Page 4: Historical Events In February - 07

1884  Canadian Rugby Football Union forms   

1885  Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930).   

1889  Astronomical Society of Pacific holds inaugural meeting in San Francisco.   

1889  Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in SF   

1891  Great Blizzard of 1891 begins   

1891  Joachim Stutschewsky, composer.   

1894  The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.   

1896  Harold Hoffman, South Amboy NJ, (Gov-NJ)   

1897  Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer   

1897  Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

1899  Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member   

1900  British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  Labour Party forms in England   

1901  Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.   

1901  Bob den Doolaard, [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer (Grape Pickers).   

1901  Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64.   

1902  Ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920).   

1903  VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo.   

1904  Fire erupts in Baltimore, Maryland, burning for nearly 30 hours and destroying over 1500 buildings   

1904  Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)   

1904  Milton Krims, writer (Speed)   

1905  Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US   

1905  Oklahoma admitted to statehood.   

1905  Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US.   

1905  Olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist.   

1906  Henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo.   

1907  The Mud March was the inaugural large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).   

1907  Arthur George Bottomley, politician.   

1908  Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5000.   

1909  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37) [OS]   

1910  Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler," premieres in Paris.   

1910  Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)   

1911  Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies.   

1912  In this year, 2nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig claims (11:40).   

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1102  Empress matilda: Princess of england and wife of henry v of the holy roman empire   

1478  Thomas more: Lawyer/lord chancellor of england/saint (utopia)   

1478  Sir thomas more: English statesman, humanist, and author   

1556  Maria van nassau: Dutch countess of buren   

1589  Jacob de witt: Dutch mayor (dordrecht)/mathematician   

1612  Thomas killigrew: English humorist/playwright/leader (king's men)   

1655  Jean-francois regnard: French comedy writer (slave in algeria)   

1688  Maria louise van hessen-kassel: [marijke meu], princess of orange   

0590  Death of Pelagius ii: Gothic pope (579-90),   

0999  Boleslaus ii of bohemia: Boleslaus ii of bohemia   

1045  Emperor go-suzaku of japan: Emperor go-suzaku of japan (b. 1009)   

1317  Robert: Count of clermont, french founder of the house of bourbon (b. 1256)   

1560  Bartolomeo bandinelli: Italian sculptor (b. 1493)   

1593  Jacques amyot: French humanist/abbot of bellozanne,   

1609  Ferdinand i: Cardinal/ruler of toscane,   

1626  Death of William v: Duke of bavaria (b. 1548)