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| 1899 |
| | Edward Elgar teases with the word 'enigma' printed at the head of his orchestral Variations on an Original Theme | |
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| 1899 |
| | Within a single 'Black Week' the British forces in South Africa suffer three defeats, at Stromberg, Magersfontein and Colenso | |
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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 | |
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| 1899 |
| | At a retrial of Alfred Dreyfus a new court martial confirms his conviction for treason | |
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| 1899 |
| | Ten days after the court martial's verdict, Alfred Dreyfus is given a pardon by the president of France | |
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| 1899 |
| | Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg composes the string sextet Verklärte Nacht | |
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| 1899 |
| | Ranjitsinhji becomes the first cricketer to score 3000 runs in a single season | |
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| 1899 |
| | John Kelly (1840-1904) designs All Saints, Petersham, in the style of a Romanesque basilica | |
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| 1899 |
| | A new theatre opens on the Green in Richmond, designed by a speciallist in theatre architecture, Frank Matcham | |
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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 | |
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