Historical Events in 1899
50 curated events dated to this year, and 273 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1899
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Death of Daughter Josephine
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Enrollment at Harvard University
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Injury and Loss of Foot
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Publication of 'Antigonish'
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Publication of 'The Black Man's Burden'
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Publication of 'The Last of the Lairds'
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Publication of 'The Man with the Hoe'
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Publication of 'The Symbolist Movement in Literature'
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Publication of 'War is Kind'
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The Commercial Success of the Chiquita United Fruit Company Monopoly
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The Wright brothers begin kite and glider experiments
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Attending Lombard College
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Belgian Antarctic Expedition on Belgica
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Carsten Borchgrevink's Southern Cross Expedition
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Co-founding the Irish Literary Theatre
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Education at Smith College
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Friendship with Willa Cather
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Irish Literary Theatre Founded
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Marriage of Edward Thomas
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Marriage of Edward Thomas and Helen Noble
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Move to England
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Publication of 'Paolo and Francesca'
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Publication of 'The Future of Islam'
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Publication of 'The House of the Black Ring'
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Publication of 'The Story of the Treasure Seekers'
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Publication of 'The Vinedresser and Other Poems'
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Relocation to Washington, D.C.
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Service in the Second Boer War
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The Agonizing Siege of Mafeking
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The Death-Defying Escape of Winston Churchill from Pretoria
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Final Years in England
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First Artistic Recognition
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Guinness hires William Sealy Gosset
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Prophecy and the Boxer Rebellion
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Publication of 'A History of English Romanticism'
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Publication of 'Decorations: In Verse and Prose'
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Publication of 'Images of Good and Evil'
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Publication of 'The City of the Soul'
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Teaching Career Begins
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Tesla conducts spectacular electrical experiments in Colorado Springs
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Valéry's Marriage to Ellen
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Balloons in Boer War
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Education at the University of Michigan
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Frankie and Johnny Shooting
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Marriage to Grace Nail
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Sumitomo Besshi Mine Landslide
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Thomas Hardy Writes 'An August Midnight' on Insects Invading His Study
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Balfour Declaration on Education (technical)
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First Use of Police Dogs in Law Enforcement
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The Kissing Bug Scare of 1899
Poets alive in 1899
273 poets
Poets in 1899
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