Page 4: Historical Events In February - 05

1882  On February - 05 felice Lattuada, composer   

1885  On February - 05 news of fall of Khartoum reaches London   

1887  On this day in history snow falls on San Francisco   

1887  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49   

1889  On February - 05 elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's)   

1891  Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled) on February - 05.   

1892  George Saiko, writer on this day in history.   

1893  Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) on this day in history.   

1893  Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica) on this day in history.   

1894  Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel   

1897  Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO on this day in history.   

1897  Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 on February - 05.   

1900  British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal on this day in history.   

1900  British troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal on February - 05.   

1900  On this day in history adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956)   

1901  Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot on this day in history.   

1901  Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel on February - 05.   

1901  On this day in history pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp   

1902  On February - 05 bronislaw Kaper, composer   

1903  Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist on this day in history.   

1904  On February - 05 american occupation of Cuba ends   

1906  John Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling) on February - 05.   

1907  On February - 05 arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna   

1907  On February - 05 jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56)   

1907  Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 on February - 05.   

1909  Grazyna Bacewicz, composer on February - 05.   

1910  Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II) on this day in history.   

1911  On February - 05 society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam   

1911  On February - 05 petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies   

1912  On this day in history willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman)   

1913  Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger on this day in history.   

1914  Alan Hodgkin, British physicist (Nobel 1963) on this day in history.   

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0976  On February - 05 birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)   

1505  On February - 05 birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)   

1519  René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.   

1534  On this day in history birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)   

1589  On this day in history birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet   

1589  On this day in history birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)   

1608  On February - 05 birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)   

1626  On this day in history birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)   

0995  On February - 05 death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  On February - 05 death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on February - 05.   

1591  On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1658  On this day in history maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52   

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on this day in history.