Historical Events In February - 01

1878  Hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate on February - 01.  

1878  On February - 01 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

1879  On February - 01 sydney Baynes, composer  

1880  The first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published on this day in history.  

1880  Antonio Guarnieri, composer on this day in history.  

1881  On this day in history uS Assay Office in St Louis MO authorized  

1881  US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri authorized on February - 01.  

1881  Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer on February - 01.  

1882  Louis St Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57) on February - 01.  

1883  On February - 01 french Lieutenant-Colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger  

1883  French lt-col Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger on February - 01.  

1883  On February - 01 jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV)  

1883  On February - 01 pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies  

1884  First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published on this day in history.  

1884  On February - 01 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published  

1884  Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We) on February - 01.  

1885  On this day in history camille Chautemps, premier France  

1887  Harvey Wilcox of Kansas subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood) on February - 01.  

1887  On this day in history harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern Calif & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)  

1887  On February - 01 dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect  

1889  Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia) on this day in history.  

1889  Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1891  On February - 01 james Price Johnson, composer  

1892  On this day in history mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning the use of the "400" to describe the socially elite  

1892  On February - 01 mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite  

1892  On this day in history k Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall)  

1893  Prince Albert, Saskatchewan recorded the coldest day on record in Saskatchewan -56.7 degrees Celsius on February - 01.  

1893  On this day in history thomas Edison completes worlds first movie studio (West Orange NJ)  

1893  On this day in history puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin  

1893  Prince Albert, Saskatchewan recorded the coldest day on record in Saskatchewan: -56.7 degrees Celsius on this day in history.  

1895  The birth of John Ford, American director on February - 01.  

1895  John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) on this day in history.  

1896  Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56)  

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on February - 01.  

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.  

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on February - 01.  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.  

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic  

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

1635  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)  

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.  

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on February - 01.  

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.  

1328  On this day in history charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies  

1502  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.  

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.