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| 1899 |
| | | Marconi equips two ships to send radio reports to New York on the progress of the yachts racing for the America's Cup | |
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| 1899 |
| | | The Boer War breaks out, ostensibly over the rights of British settlers in the Transvaal | |
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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 |
| | | 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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