John Arthur Shelton Timeline

WORLD, NATIONAL & LOCAL EVENTS OF 1899

This timeline helps you explore important events that occured during the life of John Arthur Shelton. By better understanding the world in which John Shelton lived you can better understand the person he was and the decisions he made. We invite you to submit events for inclusion on this or any other Timeline by using our event submission form.

Click on a "YEAR" to explore world, national and local events for that year. Click on an "AGE" for an index of personal events for that year.

• The first magnetic recording of sound.

• John Dewey wrote "School and Society"
• Ernest Hemingway was born.

• Felix Hoffman developed aspirin.

• New Zealand Physicist Ernest Rutherford discovered alpha & beta rays.

• First peace conference at the Hague.
• Sudan became an Anglo-Egyptian condominium.