1899 in Sport
- Jun 3 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
- Oct 10 African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
Al Capone
Alfred Hitchcock
Duke Ellington
Ernest Hemingway
Humphrey Bogart
James CagneyWorld Leaders in 1899
Nicholas II
Tsar- Wilhelm II
German Emperor and King of Prussia - William McKinley
25th US President
Nicholas II
Wilhelm II
William McKinleyFamous People in 1899
- Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter
Claude MonetWould You Believe?
1st known use of the word "automobile", appears in an editorial in The New York Times
On January 3, 1899
Famous Weddings
- Feb 10 Future US President Herbert Hoover (24) marries college sweetheart Lou Henry (24) in Monterey California
- Aug 24 Businessman James Cash Penney (24) weds Bertha Alva Hess
- Nov 9 US Admiral of the Navy George Dewey (61) weds Mildred McLean Hazen at the rectory St. Paul's Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.
Robert Bunsen