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  • Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Jun, 1899
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill spoke at Conservative meetings

    Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Jun, 1899

    Seeking a parliamentary career, Churchill spoke at Conservative meetings and was selected as one of the party's two parliamentary candidates for the June 1899 by-election in Oldham, Lancashire.




  • South Africa
    Jun, 1899
    Second Boer War

    Negotiations in Bloemfontein failed

    South Africa
    Jun, 1899

    The June 1899 negotiations in Bloemfontein failed, and in September 1899 British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain demanded full voting rights and representation for the uitlanders residing in the Transvaal.




  • Osaka, Japan
    Sunday Jun 11, 1899
    Yasunari Kawabata

    Birth

    Osaka, Japan
    Sunday Jun 11, 1899

    On 11 June 1899, Yasunari Kawabata was born into a well-established family in Osaka, Japan.




  • Sea Bright, New Jersey, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 27, 1899
    Juan Trippe

    Born

    Sea Bright, New Jersey, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 27, 1899

    Trippe was born in Sea Bright, New Jersey, on June 27, 1899, the great-great-grandson of Lieutenant John Trippe, captain of the USS Vixen.




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