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1898
 
    
Henry James publishes The Turn of the Screw in a collection of short stories       
1899
 
    
Belgian racing driver Camille Jenatzy is the first to drive faster than a mile a minute, reaching 65 mph in an electric car at Achères in France       
1899
 
    
Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in transmitting a wireless telegraph message across the English Channel       
1899
 
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The Boer War breaks out, ostensibly over the rights of British settlers in the Transvaal     
1899
 
    
Edward Elgar teases with the word 'enigma' printed at the head of his orchestral Variations on an Original Theme       
Edward Elgar, by Hedley, 1927
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1899
 
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Within a single 'Black Week' the British forces in South Africa suffer three defeats, at Stromberg, Magersfontein and Colenso        
1899
 
   
At a retrial of Alfred Dreyfus a new court martial confirms his conviction for treason      
1899
 
   
Ten days after the court martial's verdict, Alfred Dreyfus is given a pardon by the president of France      
1899
 
   
Ranjitsinhji becomes the first cricketer to score 3000 runs in a single season      
1899
 
    
E. Nesbit publishes The Story of the Treasure Seekers, introducing the Bastable family who feature in several of her books for children