Timeline April 1899

Events in April 1899 3

• 1899 – 1977 Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) Died 2 July 1977, aged 77 Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-American novelist best known for Lolita and Pale Fire. He died in Montreux, Switzerland, where he had lived for the last years of his life.
• 1899 Duke Ellington born in Washington, D.C. Edward Kennedy Ellington Grows up in a middle-class family in Washington.
• 1899 La Jamais Contente breaks 100 km/h First vehicle to exceed 100 kilometers per hour On 29 April 1899, Belgian driver Camille Jenatzy drove the electric car "La Jamais Contente" to a speed of 105.88 km/h at Achères, France, becoming the first vehicle to exceed 100 km/h. The torpedo-shaped car was built specifically to break land speed records. Jenatzy's record stood for several years before gasoline-powered cars surpassed it.