Historical Events In 1895

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

Feb 01   The birth of John Ford, American director on this day in history.  

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   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 06   On this day in history george Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)  

Feb 08   In the year 1895 king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)  

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

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

Feb 09   Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts on this day in history.  

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

Feb 11   On this day in history -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   Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk) on this day in history.  

Feb 13   On this day in history moving picture projector patented  

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

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

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

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) in the year 1895.  

Feb 18   In the year 1895 albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77  

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

Feb 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1895 congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO  

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

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 20   In the year 1895 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   In the year 1895 birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1895.  

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

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

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

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died in the year 1895.