WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1899
Find out what all happened February to October 1899

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark. (6. 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 Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila. (4. February 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)

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)