Historical Events In 1895

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

Feb 01   The birth of John Ford, American director in the year 1895.  

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

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

Feb 03   Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs) on this day in history.  

Feb 04   1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago in the year 1895.  

Feb 04   In the year 1895 annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters)  

Feb 04   In the year 1895 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 04   On this day in history first rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago  

Feb 06   In the year 1895 george Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)  

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

Feb 08   In the year 1895 tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg  

Feb 09   In the year 1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)  

Feb 09   In the year 1895 volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts  

Feb 11   On this day in history -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)  

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

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 13   On this day in history fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)  

Feb 13   Moving picture projector patented in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 14   On this day in history oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London  

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

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

Feb 17   Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) in the year 1895.  

Feb 19   In the year 1895 louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)  

Feb 20   Abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 20   On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77  

Feb 20   Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) in the year 1895.  

Feb 21   In the year 1895 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   Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 02   In the year 1895 birth of count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)  

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mihail Andricu, composer  

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

Jan 04   Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)  

Jan 09   In the year 1895 death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)  

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   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.