Page 4: Historical Events In February - 12

1874  On February - 12 king David Kalakaua of Sandwich Island HI, is first king to visit US   

1874  King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st king to visit US on February - 12.   

1876  On this day in history al Spalding opens his sporting good shop   

1877  On February - 12 american railroad workers strike against wage reduction   

1877  On this day in history first news dispatch by telephone, between Boston &Salem MA   

1877  On February - 12 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston & Salem, Mass   

1878  On February - 12 frederick Thayer patents the catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)   

1878  Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358) on February - 12.   

1879  On February - 12 artificial ice is created in at Madison Square Garden for the first time   

1879  News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC)   

1880  On February - 12 national Croquet League organizes (Phila)   

1880  John Llewellyn Lewis, union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60) on February - 12.   

1882  On this day in history social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam   

1882  On February - 12 walter Vaes, Flemish painter/etcher   

1883  Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor (Man With a Camera) on this day in history.   

1884  Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist on this day in history.   

1885  Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history licinio Refice, composer   

1886  2nd British government of Salisbury forms on February - 12.   

1886  2nd British govt of Salisbury forms on February - 12.   

1886  On February - 12 gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer   

1889  Caesar Francks Symphony in D, premieres on February - 12.   

1889  On February - 12 andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies   

1891  On this day in history cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner (1 Test for S Africa, 3-118, pair)   

1892  President Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday on February - 12.   

1893  Marcel G J Minnaert, Dutch astronomer on February - 12.   

1894  Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20 on this day in history.   

1896  Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on February - 12.   

1898  Wallace Ford, [Samuel Jones Grundy], Batton England, actor (Deputy) on February - 12.   

1899  On February - 12 -47ºF (-44ºC), Camp Clarke NB (state record)   

1899  -47°F (-44°C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) on February - 12.   

1899  On this day in history albert Huybrechts, composer   

1900  Fred Emney, London England, actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino) on this day in history.   

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.   

1211  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  On February - 12 birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

1438  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on this day in history.   

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on February - 12.   

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on this day in history.   

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.   

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

1571  On February - 12 death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65   

1595  On February - 12 death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)   

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.