Page 4: Historical Events In January - 14
Wednesday, 01 July 2026
1871 Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter) 

1873 "Celluloid" registered as a trademark 

1874 I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature 

1874 Thornton Waldo Burgess, author (Peter Rabbit). 

1875 Albert Schweitzer, French medical missionary and Nobel Prize winner is born. 

1875 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954). 

1878 The inaugural private connection by telephone in Great Britain is made on the Isle of Wight when Queen Victoria speaks to Thomas Biddulph. 

1878 US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional. 

1878 Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French writer. 

1882 Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America). 

1886 Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator (Dr Dolittle) 

1887 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 

1888 Stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74 

1889 Vincenzo Davico, composer. 

1890 Francesco D'Arcais, composer, dies at 59. 

1892 Hal Roach, American director is born. 

1892 Hal Roach, early film director/producer (1 Million BC). 

1895 George Richard Samways, children's writer. 

1896 John dos Passos, novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel) 

1897 6960-m (22834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) inaugural climbed. 

1897 6960-m (22834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed. 

1898 Death of Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, British author of Alice in Wonderland. 

1898 Joe Darling hits the inaugural six in Tests (out of the ground) 

1898 Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground) 

1898 Helen Flint, Chicago, actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast). 

1898 Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65 

1899 Fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general (WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo) 

1900 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome 

1901 Bebe Daniels, Scotland, actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke) 

1901 Charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78 

1902 Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician 

1902 Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 65. 

1903 Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter) 

1904 Cecil Beaton, British photographer is born. 

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »
Hisdates•Com
Home