 – The Association football club SK Rapid Wien is founded in Vienna. January 9 – After a successful revolt against the Ottoman Empire by the inhabitants of the island of Crete, the area, which joins Greece, gets its first constitution. A crash between two trains on the Lehigh Valley Railroad kills 16 people and injures 20 in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] January 10 – The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity is founded, at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. January 12 – The French government passes a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies, 423 to 124.[1] January 13 – The Canadian Northern Railway is established.[2] January 14 The White Star Line's transatlantic ocean liner RMS Oceanic is launched from the Belfast shipyards in Ireland. At 17,272 gross register tons and 704 ft (215 m), she is the largest ship afloat at this time.[3] The British four-masted sailing ship Andelana capsizes during a storm in Commencement Bay off the coast of the U.S. state of Washington, with the loss of all 17 of her crew.[4] U.S. Navy Captain Richard P. Leary becomes the military governor of Guam.[1] January 15 – The General Federated Union, representing 100,000 laborers in the U.S. state of New York, is formed from a merger of the Central Labor Union and the Central Labor Federation.[1] January 17 – The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. January 19 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed as part of a convention between the British and Egyptian governments.[1] The Sudan colony will be disbanded in 1956.[5] January 21 January 21: Opel car. Opel Motors opens for business in Germany. The Malolos Constitution is ratified by the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines. Lord Kitchener is appointed as the British Governor of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.[5] January 22 – The leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne, to discuss the Federation of Australia as a whole. January 23 Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic, a declaration of independence against the U.S. military government of the Philippines. Mubarak Al-Sabah, the emir of Kuwait, signs the Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899, a secret treaty with the British Empire to accept protectorate status for the Middle Eastern sheikdom in return for British protection of Kuwaiti territory. The New York Stock Exchange has the largest day of business in its history, with 1,527,644 shares of stock changing hands.[5] Because of illness, King Oscar of Sweden and Norway entrusts the government to Crown Prince Gustav.[5] The British Southern Cross Expedition crosses the Antarctic Circle. January 24 – The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is founded. January 26 – German inventor Karl Ferdinand Braun, who will later share the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi, receives a British patent for his wireless radio invention "Telegraphy without directly connected wire".[6] January 27 – Camille Jenatzy of France becomes the first man to drive an automobile more than 80 kilometers per hour, when he reaches a speed of 80.35 kph in his CGA Dogcart racecar. Jenatzy's speed is more than 20% faster than the previous record. The Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian Empire decrees that all high officials in the Russian-administered Grand Duchy of Finland shall be required to be fluent in the Russian language.[5] January 28 – The League of Peja, organized by Haxhi Zeka to lobby for a Kosovar Albanian state within the Ottoman Empire, attracts 450 delegates to its first convention, held at the city of Peja.[7] Konstantin Stoilov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria and his cabinet ministers resign in a disagreement over self-government for Macedonia.[5] The premiers of the various states of Australia, along with the premier of Tasmania, meet in a conference at Melbourne to discuss the question of a federation of the states.[5] January 29 – A gas explosion kills 14 people in the Spanish city of Cartagena.[5] January 30 – A steamer arrives at Barcelona in Spain after having started out with 1,300 Spanish soldiers who had withdrawn from Cuba. Of the group, 350 are seriously ill and 56 died during the trip.[5] Speaker Howard E. Wright of the California State Ass…