Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   On this day in history john Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)  

Feb 01   On this day in history the birth of John Ford, American director.  

Feb 02   George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL in the year 1895.  

Feb 03   Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52) on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1895 wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)  

Feb 04   1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago on this day in history.  

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) in the year 1895.  

Feb 04   On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 04   In the year 1895 first rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago  

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) on this day in history.  

Feb 08   On this day in history king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)  

Feb 08   Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg on this day in history.  

Feb 09   On this day in history 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)  

Feb 09   On this day in history volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts  

Feb 11   -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) in the year 1895.  

Feb 11   In the year 1895 -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)  

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC in the year 1895.  

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer in the year 1895.  

Feb 13   Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk) on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1895 moving picture projector patented  

Feb 14   Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice) in the year 1895.  

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London in the year 1895.  

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans in the year 1895.  

Feb 17   Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on this day in history.  

Feb 18   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 in the year 1895.  

Feb 18   On this day in history george "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)  

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO  

Feb 20   In the year 1895 congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo  

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   On this day in history freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)  

Feb 21   On this day in history nC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass  

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Jan 01   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)  

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1895 birth of mihail Andricu, composer  

Jan 04   In the year 1895 birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter  

Jan 04   In the year 1895 birth of leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)  

Jan 05   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) died in the year 1895.  

Jan 09   Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812) died in the year 1895.  

Jan 10   On this day in history benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45  

Jan 22   Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1895.  

Jan 24   In the year 1895 death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)  

Jan 26   In the year 1895 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies  

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 in the year 1895.  

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died on this day in history.