Page 4: Historical Events In July - 01

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   

1896  Pavel G Antokolski, Russian poet/director (Syn) [NS]   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 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
29	30	31

1381  Laurentius justitianus: [lorenzo giustiniani], saint   

1481  Christian ii of denmark: Sweden and norway   

1506  Louis ii: King of hungary/bohemia (1516-26)   

1511  Hadrianus junius: [adriaen de jonghe], medical/historian/humanist   

1534  Frederik ii: King of denmark/norway (1559-88)   

1534  Frederick ii of denmark: Frederick ii of denmark (d. 1588)   

1560  Charles van croij: Prince of chimay/duke of aarschot   

1574  Joseph hall: English bishop and writer   

0251  Decius: Roman emperor (b. 207)   

1109  King alfonso vi of castile: King alfonso vi of castile (b. 1040)   

1277  Death of Baibars: Mameluk sultan of egypt (b. 1223)   

1378  Death of Jan i v van arkel: Bishop of utrecht/luik,   

1523  Death of Hendrik voes: Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake   

1589  Death of Christophe plantin: French/belgian book publisher,   

1592  Death of Marc a ingegneri: Italian violinist/composer (responsoria),   

1614  Death of Isaac casaubon: French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)