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October 1899 October 1 Possession of the Mariana Islands in the South Pacific Ocean is formally transferred from Spain to Germany, which purchased the archipelago (with the exception of Guam ) from Spain for 837,500 German gold marks (equivalent at this time to $4,100,000) and become part of German New Guinea until the end of World War One.
October. October 30 – The Augusta High School Building is completed in Augusta, Kentucky; Augusta Methodist College shuts down. November 1899 snowstorm in Washington, D.C. November 4 – The Alpha Sigma Tau sorority is founded in Ypsilanti, Michigan. November 8 – The Bronx Zoo opens in New York City.
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9 October – first motor bus in London. 11 October – Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts. 13 October – Second Boer War: Siege of Mafeking begins.
On October 19, 1899, the steamship Kerberos is sailing from England to New York City. Four months earlier, its sister ship Prometheus disappeared without a trace on the same route. Maura and many of the first-class passengers on Kerberos are in the dining room when third-class passenger Krester bursts in pleading for a doctor.
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The Battle of Talana Hill, also known as the Battle of Glencoe, was the first major clash of the Second Boer War. A frontal attack by British infantry supported by artillery drove Boers from a hilltop position, but the British suffered heavy casualties in the process, including their commanding general Sir William Penn Symons . Prelude.
- 20 October 1899
- British tactical victory
Nov ember. Dec ember. All. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Oct 2 Orange Free state mobilizes. Oct 3 J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner. Oct 9 1st British troops reaches Durban, South Africa. Oct 9 South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum. Oct 10 African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame.
Nov ember. Dec ember. All. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Historical Events. Oct 2 Orange Free state mobilizes. Oct 3 J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner. Oct 9 1st British troops reaches Durban, South Africa. Oct 9 South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum.
