February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death February 19, 1899
The temperature on February 19, 1899 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
February 22 » 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.
March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
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