Historical Events In 1895

Dec 07   Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies in the year 1895.  

Dec 07   Jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana) on this day in history.  

Dec 08   On this day in history battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out  

Dec 13   1st complete execution of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony on this day in history.  

Dec 14   George VI, king of England (1936-52) on this day in history.  

Dec 16   Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.  

Dec 17   Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC on this day in history.  

Dec 17   George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) on this day in history.  

Dec 19   Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre) in the year 1895.  

Dec 20   Susanne Langer, US, philosopher/educator (Philosophy in a New Key) in the year 1895.  

Dec 21   Paul Hoffer, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 22   Wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand in the year 1895.  

Dec 25   On this day in history raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32  

Dec 27   Sig Arno, Hamburg, Germany, actor (Holiday in Havana) on this day in history.  

Dec 28   The Lumiere brothers, 19th century film makers, held their first commercial screening on this day in history.  

Dec 28   World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris in the year 1895.  

Dec 29   Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg in the year 1895.  

Dec 30   August De Boodt, Belgian politician in the year 1895.  

Dec 30   LP Hartley, British writer, dies on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI  

Jan 01   In the year 1895 birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor  

Jan 02   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1895 birth of boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer  

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 in the year 1895.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1895 benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45  

Jan 22   In the year 1895 edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39  

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies in the year 1895.  

Jan 28   In the year 1895 francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85  

Feb 02   On this day in history death of archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)