Page 6: Historical Events In February - 01

1878  On February - 01 hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate   

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

1879  Sydney Baynes, composer on February - 01.   

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

1880  Antonio Guarnieri, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1881  On February - 01 jose Ignacio Quinton, composer   

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  Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies on February - 01.   

1884  First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published on February - 01.   

1884  1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published on this day in history.   

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

1885  On February - 01 camille Chautemps, premier France   

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

1887  On February - 01 harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern Calif & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)   

1887  Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect on this day in history.   

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

1889  Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78 on February - 01.   

1891  James Price Johnson, composer on February - 01.   

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

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

1893  On this day in history prince Albert, Saskatchewan recorded the coldest day on record in Saskatchewan -56.7 degrees Celsius   

1893  On February - 01 thomas Edison completes worlds first movie studio (West Orange NJ)   

1893  Puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin on February - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1895  On February - 01 john Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)   

1896  On this day in history giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin   

1896  Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56) on February - 01.   

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

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

1462  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer   

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

1633  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.   

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

1204  On this day in history death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.   

1294  On February - 01 louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.   

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

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)