Timeline August 1899

Events in August 1899 8

• 1811 – 1899 Robert Bunsen (1811-1899) Died 16 August 1899, aged 88 German chemist who pioneered spectroscopy and co-discovered the elements caesium and rubidium. The gas burner used in laboratories worldwide bears his name, though he did not invent it himself. He spent most of his career at the University of Heidelberg.
• 1899 US Championships 1899 Men: Malcolm Whitman · Women: Marion Jones
• 1899 Dreyfus retried and pardoned The Rennes court-martial and presidential pardon A military court-martial in Rennes retried Captain Alfred Dreyfus on charges of treason, again finding him guilty but with "extenuating circumstances" on 9 September 1899. President Émile Loubet pardoned Dreyfus ten days later, though he was not formally exonerated until 1906. The case had bitterly divided French society for years.
• 1899 – 1980 Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) Died 29 April 1980, aged 80 British-American film director renowned as the "Master of Suspense," known for films including Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, and North by Northwest. His innovative visual storytelling and mastery of tension shaped modern thriller filmmaking. He was knighted shortly before his death.
• 1899 – 1988 Colleen Moore (1899-1988) American actress, the bobbed-haired flapper of the 1920s and creator of a famous dollhouse castle.
• 1899 Colleen Moore born in Port Huron Colleen Moore is born in Port Huron.
• 1899 – 1986 Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Died 14 June 1986, aged 86 Argentine writer whose short stories and essays on labyrinths, infinity and mirrors made him one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. Though never awarded the Nobel Prize, he shaped generations of Latin American and world literature. He died in Geneva, Switzerland.
• 1899 – 1978 Charles Boyer (1899-1978) Died 26 August 1978, aged 78 Boyer was a French leading man of Hollywood's golden age, nominated for four Academy Awards including for "Gaslight". He died by suicide two days after the death of his wife of 44 years.