WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1899
Find out what all happened February to August 1899

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

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

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)

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

Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, was captured by American forces. (31. March 1899)

The Norwegian football club Viking FK was founded. (10. August 1899)

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

NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. (17. July 1899)

New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200. (12. June 1899)

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

Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona. (30. May 1899)

Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300. (4. March 1899)

Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River. (27. March 1899)

German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights. (30. March 1899)

Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. (6. February 1899)

The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play. (8. May 1899)

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

A. E. J. Collins scores 628 runs not out, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket. (27. June 1899)