Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday ^[1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1898 state leaders - Events of 1899 - 1900 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- France French Somaliland - # Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland ( 1888 - 1899) Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter A) or for any year in which “ Doomsday ” is Tuesday The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Friday ( Dominical letter C) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Although this year is often held to be the last of the nineteenth century, 1900 is technically the last year according to the "traditional" reckoning. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar

Events of 1899

January - March

January 1: Cuba free. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Independence is the Self-government of a Nation, Country, or State by its residents and population or some portion thereof generally exercising

• January 1
  • End of Spanish rule in Cuba. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
  • Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name The City of New York
• January 6 - Lord Curzon becomes Viceroy of India. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC ( 11 January 1859 &ndash 20 March The Governor-General of India (or from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India) was the head of the British administration in India, and
• January 10 - Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity is founded at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Tau Kappa Epsilon ( ΤΚΕ or Teke, pronounced T-K-E or ˈtiːk as in Teak wood is a College fraternity founded on January 10th Illinois Wesleyan University is an independent undergraduate University located in Bloomington, Illinois. Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the County seat.
• January 17 - United States takes possession of Wake Island. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a Coral atoll having a Coastline of 12 miles (19 kilometers in the North Pacific Ocean
• January 19 - Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan referred to the manner by which Sudan was administered between 1899 and 1956, when it was a condominium of Egypt
• January 20 - South University is founded. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. South University is a private university based in Savannah, Georgia.
• January 21 - Opel Motors opens for business. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Adam Opel GmbH (commonly known as Opel) is a German automaker part of General Motors.

January 21: Opel car. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Adam Opel GmbH (commonly known as Opel) is a German automaker part of General Motors.

• January 22 - The leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss the confederation of Australia as a whole. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• February 2 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne agrees Australia's capital (Canberra) should be located between Sydney and Melbourne. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4
• February 4 - Philippine-American War begins as hostilities break out in Manila. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
• February 6 - Spanish-American War: A peace treaty between the United States and Spain is ratified by the United States Senate. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
• February 12-14 - Great Blizzard of 1899: Freezing temperatures and snow extend well south into North America, including southern Florida. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German The Great Blizzard of 1899 was a unprecedented winter weather event that affected the southern United States "Snowfall" redirects here For other uses see Snow (disambiguation or Snowfall (disambiguation. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the It is the latest in a series of disasters to Florida's citrus industry. Citrus is a common term and Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of

February - Great Blizzard of 1899. The Great Blizzard of 1899 was a unprecedented winter weather event that affected the southern United States

• February 14 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Voting machines are the total combination of mechanical electromechanical or electronic equipment (including Software, Firmware, and documentation required to program The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office
• February 16 - Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur established - the first football club in Iceland. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, ( Icelandic for "Reykjavík Football Club" for short KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic
• March 1 - In Afghanistan Capt. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant See also: 1898 in Afghanistan, other events of 1899, and 1900 in Afghanistan. George Roos-Keppel makes a sudden attack on a predatory band of Chamkannis that have been raiding in the Kurram Valley and captures 100 prisoners with 3,000 head of cattle. Sir George Olaf Roos-Keppel, GCSI, KCIE ( 7 September 1866 - 1 December 1921) served in the capacities of Political Chamkanni is the name of a small Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan.
• March 2 - In Washington State, USA, Mount Rainier National Park is established. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington
• March 4 - Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Cyclone Mahina struck Bathurst Bay, Australia and the surrounding region on 10 March Cooktown ( Guugu Yimithirr: Gangaarr) is the northernmost town on the east coast of Australia, located at the mouth of the Endeavour River, Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent A 12 m wave reaches up to 5 km inland leaving over 400 dead.
• March 6
  • Felix Hoffmann patents Aspirin. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Felix Hoffmann ( January 21, 1868 &ndash February 8, 1946) was a German Chemist, who first synthesized medically useful Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid (ASA (əˌsɛtɨlsælɨˌsɪlɨk ˈæsɨd is a Salicylate drug, often used as an Analgesic to relieve
  • Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark. For other uses see Bayer (disambiguation or Beyer or Buyer. Bayer AG (German ˈbaɪə () is a German Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid (ASA (əˌsɛtɨlsælɨˌsɪlɨk ˈæsɨd is a Salicylate drug, often used as an Analgesic to relieve

March 6: Aspirin. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of

• March 8 - Frankfurter Fußball-Club Victoria von 1899, prequel for Eintracht Frankfurt, is founded. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Eintracht Frankfurt is a German Sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its football team.
• March 20 - At Sing Sing, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security Prison in Ossining, New York, USA. Martha M Place (1854 or 1855 – March 20, 1899) was the first woman to die in the Electric chair. Execution by electrocution (usually referred to after its method of implementation as the Electric Chair) is an execution method originating in the United States in which the
• March 24 - George Dewey made Admiral of the Navy. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland George Dewey ( December 26, 1837 &ndash January 16, 1917) was an Admiral of the United States Navy, best known for his See " Admiral of the Navy " for other uses of this rank Admiral of the Navy is a rank that has only been held once in U

April - June

• June 12 - A tornado completely destroys the town of New Richmond, Wisconsin, killing 117 and injuring more than 200. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. The New Richmond Tornado was an unprecedented disaster in the northern Great Plains. New Richmond is a city in St Croix County, Wisconsin, United States.
• June 22 – June 27 - The highest ever recorded individual cricket score, 628 not out, is made by A. E. J. Collins. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Arthur Edward Jeune (James Collins (18 August 1885–11 November 1914 typically known by his initials AEJ Collins, was an English Cricketer and soldier
• June 25 - Three Denver, Colorado newspapers publish a story that the Chinese government under the Guangxu Emperor is going to demolish the Great Wall of China - later proved to be a fabrication. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The Guangxu Emperor (光緒帝 (14 August 1871&ndash14 November 1908 born Zaitian (載湉 was the tenth emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty The Great Wall of China ( or ( is a series of stone and earthen Fortifications in China, built rebuilt and maintained between the 6th century BC and the 16th
• June 27 - The paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden A paper clip (or sometimes paperclip) is a device which holds several sheets of Paper together by means of Pressure: it leaves the paper intact and Johan Vaaler ( March 15, 1866 &ndash March 14, 1910) was a Norwegian Patent clerk and Inventor who ^[2]
• June 30 - Mile-a-Minute Murphy earns his famous nickname this day after he becomes the first man to ride a bicycle for one mile in under a minute on Long Island. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Charles Minthorn Murphy (Oct 1870 &ndash Feb 16, 1950) but more popularly known as " Mile-a-Minute" Murphy, was an American Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches

July - September

• July 17
  • America's first juvenile court is established in Chicago. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians A juvenile court or young offender court is a court of law having special authority to try and pass judgments for Crimes committed by children or adolescents Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
  • NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
  • The French Bretonnet-Braun mission is destroyed in the battle of Togbao, in Chad, by the warlord Rabih az-Zubayr. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Henri-Etienne Bretonnet (1864–1899 was a French naval officer killed with most of his men in the Battle of Togbao. Solomon Braun (1868&ndash1899 was a French Lieutenant of artillery born at Paris in 1868 and died in Togbao, Chad, in 1899 On October 10 1898 a French military expedition commanded by the Lieutenant de vaisseau Henri Bretonnet and the Lt Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah or Rabih Fadlallah (c 1842&ndash April 22, 1900) was a Sudanese warlord who established a powerful empire
• July 19 - The Newsboys Strike takes place when the Newsies of New York, USA, go on strike (strike lasts until August 2). Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Newsboys Strike of 1899 was a youth-led campaign to force change in the way that Joseph Pulitzer 's and William Randolph Hearst 's newspapers compensated New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
• July 29 - The First Peace Conference ends with the signing of the Hague Convention. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat The Hague Conventions were international treaties negotiated at the First and Second Peace Conferences at The Hague, Netherlands in 1899 and
• August 3 - The John Marshall Law School is founded in Chicago, Illinois. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Not to be confused with the unrelated John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia The John Marshall Law School is a law Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union.
• August 17 - A hurricane makes landfall in North Carolina's Outer Banks, completely destroying the town of Diamond City. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli 1899 Hurricane San Ciriaco, also known as the 1899 Puerto Rico Hurricane, was an intense and long-lived Atlantic Cape Verde-type hurricane which crossed Puerto North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The Outer Banks is a 200-mile (320-km long string of narrow Barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, on the east coast of the United States. The name Diamond City may refer to Diamond City Alberta Diamond City Arkansas Diamond City North Carolina
• August 28 - At least 512 killed when a debris hill from the Sumitomo Besshi copper mine at Niihama, Shikoku, Japan, collapses after heavy rain. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital is one of the largest Keiretsus ' founded by Masatomo Sumitomo. The was a rich source of Copper in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. is a city located in the eastern part of Ehime, Japan. It has the third largest population in Ehime behind the prefectural capital of Matsuyama is the smallest (225 km long and between 50 and 150 km wide and least populous (4141955 as of 2005 of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshū For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. 122 houses, a smelting factory, hospital and many other facilities are destroyed.
• September 13 - Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199m - 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Mount Kenya is the highest Mountain in Kenya, and the second highest in Africa (after Mount Kilimanjaro)
• September 19 - Alfred Dreyfus is pardoned. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 &ndash 12 July 1935 was a French artillery officer of Jewish background whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason

Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War

October - December

• October 11 - Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts. Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Boer (ˈbuːr in Dutch ˈbʊɚ/ /boʊɚ or /ˈbɔr/ in English is the Dutch word for Farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans For the Russian theme park see Transvaal Park. The Transvaal (Afrikaans lit The Republic of the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat) was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa
• October 30 - Augusta, KY Augusta High School Building is completed. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Augusta is a city in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. Augusta Methodist College shuts down. Note this is also a former name of Augusta State University in Georgia.
• November 4 - Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority is founded in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Alpha Sigma Tau ( ΑΣΤ) is a national Panhellenic sorority founded on November 4, 1899, at Michigan State Normal College (now Ypsilanti (ˌɪpsɨˈlænti Ǐp'-sǐ-lǎn-tē but often /ˌjɪpsɨˈlænti/ by outsiders is a city in Washtenaw County in the U Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America.
• November 8 - The Bronx Zoo opens. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration This article is about the zoo for the TV series see The Bronx Zoo (TV series; for the book "The Bronx Zoo" about the Yankees see Sparky Lyle, its
• November 29 - F.C. Barcelona is founded. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Fútbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona known familiarly as Barça (Spanish ˈbaɾsa Catalan
• December 2 -
  • Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought; General Gregorio del Pilar and his troops are able to guard the retreat of Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo before being wiped out. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire The Battle of Tirad Pass, sometimes referred to as the " Philippine Thermopylae " was a battle in the Philippine-American War fought on December Gregorio del Pilar y Sempio ( November 14, 1875 &mdash December 2, 1899) was one of the youngest general in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces For the municipality see Gen Emilio Aguinaldo Cavite General Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy ( March 22, 1869 &ndash February 6
  • During the new moon on December 2-3, 1899, a near-grand conjunction of the classical planets and several binocular Solar System bodies occurred. This article is about the lunar phase for other uses see New Moon (disambiguation. Conjunction is a term used in Positional astronomy and Astrology. In Astronomy, the naked-eye planets are the five Planets of our Solar system that can be discerned with the Naked eye without much difficulty Binocular telescopes, or binoculars (also known as field glasses are two identical or Mirror - symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side and The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars and Saturn were all within 15° of each other, with Venus 5° ahead of this conjunction and Jupiter 15° behind. The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. The VENUS ( V ictoria E xperimental N etwork U nder the S ea project is a cabled sea floor observatory operated by the University Accompanying the classical planets in this grand conjunction were Uranus (technically visible unaided in pollution-free skies), Ceres and Pallas. Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of Chemicals Particulate matter, or Biological materials that cause harm or discomfort Ceres (ˈsɪəriːz TemplateInfobox Planet. --> 2 Pallas (ˈpæləs, or as Παλλάς) is one of the largest
• December 16
  • A.C. Milan is founded. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy
  • Augusta, KY Augusta High School burns down due to a heating plant failure. Augusta is a city in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River.
• December 26 - Battle of Mafeking begins. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. The Siege of Mafeking was the most famous British action in the Second Boer War.
• December 31 - A large standing stone at Stonehenge falls over, the the most recent time this has happened. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Stonehenge is a Prehistoric Monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury

Undated

• David Hilbert creates the modern concept of geometry with the publication of his book Grundlagen der geometrie. David Hilbert ( January 23, 1862 &ndash February 14, 1943) was a German Mathematician, recognized as one of the most Geometry ( Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth metria = measure is a part of Mathematics concerned with questions of size shape and relative position
• International Council of Nurses is founded. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The International Council of Nurses ( ICN) is a Federation
• The significance of Chinese oracle bones is discovered. Oracle bones ( Chinese: 甲骨 Pinyin: jiǎgǔpiàn are pieces of Bone or turtle shell that were heated and cracked during divination
• The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Manteo, which was originally laid out as the Dare county seat in 1870. The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U Manteo (pronounced man-te-oh is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. Dare County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Births

January - March

• January 1 - Jack Beresford, British Olympic rower (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Jack Beresford, CBE, ( January 1, 1899 &ndash December 3, 1977) was one of the most accomplished rowers of his generation 1977)
• January 6 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automotive engineer (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff ( 6 January 1899 &ndash 12 April 1968) was a German Engineer famous for his leadership of 1968)
• January 7 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental See also, Rhône-Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (fʀɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʀsɛl pulɛ̃k January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963)
• January 11 - Eva LeGallienne, English actress (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Eva Le Gallienne ( January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991) was a well-known Actress, producer, and director, 1991)
• January 12 - Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Paul Hermann Müller also known as Pauly Mueller ( January 12, 1899 &ndash October 12, 1965) was a Swiss Chemist and Nobel The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1965)
• January 15 - Goodman Ace, American actor, comedian, and writer (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Goodman Ace (born Goodman Aiskowitz ( January 15, 1899 – March 25, 1982) was one of the most respected humourists in the 20th Century 1982)
• January 17
  • Al Capone, American gangster (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who 1947)
  • Nevil Shute, English author (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nevil Shute Norway ( 17 January 1899 - 12 January 1960) was both a popular novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer 1960)
• January 20 - Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese television development pioneer (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. was a Japanese pioneer in the development of Television. Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television 1990)
• January 21 - John Bodkin Adams, suspected British serial killer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. John Bodkin Adams ( January 21, 1899 &ndash July 4, 1983) was an Irish-born British General practitioner, convicted 1983)
• January 30 - Max Theiler, South African virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Max Theiler ( January 30, 1899 &ndash August 11, 1972) was a South African Swiss virologist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1972)
• February 3
  • Doris Speed, British actress (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Doris Speed OBE ( 3 February 1899 - 16 November 1994) was a British actress best known for her role as snooty Rovers 1994)
  • Lao She, Chinese author (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Lao She ( February 3, 1899 – August 24, 1966) was a notable Chinese Writer. 1966)
• February 6 - Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Ramón Novarro ( February 2, 1899 - October 30, 1968) was a Mexican Actor who achieved fame as a " Latin lover 1968)
• February 7 - Earl Whitehill, American baseball player (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Earl Oliver Whitehill ( February 7, 1899 &ndash October 22 1954) was a Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Detroit 1954)
• February 15
  • Georges Auric, French composer (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Georges Auric ( February 15, 1899 &ndash July 23, 1983) was a French composer born in Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon 1983)
  • Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Gale Sondergaard ( February 15 1899 &ndash August 14 1985) was an Academy Award -winning U 1985)
• February 17 - Leo Najo, American baseball player (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Leo Najo (born Leonardo Alanis, 1899 died 1979 was one of the most outstanding Baseball players of the early 20th century 1978)
• February 22
  • George O'Hara, American actor (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne George O'Hara ( February 22, 1899 - October 16, 1966) was an American motion picture Actor and Screenwriter of 1966)
  • Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Dechko Uzunov (Дечко Узунов ( February 22, 1899 &ndash April 26, 1986) was a Bulgarian painter. 1986)
  • Ian Clunies Ross, Australian scientist (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Sir William Ian Clunies Ross, CMG (1899–1959 is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the 1959)
• February 23 - Erich Kästner, German writer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Erich Kästner (ˈʔeːʁɪç ˈkʰɛstnɐ ( February 23, 1899 &ndash July 29, 1974) was one of the most famous German authors, 1974)
• February 26
  • Alec Campbell, Australian WWI soldier, last Australian Gallipoli veteran (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Alec William Campbell (26 February 1899 &ndash 16 May 2002 was the final surviving Australian participant in the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War 2002)
  • Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Max Petitpierre ( February 26, 1899 - March 25, 1994) was a Swiss politician jurist and member of the Swiss Federal Council 1994)
• February 27 - Charles Best, Canadian medical scientist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Dr Charles Herbert Best, CC ( February 27, 1899 &ndash March 31, 1978) was a medical scientist 1978)
• March 11 - King Frederick IX of Denmark (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Ancestors 1972)
• March 13 - John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. John Hasbrouck Van Vleck ( March 13, 1899 &ndash October 27, 1980) was an American physicist. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1980)
• March 18 - Jean Goldkette, French-born musician (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor John Jean Goldkette ( 18 March, 1893 &ndash March 24, 1962) was a Jazz Pianist and Bandleader born in Patras 1962)
• March 24 - Dorothy C. Stratton, American director of the SPARS during World War II (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland For Dorothy Stratten Playboy Playmate refer to the article Dorothy Stratten. 2006)
• March 27 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Gloria Swanson (March 27 1899 – April 4 1983 was an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American Hollywood 1983)
• March 28 - Harold B. Lee, eleventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Harold Bingham Lee ( March 28, 1899 – December 26, 1973) was eleventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 1973)
• March 29 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet official (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (ლავრენტი პავლეს ძე ბერია Lavrenti Pavles dze Beria; Russian: Лаврентий Павлович 1953)

April - June

• April 1 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian fascist leader (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Gustavs Celmiņš ( April 1, 1899 – April 10, 1968) was a Latvian politician and fascist leader 1968)
• April 7 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Robert Casadesus ( April 7, 1899 &ndash September 19, 1972) was a renowned 20th-century French Pianist. 1972)
• April 21 - Percy Lavon Julian, American scientist (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Percy Lavon Julian (April 11 1899 &ndash April 19 1975 was an American research Chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants 1975)
• April 22 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. 1977)
• April 23 - Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Bertil Gotthard Ohlin (ˈbærtil uˈliːn ( 23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979) was a Swedish Economist and Politician The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1979)
• April 24 - Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Oscar Zariski (born Oscher Zaritsky 24 April 1899 in Kobrin, Poland (today Belarus) died 4 July 1986)
• April 27 - Walter Lantz, American animator (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Walter Benjamin Lantz ( April 27 1899 &ndash March 22 1994) was an American Cartoonist and Animator, best 1994)
• April 29 - Duke Ellington, American jazz musician, bandleader (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. 1974)
• May 8 - Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Friedrich August von Hayek CH ( May 8, 1899 March 23, 1992) was an Austrian British Economist The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1992)
• May 10
  • Fred Astaire, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award 1987)
  • Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Дмитрий Зиновьевич Тёмкин Dmitrij Zinov'evič Tëmkin, sometimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) ( May 1979)
• May 12 - Indra Devi, Baltic-born yogi and actress (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Indra Devi ( Latvian: Eiženija Pētersone ( Indra Devi) May 12, 1899 &ndash April 25, 2002) born as Eugenie 2002)
• May 15 - Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Jean Etienne Valluy ( May 15, 1899 - January 4, 1970) was a French General (see also Http//fr 1970)
• May 24 - Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen ( 24 May 1899 &ndash 4 July, 1938) was a French Tennis player who won 31 Grand Slam 1938)
• June 1 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, British mathematician (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Edward Charles ("Ted" Titchmarsh (born 1 June 1899 in Newbury died 18 January, 1963 at Oxford) was a leading 1963)
• June 2 - Lotte Reiniger, German-born silhouette animator (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Charlotte (Lotte Reiniger ( June 2, 1899 - June 19, 1981) was a German (and later a British) silhouette animator 1981)
• June 3 - Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Georg von Békésy (Békésy György ( June 3, 1899 &ndash June 13, 1972) was a Hungarian biophysicist born in Budapest The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1972)
• June 12 - Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Fritz Albert Lipmann ( June 12 1899 &ndash July 24 1986) was a German-American Biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of Coenzyme The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1986)
• June 13 - Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez ( June 13, 1899 &ndash August 2, 1978) was a Mexican Composer, conductor 1978)
• June 14 - Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the was a Japanese Short story writer and novelist whose spare lyrical subtly-shaded prose won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968 the first Japanese author The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1972)
• June 26 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, (d, 1918)
• June 27 - Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur and pioneer (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Juan Terry Trippe ( June 27 1899 – April 3 1981) was a US Airline Entrepreneur and pioneer and the 1981)
• June 30 - Harry Shields, American jazz clarinettist (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Harry Shields ( June 30, 1899 &ndash January 19, 1971) was an early Jazz Clarinetist. 1971)

July - September

• July 5 - Marcel Achard, French play and scriptwriter (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Marcel Achard ( July 5, 1899 &mdash September 4, 1974) was a French Playwright, Screenwriter and Author 1974)
• July 7 - George Cukor, American film director (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death George Dewey Cukor ( July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director. 1983)
• July 10 - John Gilbert, American actor (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. John Gilbert ( July 10, 1899 - January 9, 1936) was an American actor and major star of the Silent film era 1936)
• July 11 - E. B. White, American writer (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Elwyn Brooks "E B" White ( July 11, 1899 – October 1 1985) was an American writer 1985)
• July 15 - Seán Lemass, Taoiseach of Ireland (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Seán Francis Lemass (15 July 1899 &ndash 11 May 1971 was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and third Taoiseach of Ireland from 1959 until 1966 1971)
• July 17 - James Cagney, American actor (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians James Francis Cagney Jr ( July 17, 1899 &ndash March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American Film 1986)
• July 21
  • Hart Crane, American poet (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Harold Hart Crane ( July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American Poet. 1932)
  • Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1961)
• July 22 - King Sobhuza II of Swaziland (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Ngwenyama Sobhuza II ( July 22, 1899 – August 21, 1982) was the Paramount Chief and later King of Swaziland. 1982)
• August 4 - Ezra Taft Benson, thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Ezra Taft Benson ( August 4, 1899 &ndash May 30, 1994) was the thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 1994)
• August 13 - Alfred Hitchcock, British film director (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 1980)
• August 24
  • Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River 1986)
  • Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Albert Claude ( August 24 1899 &ndash May 22 1983) was a Belgian Biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1983)
• August 29 -
  • Lyman Lemnitzer, American general (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Lyman Louis Lemnitzer ( August 29, 1899 &ndash November 12, 1988) was an American Army General, who served as 1988)
  • Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Rufino Tamayo ( August 25, 1899 &ndash June 24, 1991) was a Zapotecan Indian 1991)
  • August 30 - Ray Arcel, American boxing trainer (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Ray Arcel ( August 30, 1899 – March 6, 1994) was a boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s 1994)
• September 1 - Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, Russian-born Soviet writer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Andrei Platonov (АндрейПлато́нов( September 1, 1899 &ndash January 5, 1951) was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov 1951)
• September 3 - Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, OM, AK, KBE (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985 usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1985)
• September 9
  • Brassaï, French photographer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Brassaï ( Pseudonym of Gyula Halász) ( September 9, 1899 – July 8, 1984) was a Hungarian photographer sculptor 1984)
  • Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Waite Charles Hoyt ( September 9, 1899 &ndash August 25, 1984) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in 1984)
• September 13 - Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian fascist politician, leader of the Iron Guard (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September 1938)
• September 21 - Frederick Coutts, 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Frederick Coutts, CBE ( September 21, 1899 &ndash February 6, 1986) was the 8th General of The Salvation Army 1986)
• September 17 - Harold Bennett, British actor (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Harold Bennett ( 17 September 1899 &ndash 15 September 1981) was an English Actor most famous for playing "Young 1981)

October - December

• October 1 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Ernest James Haycox ( October 1, 1899 – October 13, 1950) was an American writer of Western fiction. 1950)
• October 3 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Gertrude Berg ( October 3, 1899 - September 14, 1966) was an American pioneer of classic radio, one of the first if not the 1966)
• October 5 - Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Georg Duke of Mecklenburg (Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg 6 July 1962) was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1934 until his 1962)
• October 19 - Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (October 19 1899 – June 9 1974 was a Nobel Prize –winning Guatemalan Poet, Novelist, and Diplomat The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1974)
• October 20 - Evelyn Brent, American actress (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Evelyn Brent, ( October 20, 1899 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress 1975)
• November 15
  • Avdy Andresson, Estonian Minister of War in Exile (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Avdy Andresson ( November 15, 1899 – August 27, 1990) was the Estonian Minister of War in exile from April 3, 1973 1990)
  • Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Major-General Sahibzada Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza, CIE, OBE ( Urdu: اسکندر مرزا) (13 November 1899 1969)
• November 17 - Douglas Shearer, American film sound engineer (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Douglas G Shearer ( November 17, 1899 - January 5, 1971) was a Canadian-born pioneer Sound designer and director who played a 1971)
• November 18 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Eugene Ormandy ( November 18, 1899 &ndash March 1985)
• November 21 - Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Jobyna Ralston ( November 21, 1899 – January 22, 1967) was an American actress of the Silent film era 1967)
• December 2 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir John Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, CH ( 2 December 1970)
• December 3 - Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人 Ikeda Hayato; December 3, 1899 &ndash August 13, 1965) born in Takehara Hiroshima, was a 1965)
• December 9 - Jean de Brunhoff, French writer (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Jean de Brunhoff ( December 9, 1899 &ndash October 16, 1937) was a French writer and illustrator known for co-creating Babar 1937)
• December 15 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE ( December 15, 1899 &ndash January 14, 1978) was a British athlete. 1978)
• December 16 - Noel Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright 1973)
• December 18 - Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian author and philosopher (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Peter Wessel Zapffe ( December 18 1899 - October 12 1990) was a Norwegian Author and Philosopher. 1990)
• December 25 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian 1957)
• December 28 - Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Eugeniusz Bodo (born Bohdan Eugène Junod) ( December 28, 1899 &ndash 1943 was a Film director, producer and one of the most popular 1943)
• December 29 - Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist military leader (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Nie Rongzhen ( ( December 29, 1899 - May 14, 1992) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and one of ten Marshals 1992)
• date unknown - Friedrich Panse, German psychiatrist (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Friedrich Panse (1899 - 1973 was a German psychiatrist who was involved with the Nazi T-4 Euthanasia Program. 1973)

Deaths

January - June

• January 16 - Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, President of the First Spanish Republic (b. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Emilio Castelar y Ripoll ( September 7, 1832 — May 25 1899) was a Spanish republican and a president of the First Spanish Republic 1832)
• January 23 - Romualdo Pacheco, Governor of California (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco Jr ( October 31, 1831 January 23, 1899) was an American Politician and Diplomat 1831)
• February 6
  • Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (b. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli ( English: Count George Leo of Caprivi Caprera and Montecuccoli, born Georg Leo von Caprivi; 1831)
  • Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (b. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Hereditary Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert 15 October 1874 – 6 February 1899) was born 1874)
• February 16 - Félix Faure, President of France (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Félix François Faure (30 January 1841&ndash16 February 1899 was President of France from 1895 until his death 1841)
• February 25 - Paul Julius Reuter, German-born news agency founder (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Paul Julius Baron von Reuter ( July 21, 1816 - February 25, 1899) was a German -born British journalist and media owner 1816)
• March 3 - William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian William P Sprague (May 21 1827 &ndash March 3 1899 was a businessman banker politician and a two-term U 1827)
• March 6 - Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii, Last monarch of Hawaii (b. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Victoria Kawekiu Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kaiulani Cleghorn Crown Princess of Hawaii ( October 16, 1875 – March 6, 1899) was heir 1875)
• April 5 - T. E. Ellis, Welsh politician (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Thomas Edward Ellis ( 16 February 1859 &ndash 5 April 1899) usually known as T 1859)
• April 7 - Pieter Rijke, Dutch physicist (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Petrus Leonardus Rijke ( July 11, 1812 &ndash April 7, 1899) was a Dutch Physicist, and a professor in Experimental 1812)
• April 16 - Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Emilio Jacinto ( December 15, 1875 - April 16, 1899) was a Filipino Revolutionary known as the Brains of the 1875)
• May 24 - William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher, British law lord (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned William Baliol Brett 1st Viscount Esher PC ( August 13 1817 - May 24 1899) English Lawyer and Master 1817)
• June 3 - Johann Strauss, Jr., Austrian composer (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Johann Strauss II (also known as Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr 1825)
• June 4 - Eugenio Beltrami, Italian mathematician (b. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Eugenio Beltrami ( 16 November, 1835 - 4 June, 1899) was an Italian mathematician notable for his work on Non-Euclidean geometry 1835)
• June 10 - Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Amédée-Ernest Chausson ( January 20, 1855 &ndash June 10, 1899) was a French romantic Composer who died just 1855)

July - December

• July 18 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American writer (b. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Horatio Alger Jr ( January 13, 1832 &ndash July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American Author who wrote approximately 1832)
• July 21 - Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll ( August 11, 1833 &ndash July 21, 1899) was a Civil War veteran American political leader 1833)
• July 27 - Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, German chess-master (b. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Tassilo Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa (known in English as "Baron von der Lasa" 17 October 1818, Berlin &ndash 27 July 1818)
• August 16 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (31 March 1811 &ndash 16 August 1899 was a German Chemist. 1811)
• September 12 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American railway magnate (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Cornelius Vanderbilt II ( November 27 1843 &ndash September 12 1899) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family 1843)
• September 17 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Charles Alfred Pillsbury ( December 3, 1842 &ndash September 17 1899) was a U 1842)
• October 2 - Percy Pilcher, British aviation pioneer & glider pilot, (b. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Percy Sinclair Pilcher ( 16 January 1866 &mdash 2 October, 1899 1866)
• October 30 - William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. William Henry Webb ( June 19, 1816 &ndash October 30, 1899) was an industrialist and philanthropist in the United States 1816)
• November 16
  • Vincas Kudirka, Lithuanian doctor, poet, and national hero (b. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Vincas Kudirka Reversumjpg|thumb| Litas coin issued to commemorate Vincas Kudirka]] Vincas Kudirka ( Paežeriai, - Naumiestis,) was a 1858)
  • Julius Hermann Moritz Busch, German publicist (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Julius Hermann Moritz Busch ( February 13, 1821 – November 16, 1899) was a German Publicist. 1821)
• November 21 - Garret A. Hobart, Vice President of the United States (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3 1844 &ndash November 21 1899 was the twenty-fourth Vice President of the United States. 1844)
• November 23 - Thomas Henry Ismay, British owner of the White Star Line (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Thomas Henry Ismay ( 7 January 1837 &ndash 23 November 1899) was the founder of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company more commonly known 1837)
• November 24 - Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Sudanese political and religious leader (killed in battle) (b. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed or Abdullah al-Taaisha, also known as "The Khalifa " (عبدالله بن سيد محمد خليفة 1846 &ndash November 24 1846)
• December 2 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed in battle) (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Gregorio del Pilar y Sempio ( November 14, 1875 &mdash December 2, 1899) was one of the youngest general in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces 1875)
• December 10 - King Ngwane V of Swaziland (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Ngwane V ( 1876 - December 10, 1899) was the Paramount chief of Swaziland from February 1895 until his death 1876)
• December 22 - Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Early life Dwight Moody was born in Northfield Massachusetts to a large family 1837)

Notes

1. ^ "Calendar in year 1899 (Russia)" (Julian calendar, starting Tuesday), webpage: Julian-1899 (Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919). Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
2. ^ Inventors: Paperclip