Travel Through History
Pick any year and discover what was happening around the world. Enter a year or use the timeline below.
Jump to notable years
No events recorded for 1899 CE
But here are some events from nearby years:
Titanic Strikes Iceberg
The "unsinkable" ship hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Over 1,500 people died in one of history's deadliest maritime disasters.
Titanic Sinks
At 2:20 AM, the RMS Titanic broke apart and sank. The band famously played until the very end.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
A 19-year-old Serbian nationalist shot the Austrian heir, triggering a chain of events that led to World War I and 20 million deaths.
Jesse James Shot Dead
The infamous outlaw was killed by Robert Ford, a member of his own gang, for a $10,000 reward. Ford shot him in the back while he was hanging a picture.
Russian Revolution Begins
Women workers in Petrograd began strikes and demonstrations that would topple the Tsar and eventually lead to the Soviet Union.