What is 1899?
{{Year nav|1899}} {{Year in various calendars|1899}} '''1899''' ([[Roman numerals|MDCCCXCIX]]) was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Friday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == * [[January 1]] – [[Queens]] and [[Staten Island]] join with [[New York City]]. * [[June 19]] - The [[United Kingdom]] and [[Egypt]] begin [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan|ruling Sudan together]]. === Date unknown === * [[Thomson]] measures the [[Electric charge|charge]] and [[mass]] of an [[electron]]. * The [[1899 San Ciriaco hurricane]] hits the [[Bahamas]], [[Florida]] and [[North Carolina]] == Births == === January === [[File:Al Capone in 1930.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Al Capone]]]] * [[January 17]] – [[Al Capone]], American gangster (d. [[1947]]) === February === [[File:Turkse chef Generale staf (Generaal Sunay), Bestanddeelnr 916-7535 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Cevdet Sunay]]]] [[File:Erich Kästner 1961.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Erich Kästner]]]] * [[February 10]] - [[Cevdet Sunay]], 5th [[President of Turkey]] (d. [[1982]]) * [[February 17]] – [[Priscilla Bonner]], American film actress (d. [[1996]]) * [[February 23]] – [[Erich Kästner]], German children's writer (d. [[1974]]) === March === [[File:Gloria Swanson 1941.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gloria Swanson]]]] * [[March 27]] – [[Gloria Swanson]], American actress (d. [[1983]]) === April === [[File:Vladimir Nabokov 1973.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Vladimir Nabokov]]]] [[File:Duke Ellington - publicity.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Duke Ellington]]]] * [[April 22]] – [[Vladimir Nabokov]], Russian writer (d. [[1977]]) * [[April 29]] – [[Duke Ellington]], American pianist and jazz musician (d. [[1974]]) === May === [[File:Astaire, Fred - Never Get Rich.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Fred Astaire]]]] [[File:Nazrul.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]]] * [[May 10]] – [[Fred Astaire]], American dancer and actor (d. [[1987]]) * [[May 24]] – [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]], Bangladeshi poet (d. [[1976]]) === June === === July === [[File:Konstantinos Tsatsos.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Konstantin