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1899
 
    
US Secretary of State John Hay circulates a proposal that western powers should adopt an open-to-all trading policy in China       
1899
 
   
At a retrial of Alfred Dreyfus a new court martial confirms his conviction for treason      
1899
 
   
Ten days after the court martial's verdict, Alfred Dreyfus is given a pardon by the president of France      
1899
 
    
Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg composes the string sextet Verklärte Nacht       
1899
 
   
Ranjitsinhji becomes the first cricketer to score 3000 runs in a single season      
1899
 
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John Kelly (1840-1904) designs All Saints, Petersham, in the style of a Romanesque basilica See in Google maps   
1899
 
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A new theatre opens on the Green in Richmond, designed by a speciallist in theatre architecture, Frank Matcham See in Google maps   
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1899
 
    
E. Nesbit publishes The Story of the Treasure Seekers, introducing the Bastable family who feature in several of her books for children       
1900
 
  
The Central London (Tube) Railway charges a flat rate     
Poster for the Twopenny Tube
London's Transport Museum
1900
 
    
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca brings in the new century with a January premiere in Rome