Page 4: Historical Events In February - 05

1887  Snow falls on San Francisco   

1887  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy.   

1888  Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49.   

1889  Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's).   

1891  Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled).   

1892  George Saiko, writer.   

1893  Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec).   

1893  Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica)   

1894  Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms.   

1897  Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel   

1897  Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO   

1897  Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42   

1900  British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  British troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  Adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956).   

1901  Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot   

1901  Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel.   

1901  Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp.   

1902  Bronislaw Kaper, composer.   

1903  Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist   

1904  American occupation of Cuba ends.   

1906  John Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)   

1907  Arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna.   

1907  Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56).   

1907  Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45.   

1909  Grazyna Bacewicz, composer.   

1910  Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II)   

1911  Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam   

1911  Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies   

1912  Willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman).   

1913  Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger   

1914  Alan Hodgkin, British physicist (Nobel 1963)   

1915  Robert Hofstadter, US atomic physicist.   

1916  Enrico Caruso recorded "O Sole Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company   

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0976  Sanjō: Emperor of japan   

1505  Aegidius tschudi: Swiss historian   

1519  René of châlon:   

1534  Giovanni de' bardi: Italian writer   

1589  Honorat de brueil seigneur de racan: French playwright/poet   

1589  Esteban manuel de villegas: Spanish poet   

1608  Gaspar schott: German mathematician   

1626  Marie de rabutin-chantal: Marquise de sévigné, french author   

0995  Death of William iv: Duke of aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  Death of Sten sture the younger: Regent of sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  Giovanni b moroni: Italian portrait painter,   

1591  Gerard de jode: Flemish publisher,   

1658  Maria margaretha van angels: Dutch prioress at oirschot,   

1679  Death of Joost van den vondel: Dutch poet (gysbreght van aemstel),   

1705  Death of Jean gilles: Composer,   

1721  Death of James stanhope 1st earl of stanhope: English general,