1899

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Years:	1896 1897 1898 - 1899 - 1900 1901 1902

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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 of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar).

Although popular belief holds this year as the last of the Nineteenth century, 1900 was in fact technically the true last year.

[edit] Events of 1899

January 22 - The leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss the confederation of Australia as a whole.

February 2 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne agrees Australia's capital (Canberra) should be located between Sydney and Melbourne.

February 6 - Spanish-American War: A peace treaty between the United States and Spain is ratified by the United States Senate.
February 12-14 - Great Blizzard of 1899: Freezing temperatures and snow extend well south into North America, including southern Florida. Many areas in the Southeast United States achieve all-time record minimum temperatures that hold for decades, if not to the present day. It is the latest in a series of disasters to Florida's citrus industry.
February 14 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.

March 1 - In Afghanistan Capt. 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.
March 2 - In Washington State, USA, Mount Rainier National Park is established.
March 4 - Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead.

March 6: Aspirin

March 6 - Felix Hoffmann patents Aspirin.
March 6 - Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
March 8 - Frankfurter Fußball-Club Victoria von 1899, prequel for Eintracht Frankfurt is founded
March 20 - At Sing Sing, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair.

June 12 - A tornado completely destroys the town of New Richmond, Wisconsin, killing 117 and injuring more than 200
June 22–June 27 - the highest ever recorded cricket score, 628 not out, is made by A. E. J. Collins.
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.
June 27 The paperclip was first patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.[1]

July 17 - America's first juvenile court is established in Chicago.
July 17 - NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
July 17 - The French Bretonnet-Braun mission is destroyed in the battle of Togbao, in Chad, by the warlord Rabih az-Zubayr.
July 19 - The Newsboys Strike takes place when the Newsies of New York, USA go on strike (strike lasts until August 2). more info
July 29 - The First Peace Conference ends with the signing of the Hague Convention.

Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War

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.
October 30 - Augusta, KY Augusta High School Building is completed. Augusta Methodist College shuts down.
November 4 - Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority is founded in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
November 8 - The Bronx Zoo opens.
November 16 - Lithuanian doctor, poet, and national hero Vincas Kudirka dies of tuberculosis at age 40.

December 2 - Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
December 16 - Augusta, KY Augusta High School burns down due to a heating plant failure.
December 26 - Battle of Mafeking begins.

David Hilbert creates the modern concept of geometry with the publication of his book Grundlagen der geometrie.
Gordon Douglas is ordained as a Buddhist monk in Myanmar. He is the first westerner to be ordained in the Theravada tradition.
International Council of Nurses is founded.
San Pellegrino is first bottled.
The significance of oracle bones is discovered.
Kmart is founded.
The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Manteo, which was originally laid out as the Dare county seat in 1870.
Scott Joplin composes Maple Leaf Rag, known as one of the most famous ragtime pieces of all time.