1899 Fact Sheet
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Portable Flashlight | 1899 | Russia/United States | Asia and North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Conrad Hubert |
| Paper clip | 1899 | Norway | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Johan Vaaler |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 1899 Stanley Cup Winner | 1899 | Montreal ShamrocksMontreal Victorias | Harry Trihey (captain) | Queen's UniversityWinnipeg Victorias | Hockey | Montreal |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Actinium | Actinium | 1899 | Andreacute-Louis Debierne | Jefferson Lab |
Database: World Land Speed Record Holders
| Record Name | Year | Date | Car | Driver | Speed (MPG) | Speed (KPH) | Source |
| Jenatzy | 1899 | Jan 17 | Jenatzy | Camille Jenatzy | 41.42 | 66.27 | Thrust Team |
| Jeantaud | 1899 | Jan 17 | Jeantaud | Gaston Chasseloup-Laubat | 43.69 | 69.90 | Thrust Team |
| Jenatzy | 1899 | Jan 27 | Jenatzy | Camille Jenatzy | 49.92 | 79.87 | Thrust Team |
| Jeantaud | 1899 | Mar 4 | Jeantaud | Gaston Chasseloup-Laubat | 57.60 | 92.16 | Thrust Team |
| Jenatzy | 1899 | Apr 29 | Jenatzy | Camille Jenatzy | 65.79 | 105.26 | Thrust Team |
Database: Tallest Churches in the World
| Record Name | Year Complete | City | Country | Church | Height (Meters) | Height (Feet) | Source |
| Cathedral | 1899 | Zagreb | Croatia | Cathedral | 105.0 m | 344 ft | Wikipedia |
Database: Best Selling Books of All Time
| Record Name | Language | Year Released | Rank | Author | Sales Volume | Source |
| A Message to Garcia | English | 1899 | 33 | Elbert Hubbard | 40 million | Wikipedia |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Actinium | Ac | 3 | 89 | 1050 | 3200 | 10.07 | 1899 | 227 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1899 Wimbledon Mens Result | 1899 | Tennis | Reggie Doherty | Arthur Gore | 16 46 62 63 63 |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 1899 | 1899 | United States | 51.80 deg F | 9 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1899-1900 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1899-1900 | 7.91 | -7.22 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1898-1899 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1898-1899 | 5.59 | -9.54 | National Weather Service |
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