Page 6: Historical Events In February - 01

1878  On this day in history hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate   

1878  George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on February - 01.   

1879  On this day in history sydney Baynes, composer   

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

1880  On February - 01 antonio Guarnieri, composer   

1881  US Assay Office in St Louis MO authorized on this day in history.   

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

1881  Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer on this day in history.   

1882  Louis St Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57) on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history french Lieutenant-Colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger   

1883  On February - 01 french lt-col Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger   

1883  On this day in history jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV)   

1883  On this day in history pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies   

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

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

1884  On this day in history yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1887  On February - 01 dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect   

1889  On February - 01 gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia)   

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

1891  James Price Johnson, composer on this day in history.   

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  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  K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall) on this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 01 prince Albert, Saskatchewan recorded the coldest day on record in Saskatchewan: -56.7 degrees Celsius   

1895  On February - 01 the birth of John Ford, American director.   

1895  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56)   

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1261  On this day in history birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  On this day in history birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

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  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)   

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

1204  On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

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

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

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

1502  On this day in history 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)