Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1899 <<Previous year    Next year>> Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 February 2, 1899 December , February 2, 1899 Andrew Carnegie agrees to give Atlanta $100,000 to build and provision a library. The city agrees to find and donate land on which to build the library, and to provide ongoing funding of the institution. April 12, 1899 Sam Hose kills his employer Alfred Cranford during an argument over wages   The Lynching of Sam Hose April 23, 1899 Sam Hose, a black worker, was killed and mutilated in front of a crowd of 2,000 whites.   The Lynching of Sam Hose July 1, 1899 Thomas Andrew Dorsey born, Villa Rica, Georgia   Thomas Dorsey July 21, 1899 Bejamin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead, two Chattanooga (History of Chattanooga, Tennessee) businessmen, receive approval on their plan to bottle Coca-Cola   Coca-Cola August 8, 1899 William Yates Atkinson dies, Newnan, Georgia   William Yates Atkinson The best search in Georgia History Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
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