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Timothy Guy Phelps (December 20, 1824 – June 11, 1899) was an American politician, businessman, and government official. He was the first president of the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1865 until 1868 and saw the railroad build its first tracks south of San Francisco, California.
1899 was a common year ... August 13 – Alfred Hitchcock, British-born American film director (d. ... the only Hispanic Governor of the U.S. state of California (in ...
The Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890 (1966) (ISBN 0-520-01637-8) Alexander Saxton. The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California (1971) (ISBN 0-520-02905-4) Kevin Starr, Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915 (1986) Strobridge, William F. (1994).
This article is intended to provide an overview of notable events from the year 1899 in the United States. The Battle of Manila of the Filipino-American War, which was a major conflict in 1899 for the United States "The beautiful Indian maidens", promotional poster, c. 1899 W. H. Shipman House, Hilo, Hawaii, built in 1899
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The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (M w) or Richter magnitude (M L) of 7.8; [7] however, other values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25. [8]
Edward Eugene Lyon (August 8, 1871 – November 18, 1931) was a United States Army private who received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 13, 1899, during the Philippine–American War. Private Lyon was part of the Young's Scouts, 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He later became a police sergeant.
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on 13 August 1899 in the flat above his parents' leased greengrocer's shop at 517 High Road in Leytonstone, which was then part of Essex (now on the outskirts of East London). He was the son of greengrocer and poulterer, William Edgar Hitchcock (1862–1914) and Emma Jane (née Whelan; 1863–1942).