Page 4: Historical Events In July - 01
Monday, 09 February 2026
1870 James W Smith of SC is inaugural black to enter West Point. 

1870 James W Smith of SC is 1st black to enter West Point. 

1871 The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada 

1872 Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel. 

1873 Henry Flipper of Ga is 2nd black to enter West Point. 

1873 Prince Edward Island is recorded as becoming 7th Canadian province 

1874 inaugural US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20000. 

1874 1st Chamber accept law against child labor. 

1874 Michel H Campen, author/critic (Bikoerim). 

1875 Universal Postal Union established 

1876 Through rail travel between Halifax, Quebec and the rest of the Canadian rail system is made possible 

1877 1st edition of "Amsterdammer" published 

1878 Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization. 

1879 Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples. 

1879 Leon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951). 

1881 inaugural international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB 

1881 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens. 

1881 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB 

1881 Piet[er] L Kramer, architect (Amsterdam School) 

1883 ANWB forms in Utrecht. 

1883 Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39 

1884 V Knorre discovers asteroid #238 Hypatia 

1885 The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada. 

1885 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73. 

1887 Charles D Brown, Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor). 

1889 Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti. 

1889 US mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens 

1890 Anglo-German disputes in East Africa are resolved 

1890 Great-Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty 

1892 James M Cain, Minneapolis Mn, novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice). 

1893 SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood. 

1893 Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia. 

1894 Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77 

1896 Harbor of Ymuiden opens 

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