Page 4: Historical Events In February - 05

1882  On February - 05 felice Lattuada, composer   

1885  On this day in history news of fall of Khartoum reaches London   

1887  On February - 05 snow falls on San Francisco   

1887  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy on February - 05.   

1888  Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1892  George Saiko, writer on February - 05.   

1893  On this day in history alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)   

1893  Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica) on February - 05.   

1894  Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms on February - 05.   

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

1897  On this day in history dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO   

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

1900  On February - 05 british troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  On this day in history british troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  On February - 05 adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956)   

1901  Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot on February - 05.   

1901  Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel on February - 05.   

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

1902  On this day in history bronislaw Kaper, composer   

1903  On February - 05 ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist   

1904  On this day in history american occupation of Cuba ends   

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

1907  Arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

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

1907  On this day in history ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45   

1909  On this day in history grazyna Bacewicz, composer   

1910  Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II) on February - 05.   

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

1911  On this day in history petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies   

1912  Willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman) on February - 05.   

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

1914  Alan Hodgkin, British physicist (Nobel 1963) on February - 05.   

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

1505  Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On February - 05 birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

1534  Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1589  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on February - 05.   

1589  On February - 05 birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)   

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on February - 05.   

1626  On February - 05 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  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

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

1591  On February - 05 gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1658  On February - 05 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.