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Events on the year of 1899 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by US (National Day) (US occupies till 1902)
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01 Jan 1899 Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
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05 Jan 1899 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)
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12 Jan 1899 Thirteen crew members and five apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former founders off the coast of Devon.
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17 Jan 1899 The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
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17 Jan 1899 US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
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19 Jan 1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
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21 Jan 1899 Opel manufactures its first automobile.
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22 Jan 1899 Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
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23 Jan 1899 Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.
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23 Jan 1899 The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic.
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24 Jan 1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
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24 Jan 1899 Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms
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28 Jan 1899 American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
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02 Feb 1899 The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
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04 Feb 1899 Revolt against US occupation of Philippines
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04 Feb 1899 The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
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06 Feb 1899 Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate
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06 Feb 1899 Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
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10 Feb 1899 -39
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10 Feb 1899 US-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley; US gets Puerto Rico & Guam
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11 Feb 1899 -15
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11 Feb 1899 -61
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12 Feb 1899 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, Madison Square Garden, New York City
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12 Feb 1899 -47
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13 Feb 1899 -1
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13 Feb 1899 -2
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13 Feb 1899 -16
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14 Feb 1899 Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
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14 Feb 1899 US Congress begins using voting machines
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16 Feb 1899 Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
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16 Feb 1899 Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England vs South Africa Johannesburg)
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18 Feb 1899 80
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18 Feb 1899 San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports
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18 Feb 1899 Stanley Cup Montr
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20 Feb 1899 Illinois Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system
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22 Feb 1899 Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
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02 Mar 1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier National Park (5th in US)
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03 Mar 1899 Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar
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03 Mar 1899 George Dewey becomes 1st in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy
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04 Mar 1899 Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
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06 Mar 1899 "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann
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06 Mar 1899 Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
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14 Mar 1899 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2
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17 Mar 1899 Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die
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18 Mar 1899 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering
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21 Mar 1899 British & French accord about West-Africa
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27 Mar 1899 Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
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30 Mar 1899 German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
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31 Mar 1899 Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, was captured by American forces.
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01 Apr 1899 NC Mutual opens doors for business
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04 Apr 1899 South Africa all out 35 vs. England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
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11 Apr 1899 Treaty of Paris is ratified, ending war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
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18 Apr 1899 The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
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18 Apr 1899 John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager
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19 Apr 1899 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Massachusetts in 2:54:38
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24 Apr 1899 Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid
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04 May 1899 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
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08 May 1899 The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
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09 May 1899 Lawn mower patented
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17 May 1899 Victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid England
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18 May 1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
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20 May 1899 The first traffic ticket in the US: New York City taxi driver Jacob German was arrested for speeding while driving 12 miles per hour on Lexington Street.
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24 May 1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
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25 May 1899 33rd Belmont Stakes: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23
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30 May 1899 Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
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30 May 1899 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47
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31 May 1899 Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park
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31 May 1899 Conference of Bloemfontein fails
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02 Jun 1899 Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
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07 Jun 1899 American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
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09 Jun 1899 James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title
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10 Jun 1899 Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati
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12 Jun 1899 New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
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27 Jun 1899 A. E. J. Collins scores 628 runs not out, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket.
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29 Jun 1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage
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30 Jun 1899 Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng vs. Australia at Headingley
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01 Jul 1899 Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels
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01 Jul 1899 San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building
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17 Jul 1899 NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
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19 Jul 1899 National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms
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29 Jul 1899 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York
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29 Jul 1899 Southern California Golf Association forms
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29 Jul 1899 The First Hague Convention is signed.
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29 Jul 1899 Southern Calif Golf Assn formed
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10 Aug 1899 the Norwegian football club Viking FK is founded.
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15 Aug 1899 Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game
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04 Sep 1899 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay, Alaska
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06 Sep 1899 Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk
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06 Sep 1899 US Minister of Foreign Affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note"
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08 Sep 1899 British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa
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09 Sep 1899 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds
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10 Sep 1899 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay, Alaska
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13 Sep 1899 Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
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13 Sep 1899 Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
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14 Sep 1899 Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY)
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15 Sep 1899 5th US Golf Open: Willie Smith shoots a 315 at Baltimore Country Club - Maryland
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17 Sep 1899 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa
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23 Sep 1899 American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
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28 Sep 1899 Transvaal mobilizes
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02 Oct 1899 Orange Free state mobilizes
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03 Oct 1899 J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner
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09 Oct 1899 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa
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09 Oct 1899 South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum
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10 Oct 1899 IR Johnson patents bicycle frame
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11 Oct 1899 South African Boers declare war on Great Britain
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11 Oct 1899 Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
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11 Oct 1899 The Western League is renamed the American League.
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12 Oct 1899 South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England
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13 Oct 1899 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
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14 Oct 1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa
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15 Oct 1899 Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 and 19-3 victories over Cleveland Spiders
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17 Oct 1899 Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000
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20 Oct 1899 Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs. Boers
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20 Oct 1899 Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup
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21 Oct 1899 Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs. British army)
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22 Oct 1899 British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa
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24 Oct 1899 Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs. British army
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30 Oct 1899 Battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat Lieutenant General Whites army
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30 Oct 1899 British Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill reaches Cape Town
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02 Nov 1899 Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal
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02 Nov 1899 The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
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03 Nov 1899 James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
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09 Nov 1899 Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack
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12 Nov 1899 British troops reach Durban Natal
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15 Nov 1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill and wife captured in Natal
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23 Nov 1899 Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
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23 Nov 1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)
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25 Nov 1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
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28 Nov 1899 The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
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29 Nov 1899 FC Barcelona Association football club is founded.
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02 Dec 1899 US and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
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02 Dec 1899 Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
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04 Dec 1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
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04 Dec 1899 Webb Hayes Son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
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08 Dec 1899 Natal: British fall / burst out belegerd Ladysmith
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10 Dec 1899 Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs. British army
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10 Dec 1899 Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
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10 Dec 1899 1st defeat of "Black Week" - Battle at Stormberg South Africa - Boers vs British army; nearly 3000 British troops killed
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10 Dec 1899 Frank Wedekind's "Der Kammersang" premieres in Berlin
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11 Dec 1899 2nd defeat of "Black Week" - Battle of Magersfontein - Boer leader Cronj
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12 Dec 1899 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii
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12 Dec 1899 George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
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12 Dec 1899 George F Grant of Boston )first black graduate of Harvard College, and a dentist) patents the wooden golf tee
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15 Dec 1899 Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army)
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15 Dec 1899 3rd defeat of "Black Week" - Battle at Colenso South Africa (Boers-British army)
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18 Dec 1899 Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
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23 Dec 1899 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa
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23 Dec 1899 Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa
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23 Dec 1899 Tentative Turkish & German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway
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25 Dec 1899 Farmers send / guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding / desire in grenade
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26 Dec 1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed
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29 Dec 1899 English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up
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