What Happened in April 1899

Historical Events

St. Andrew's Ambulance Association

Apr 18 St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria

Beatty Officer HMS Barfleur

Apr 20 David Beatty is appointed executive officer of the HMS Barfleur, a small battleship and flagship of the China Station

British Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty

Apr 24 Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid
Apr 27 Foundation of the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Science, the world's first research sound archive (added to UNESCO's Memory of the World 1999) [1]

Events in 1899

Famous Birthdays

Apr 1 Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (d. 1968)
Apr 1 Lida Durdikova, Czech children's author (Children with extinguished eyes) and publisher (Père Castor), born in Prague (d. 1955)
Apr 3 David Jack, English footballer (scored 267 goals from 521 appearances), born in Bolton, Lancashire, England (d. 1958)
Apr 4 Carmel Myers, American stage and silent and sound screen actress (Ben-Hur; Svengali), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1980)
Apr 4 William Brann, South African cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23), born in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province (d. 1953)
Apr 5 William Hornby Steer, Conservative Party politician and barrister (d. 1993)
Apr 7 Robert Casadesus, French concert pianist and composer (Symphony No. 7 - "Israel"), born in Paris (d. 1972)
Apr 9 James Smith McDonnell, American aviator and engineer, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1980)

Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975)

Apr 11 African American chemist who received 130 patents, pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, born in Montgomery, Alabama

Apr 12 Chief Thundercloud [Victor Daniels], Cherokee actor (The Lone Ranger; Colt .45), born in Muskogee, Indian Territory (d. 1955)
Apr 13 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, Soviet composer, born in Odessa, Russian Empire (d. 1934)
Apr 13 Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game inventor (Scrabble), born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 1993)
Apr 13 Alfred Schütz, Austrian-American architect and philosopher, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1959)
Apr 16 Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist, born in Bergaliszki (d. 1988)
Apr 17 Vincent Wigglesworth, British entomologist (Metamorphosis hormones), born in Kirkham, Lancashire, England (d. 1994)
Apr 19 George O'Brien, American actor (Sunrise: A Song of Two Human), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1985)
Apr 21 Clement D'Hooghe, Belgian composer, born in Temse, Belgium (d. 1951)
Apr 21 Randall Thompson, American composer (Trip to Nahant), born in New York City (d. 1984)
Apr 22 Martyn Green, British actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh), born in London, England (d. 1975)

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)

Apr 22 Russian-American novelist (Lolita, Ada), born in St Petersburg, Russia

Apr 23 Minoru Shirota, Japanese microbiologist and fouder of the Yakult Honsha beverage company, born in Tatsuoka, Nagano (d. 1982)
Apr 24 Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (algebraic geometry), born in Kobrin, Russian Empire (d. 1986)
Apr 26 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, American actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail), born in Decatur, Texas (d. 1962)

Leo Diegel (1899-1951)

Apr 27 American golfer (PGA C'ship 1928-29), born in Detroit, Michigan

Apr 29 (Karl) Yngve Sköld, Swedish organist, pianist, and composer, born in Vallby, Södermanland County, Sweden (d. 1992)
Apr 29 Edward "Duke" Ellington, American bandleader, composer and pianist ("Take the A Train"; "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1974)
Apr 29 Natalie Talmadge, American actress (Our Hospitality), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)
Apr 30 Lucie Mannheim, German actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps), born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1976)

Born in 1899

Famous Deaths

Apr 8 John Wesley Turner, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 65
Apr 15 Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum, German psychiatrist (pioneer in classifying mental health), dies at 70
Apr 16 Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary, dies at 23
Apr 17 Hans Balatka, Moravian-American conductor (Milwaukee Musikverein; Chicago Oratorio Society), author (Condensed History of Music), and composer, dies at 74
Apr 20 Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
Apr 21 Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer and geographer (1st modern maps of classical world and Ottoman Empire), dies at 80
Apr 22 Ned Gregory, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; first recognised Test in 1877), dies at 59
Apr 23 Dandridge McRae, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 69