1899 - What happened in 1899 ?

January 1899

Sunday 01:

Spanish rule ends in Cuba.

Tuesday 03:

The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York Times.

Tuesday 17:

The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.

Thursday 19:

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.

Sunday 22:

Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.

February 1899

Thursday 02:

The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne agrees Australia's capital (Canberra) should be located between Sydney and Melbourne.

Saturday 04:

The Philippine-American War begins.

Tuesday 14:

Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.

Thursday 16:

President Félix Faure of France dies in office.

Friday 24:

Western Washington University Established.

March 1899

Thursday 02:

In Washington State, USA, Mount Rainier National Park is established.

Monday 06:

Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.

Monday 20:

1899 – At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair.

April 1899

Saturday 08:

Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.

Tuesday 11:

Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States

May 1899

Monday 08:

The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.

Wednesday 24:

The first public parking garage in the United States is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.

July 1899

Monday 17:

NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

Saturday 29:

The First Hague Convention was signed.

September 1899

Wednesday 13:

Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

October 1899

Wednesday 11:

Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.

November 1899

Thursday 02:

The Boers started their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Boer War.

Saturday 04:

Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is published.

December 1899

Saturday 02:

Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.