Page 4: Historical Events In February - 17

1885  Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa   

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer.   

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

1891  Georg Britting, writer   

1892  Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad).   

1895  Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

1896  London Country Councils' Muzzling Order is recorded as becoming effective   

1897  National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)   

1897  Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

1898  Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests and their 1st Test capt).   

1901  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38   

1902  Marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)   

1903  Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen.   

1903  Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61.   

1904  Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan   

1904  Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe).   

1905  Frances Willard is recorded as becoming 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall   

1905  Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered   

1906  Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House.   

1906  Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75).   

1907  Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award).   

1907  Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies.   

1908  Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)   

1908  Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79   

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

1910  Ai Qing, poet   

1911  1st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego).   

1911  Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising).   

1912  Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57   

1913  New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made.   

1913  1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon).   

1913  Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director   

1914  Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28

1444  Rudolf agricola: [roelof huysman], dutch humanist/organist   

1490  Charles de bourbon: Officer/governor (lombardy)   

1519  Francis: Duke of guise, french soldier and politician   

1581  Fausto poli: Italian catholic priest   

1583  J henry alting: Dutch theologist   

1646  Pierre le pesant: Sieur de boisguilbert, french economist   

1653  Arcangelo corelli: Fusignano italy, violinist/comp (concerto grossi)   

1667  Georg bronner: Composer   

0364  Death of Flavius jovianus: Christian emperor of rome (363-64),   

0440  Death of Mesrop mashtots: Mesrop mashtots   

0956  Death of Hugo the great: Earl of paris/duke of francia,   

1339  Otto: Duke of austria (b. 1301)   

1371  Ivan alexander of bulgaria: Ivan alexander of bulgaria   

1596  Death of Friedrich sylburg: German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Death of Giordano bruno: Advocate of copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  Death of Ferdinando i de' medici: Grand duke of tuscany (b. 1549)