Editing 1899 (section)

=== April ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; The [[Second Battle of Vailele]] takes place in [[Samoa]] as rebels loyal to King [[Mata'afa Iosefo]] force the retreat of American and British troops loyal to [[Malietoa Tanumafili I|Prince Tanumafili]].
* [[April 4]] &ndash; Cuba's General Assembly votes to disband the Cuban army and to dissolve to accept U.S. sovereignty.<ref name="AROR499"/>
* [[April 5]] &ndash; A team of prospectors sets out from Northern Rhodesia to explore the minerals of central Africa for the British company [[Tanganyika Concessions]] (TCL). Discovering that the most valuable copper deposits are in the [[Congo Free State]], TCL makes an unsuccessful attempt to purchase full rights from King Leopold of Belgium.
* [[April 7]] &ndash; The [[Shootout at Wilson Ranch]], the last major gunfight of the [[American frontier|Wild West]] era in the U.S., takes place in [[Tombstone, Arizona]]. Brothers William Halderman and Thomas Halderman, kill two lawmen. They will be hanged on November 16, 1900.
* [[April 9]]
** In [[Uganda]], [[Kabalega of Bunyoro|King Chwa II Kabalega]] of the [[Bunyoro]] kingdom, a leader of the fight against British colonial occupation, is taken prisoner after being shot in a battle near [[Hoima]]. Kabalega is exiled to the [[Seychelles]] and remains there until 1923.
** The Greek ship ''Maria'' sinks after a collision in the Mediterranean and 45 people drown.<ref name="AROR499"/>
** The [[Battle of Santa Cruz (1899)|Battle of Santa Cruz]] begins in the Philippines between U.S. Army troops and nationalists of the [[First Philippine Republic]]. After a two day battle, 93 Filipino fighters and one American soldier are dead.
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Pana riot|Seven people are shot and killed]] in a gun battle at the Springside Mine at [[Pana, Illinois]], between striking white union coal miners and African-Americans hired as strikebreakers.<ref name="AROR499"/> 
* [[April 11]] &ndash; U.S. President William McKinley declares the Spanish-American War to be at an end as the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|Treaty of Paris]] between the U.S. and Spain goes into effect. [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Guam]] are ceded to the U.S. and [[Cuba]] becomes an American protectorate.<ref name="AROR499"/>
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Bolivia]]'s President [[Severo Fernández]] is overthrown in a [[Coups d'état in Bolivia#Federal War|military coup d'état]] led by General [[José Manuel Pando]].
* [[April 13]] &ndash; The British freighter ''[[City of York (barque)|City of York]]'' departs from [[San Francisco]] with a crew of 27 and a cargo of timber bound for [[Fremantle]], but never reaches its destination, wrecking on the reefs at [[Rottnest Island]].
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[British Army]] troops in [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] [[Six-Day War (1899)|attack]] the [[Kowloon Walled City|Walled City of Kowloon]], based on intelligence that Chinese Imperial Army troops have been stationed behind the walls to subvert Britain's [[Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory|1898 lease]].
* [[April 16]] &ndash; Britain formally claims possession of the "[[New Territories]]" as an extension of its lease of Hong Kong to cover the area south of the [[Sham Chun River]] and 230 islands in [[Kowloon Bay]].
* [[April 17]] &ndash; The [[1899 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election|first elections for the 10-member Legislative Council]] of the British colony of [[Southern Rhodesia]] (now [[Zimbabwe]]), limited to European candidates and voters. 
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[France]] adds the [[French protectorate of Laos|Kingdom of Laos]], a [[protectorate]] since 1893, to the existing colony of [[French Indochina]].
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Catulle Mendès]]' controversial ballet ''[[Le Cygne (ballet)|Le Cygne]]'' premieres at the [[Opéra-Comique]] in [[Paris]], but is considered by critics to be too sexually explicit.
* [[April 21]] &ndash; The [[nova]] [[V606 Aquilae]] is first observed from Earth as seen within the [[constellation]] [[Aquila (constellation)|Aquila]].
* [[April 22]] &ndash; In aid of the [[Royal Niger Company]], the British Army begins an invasion of [[Esanland]], in Nigeria, to halt the resistance of the [[Esan people|Esan]] chiefs to European rule. After Benin's King Ologbosere is overcome, the British attack the kingdom at [[Ekpoma]]. 
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The steamship ''General Whitney'' sinks off the coast of [[St. Augustine, Florida]]. While everyone on board escapes in lifeboats, one of the boats capsizes, drowning the captain and 16 other crew.
* [[April 24]] &ndash; The Scottish ship ''[[Loch Sloy]]'' is wrecked off the coast of [[Australia]]'s [[Kangaroo Island]], drowning 32 people on board.
[[File:18990425 Timepiece.jpg|thumb|160x160px|A timepiece created in Victoria Hong Kong on 25 April 1899]]
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his [[Symphony No. 1 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 1]] in [[Helsinki]].
* [[April 28]] &ndash; The United Kingdom and the Russian Empire sign the Anglo-Russian Agreement formalizing their spheres of influence in China, essentially agreeing that Britain will not seek railway concessions north of the [[Great Wall of China]], and Russia will avoid doing the same in the [[Yangtze|Yangtze River]] valley in southern China.<ref>Bruce A. Elleman, ''International Competition in China, 1899-1991'' (Taylor & Francis, 2015) p. 10</ref>
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[Camille Jenatzy]] of Belgium becomes the first person to drive faster than 100 kilometers per hour, powering his electric racecar at {{convert|105.88|km/h}} at a track at [[Achères, Yvelines|Achères]].