WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO NOVEMBER 1899
Find out what all happened July to November 1899

American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo. (23. September 1899)

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

The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. (2. November 1899)

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

Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident. (13. September 1899)

Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya. (13. September 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)

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

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

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