Page 3: Historical Events In April - 25
Sunday, 01 February 2026
1849 Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium). 

1850 Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices. 

1853 William Beaumont, physiologist, dies 

1859 Ground broken for Suez Canal 

1859 Work begins on the Suez Canal, Egypt. 

1861 7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC 

1862 Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans, La. 

1862 Union naval forces occupy New Orleans, LA 

1862 Battle of New Orleans LA 

1862 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs. 

1862 Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55 

1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas. 

1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition) 

1867 Tokyo is opened for foreign trade. 

1867 Tokyo opens for foreign trade. 

1867 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist 

1869 Karl Prohaska, composer 

1871 Sara Amsel, Indonesian/Dutch actress. 

1872 Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper. 

1873 Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 

1874 Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor of radio is born. 

1874 Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909) 

1875 Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3") 

1876 Chicago Cubs inaugural NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout) 

1876 Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout). 

1876 Ruben Marcos Campos, composer 

1881 250000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany 

1881 Hans Windisch, German new testament expert 

1883 Elsa Maxwell, Keokuk Iowa, writer (Jack Paar Show). 

1886 Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna 

1889 Charles Kellaway, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder of 1920's) 

1890 J Palisa discovers asteroids #291 Alice and #292 Ludovica 

1891 Pres Benjamin Harrison visits SF 

1895 Stanley Rous, British soccer official 

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