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Ernest Chausson, French composer (born 1855)
Amédée-Ernest Chausson was a French Romantic composer.
Ernest Chausson, French composer (born 1855)
The 1890s
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1899
Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (born 1832)
Horatio Alger Jr. was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through go…
Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (born 1832)
1899
Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1833)
Robert Green Ingersoll, nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism.
Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1833)
1899
Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1845)
Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Leibert nicknamed Lilís, was president of the Dominican Republic from September 1, 1882 to September 1, 1884, from January 6, 1887 to February 27, 1889 and…
Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1845)
1899
Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (born 1811)
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium in 1860 and rubidium in 1861 with the physicist Gus…
Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (born 1811)
1899
Antonio Luna, Commanding General of the Philippine Army, was assassinated in the midst of the Philippine–American War
Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a Filipino brigadier general and a pharmacist who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, …
Antonio Luna, Commanding General of the Philippine Army, was assassinated in the midst of the Philippine–American War
1899
Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (born 1837)
Jacob Henricus Maris was a Dutch painter, who with his brothers Willem and Matthijs belonged to what has come to be known as the Hague School of painters. He was considered to be t…
Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (born 1837)
1899
Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robber
Pearl Hart was a Canadian-born outlaw of the American Old West. She committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the United States, and her crime gained notoriety pri…
Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robber
1899
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Arthur Edward Jeune Collins was an English cricketer and soldier. He held, for 116 years, the record of highest score in cricket: as a 13-year-old schoolboy, he scored 628 not out …
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1899
Newsboys from Long Island City turned over a distribution wagon for the New York Journal, marking the start of the…
A newspaper hawker, newsboy or newsie is a street vendor of newspapers without a fixed newsstand. Related jobs include paperboys, delivering newspapers to subscribers, and news but…
Newsboys from Long Island City turned over a distribution wagon for the New York Journal, marking the start of the…
1899
A Category 1 hurricane (map pictured) made landfall in Azua Province, Dominican Republic, and destroyed three large…
The 1899 Carrabelle hurricane caused significant damage in the Dominican Republic and the Florida Panhandle of the United States. The second tropical cyclone and second hurricane o…
A Category 1 hurricane (map pictured) made landfall in Azua Province, Dominican Republic, and destroyed three large…
1898
The first games of the Italian football league system are played
The Italian football league system, also known as the Italian football pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for association football in Italy. It cons…
The first games of the Italian football league system are played
1898
The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established
A hospital corpsman (HM) or corpsman is an enlisted medical specialist of the United States Navy, who may also serve in a U.S. Marine Corps unit. The corresponding rating within th…
The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established
1898
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia
Circumnavigation is the complete navigation of a person around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body. This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth.
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia
1898
US president William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
US president William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
1898
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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Re…
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1898
Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports
The Spanish–American War was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the U.S. acqui…
Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports
1898
Spanish–American War: President William McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the National Guard and fight in Cu
The Spanish–American War was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the U.S. acqui…
Spanish–American War: President William McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the National Guard and fight in Cu
1898
Spanish–American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U
The Spanish–American War was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the U.S. acqui…
Spanish–American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U
1898
Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron
The Spanish–American War was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the U.S. acqui…
Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron
1898
The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron…
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier and the Klondike.
The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron…
1898
Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
Carl Gustav Witt was a German astronomer and discoverer of two asteroids who worked at the Berlin Urania Observatory, a popular observatory of the Urania astronomical association o…
Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
1898
Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U
The Spanish–American War was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the U.S. acqui…
Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U
1898
The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is star
The Hundred Days' Reform or Wuxu Reform was a short-lived national, cultural, political and educational reform movement in the Qing Empire, from June 11 to September 21, 1898. It s…
The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is star