| January 1 | Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S., known as National Day, U.S. occupies until 1902 |
| January 5 | Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton |
| January 7 | Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's |
| January 17 | U.S. takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific |
| January 19 | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms |
| January 24 | Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms |
| January 24 | Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan |
| January 28 | American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress |
| February 4 | Revolt against U.S. occupation of Philippines |
| February 6 | Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate |
| February 10 | -39 degrees F (-39 degrees C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature) |
| February 10 | U.S.-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley. U.S. gets Puerto Rico and Guam |
| February 11 | -15 degrees F (-26 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record) |
| February 11 | -61 degrees F, Montana (record low temperature) |
| February 12 | 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in U.S. begins, MSG, New York City |
| February 12 | -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) |
| February 13 | -1 degrees F (-18 degrees C) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| February 13 | -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Minden Louisiana (state record) |
| February 13 | -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record) |
| February 14 | U.S. Congress begins using voting machines |
| February 16 | Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England vs. South Africa Johannesburg) |
| February 18 | 80 degrees F in San Francisco |
| February 18 | San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports |
| February 18 | Stanley Cup: Mont Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games |
| February 20 | Ill Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system |
| March 2 | President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in U.S.) |
| March 3 | Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar |
| March 3 | George Dewey becomes 1st in U.S. with rank of Admiral of the Navy |
| March 5 | 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D |
| March 6 | "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann |
| March 14 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2 |
| March 17 | Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die |
| March 18 | Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering |
| March 21 | British and French accord about West-Africa |
| April 1 | North Carolina Mutual opens doors for business |
| April 4 | South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) |
| April 11 | Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US |
| April 18 | John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager |
| April 19 | 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38 |
| April 24 | Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid |
| May 4 | 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12 |
| May 9 | Lawn mower patented |
| May 17 | Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid England |
| May 18 | World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference |
| May 24 | 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) |
| May 25 | 33rd Belmont: R. Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23 |
| May 30 | 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47 |
| May 31 | Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park |
| June 1 | Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last |
| June 2 | Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings |
| June 3 | W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 years 320 days |
| June 5 | Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted |
| June 9 | James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title |
| June 10 | Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati |
| June 16 | Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* vs. England, Lord's |
| June 29 | Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage |
| June 30 | Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick England vs. Australia at Headingley |
| July 1 | Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels |
| July 1 | San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building |
| July 19 | National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms |
| July 29 | 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York |
| July 29 | Southern California Golf Association forms |
| July 31 | Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's |
| August 15 | Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game |
| September 4 | 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay, Alaska |
| September 6 | Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk |
| September 6 | U.S. Minister of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note" |
| September 8 | British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa |
| September 9 | French Captain Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds |
| September 10 | 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska |
| September 14 | Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY) |
| September 15 | 5th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Smith shoots a 315 at Baltimore CC MD |
| September 17 | 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa |
| October 2 | Orange Free state mobilizes |
| October 3 | J. S. Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner |
| October 9 | 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa |
| October 9 | South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum |
| October 10 | IR Johnson patents bicycle frame |
| October 11 | South African Boers declare war on Great Britain |
| October 12 | South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England |
| October 13 | 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal |
| October 14 | Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa |
| October 15 | Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 and 19-3 victories over Cleveland Spiders |
| October 17 | Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 |
| October 20 | Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers |
| October 20 | Columbia (U.S.) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup |
| October 21 | Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army) |
| October 22 | British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa |
| October 24 | Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army |
| October 30 | Battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat Lieutenant-General Whites army |
| October 30 | British Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill reaches Capetown |
| November 2 | Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal |
| November 3 | James J. Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title |
| November 9 | Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack |
| November 11 | Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora," premieres in London |
| November 12 | British troops reach Durban Natal |
| November 15 | Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill and wife captured in Natal |
| November 18 | Trumper scores 208 in 185 minutes (1 five 25 fours) NSW vs. Qld |
| November 22 | Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army) |
| November 23 | 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) |
| November 23 | Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers |
| November 25 | Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers |
| November 28 | Battle of Mud river (Boer General. Cronje beats British General Methuen) |
| December 2 | U.S. and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them |
| December 4 | 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes |
| December 4 | Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor |
| December 8 | Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith |
| December 10 | Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army |
| December 10 | British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa |
| December 10 | Frank Wedekind's "Der Kammersang," premieres in Berlin |
| December 11 | Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronje vs. General Methuen |
| December 12 | 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii |
| December 12 | George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee |
| December 15 | Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army) |
| December 18 | Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa |
| December 23 | Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa |
| December 23 | Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa |
| December 23 | Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway |
| December 25 | Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade |
| December 26 | Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed |
| December 29 | English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up |
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