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The Amherst Historical Society was founded in 1899
Here are some other notable events from that year
January 1899
Born
Robert Maynard Hutchins US, educator/civil libertarian
Al Capone Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging)
Humphrey Bogart actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny, African Queen)
Died
Alfred Sisley painter
Events In History
Cuba liberated from Spain by US (National Day) (US occupies till 1902)
Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms
Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
February 1899
Born
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Long Island NY, railroad tycoon
Charles H Best Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer of diabetes treatment (Insulin)
Died
Georg Leo earl von Caprivi German chancellor, dies at 67
George Morgan 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident
François Félix Faure President of France (1895-99), dies at 57
Events In History
Revolt against US occupation of Philippines
Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate
US Congress begins using voting machines
March 1899
Born
Alfred M Gruenther US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)
Lavrenti Beria chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
Gloria Swanson Chicago IL, actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly)
Irving Thalberg US producer (MGM)
Died
Martha M Place of Brooklyn NY, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution
Events In History
President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US)
Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar
George Dewey becomes 1st in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy
"Aspirin" patented by Felix Hoffmann
Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die
Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering
April 1899
Born
Duke Ellington bandleader (Take the A Train)
Alfred Butts game inventor ("Scrabble")
Events In History
Treaty of Paris ratifies; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
May 1899
Born
Fred Astaire Omaha NE, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
John M Harlan Chicago IL, 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71)
Ralph Sanford Springfield MA, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
Otto E Neugebauer Austrian/US math historian
Died
Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur French painter, dies at 68
Events In History
Lawn mower patented
Victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid England
World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
Conference of Bloemfontein fails
June 1899
Born
Werner Janssen NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)
Nelson Doubleday US, publisher (Doubleday)
Jean Moulin hero of the French Resistance during WW II
Events In History
Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
Jim Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons for the Heavyweight boxxing crown
Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati
Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage
July 1899
Born
Charles Laughton England, actor (Mutiny on the Bounty)
George Cukor producer/director (Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story)
E.B. White writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style)
Ernest Hemmingway Oak Park, For whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954)
Died
Horatio Alger Jr American clergyman & author
Events In History
Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels
SF City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building
1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY
Southern Calif Golf Assn formed
August 1899
Born
William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71)
Alfred Hitchcock London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window)
C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
Events In History
Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game
September 1899
Born
Billy Rose theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show)
Neil Hamilton Lynn Mass, actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman)
Events In History
Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk
2nd quake in 7 days hits Yakutat Bay Alaska
Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY)
October 1899
Born
Bruce Catton Civil War historian
Miguel Asturias Guatemala, poet/novelist/diplomat (Nobel 1967)
Events In History
Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000
Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup
November 1899
Born
Harold "Pie" Traynor baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates)
Allen Tate US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)
Died
Garret Augustus Hobart 24th VP
Events In History
Jim Jeffries retains heavyweight boxing title over Sailor Tom Sharkey
1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)
December 1899
Born
Jean de Brunhoff France, children's book author (Babar the Elephant)
Vera von der Heydt psychoanalyst
Sir Noel Coward playwright (In Which We Serve-1942 Academy Award)
Hoagy Carmichael Bloomington IN, pianist/composer
Wiley Post Texas, aviation pioneer
Died
Antoni Katski composer, dies at 82
John William Glover composer, dies at 84
Dwight L Moody US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement)
Events In History
US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
George F Grant of Boston (first black graduate of Harvard College, and a dentist)
patents the wooden golf tee
1st case of plague on Oahu, HI
Tentative Turkish & German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway
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