Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 04   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1895.  

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

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

Feb 08   King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 09   On this day in history 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   -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) on this day in history.  

Feb 11   -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1895 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) in the year 1895.  

Feb 13   Moving picture projector patented in the year 1895.  

Feb 14   Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17   In the year 1895 anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)  

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

Feb 18   In the year 1895 george "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)  

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

Feb 20   On this day in history abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C.  

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

Feb 20   On this day in history 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   NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass in the year 1895.  

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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   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born in the year 1895.  

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

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

Jan 04   Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter was born in the year 1895.  

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

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   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   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 in the year 1895.