March 1899 in History

Events in History

Mar 2 President McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier National Park (5th in US)

Event of Interest

Mar 3 George Dewey becomes 1st in US to hold the rank of Admiral of the Navy

Mar 3 US Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar
Mar 4 Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead.
Mar 6 "Aspirin" (acetylsalicylic acid) patented by Felix Hoffmann at German company Bayer

Historic Invention

Mar 14 German Ferdinand von Zeppelin receives a US patent for a "Navigable Balloon"

Mar 17 Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die
Mar 18 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by William Pickering
Mar 21 British & French accord over West Africa

Birthdays in History

Mar 1 Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (d. 1972)
Mar 2 Pattie Menzies, Australian wife of PM Robert Menzies, born in Alexandra, Australia (d. 1995)
Mar 3 Alfred Gruenther, American general (NATO commander 1953-56), born in Platte Center, Nebraska (d. 1983)
Mar 3 Yuri Olesha, Russian writer, born in Jelisawetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1960)
Mar 4 Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and editor (d. 1962)
Mar 8 Elmer Keith, American firearms enthusiast and author (Guns & Ammo), born in Missouri (d. 1984)
Mar 8 Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (d. 1974)
Mar 10 Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran, formerly Germany's oldest man. (d. 2007)
Mar 11 Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-72), born at Sorgenfri Palace, Denmark (d. 1972)
Mar 13 Jan Lechoń [Leszek Józef Serafinowicz], Polish poet, born in Warsaw, Congress Poland (d. 1956)
Mar 13 John Van Vleck, American physicist, mathematician, and Nobel Laureate who pioneered the modern quantum mechanical theory of magnetism, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1980)
Mar 14 K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)
Mar 25 Bella Spewack, Hungarian-American playwright (Kiss Me Kate), born in Bucharest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1990)
Mar 25 Jacques Audiberti, French poet and playwright (Race of Men), born in Antibes, France (d. 1965)
Mar 26 James B. Connant, American chemist, President of Harvard and diplomat, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
Mar 28 Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, Head of Latter-day Saints, born in Clifton, Idaho (d. 1973)

Lavrentiy Beria (1899-1953)

Mar 29 Soviet politician and head of the NKVD secret service, born in Merkheuli, Russian Empire

Mar 30 Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali writer (d. 1970)

Deaths in History

Mar 1 Gyorgy Apponyi, Hungarian politician, dies at 90
Mar 3 William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)
Mar 6 Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
Mar 14 Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
Mar 16 Joseph Medill, Canadian newspaper editor, owner and politician (co-owned Chicago Tribune, Mayor of Chicago 1871-73), dies at 76
Mar 18 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
Mar 18 Svetolik Ranković, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35
Mar 20 Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist, dies at 77
Mar 20 Martha M Place, American murderer who becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair, dies at 49