WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1899
Find out what all happened January to December 1899

Opel manufactures its first automobile. (21. January 1899)

The Western League is renamed the American League. (11. October 1899)

The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila. (4. February 1899)

The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria. (18. April 1899)

The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. (17. January 1899)

Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded. (16. February 1899)

Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York. (10. December 1899)

The First Hague Convention is signed. (29. July 1899)

Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic. (23. January 1899)

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. (22. February 1899)

Thirteen crew members and five apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former founders off the coast of Devon. (12. January 1899)

Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark. (6. March 1899)

Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts. (11. October 1899)

The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. (23. January 1899)

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed. (19. January 1899)

Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections. (14. February 1899)

American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation began her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas. (7. June 1899)

The first traffic ticket in the US: New York City taxi driver Jacob German was arrested for speeding while driving 12 miles per hour on Lexington Street. (20. May 1899)

The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne. (2. February 1899)

Spanish rule ends in Cuba. (1. January 1899)