Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   In the year 1895 john Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)  

Feb 01   In the year 1895 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   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) in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) in the year 1895.  

Feb 08   King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) on this day in history.  

Feb 08   On this day in history tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg  

Feb 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1895 -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   On this day in history georgetown became part of Washington DC  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans on this day in history.  

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

Feb 18   On this day in history albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77  

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) on this day in history.  

Feb 19   On this day in history louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)  

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

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO on this day in history.  

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

Feb 20   In the year 1895 frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77  

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

Feb 21   NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer  

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1895.  

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

Jan 22   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39  

Jan 24   On this day in history 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 in the year 1895.