Page 3: Historical Events In July - 15
Sunday, 22 February 2026
1849 Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer 

1850 John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North v South at Lord's 

1850 Francesca Xavier Cabrini, [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint 

1854 Wincenty Studzinski, composer, dies at 39 

1856 Natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony. 

1856 Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony 

1856 Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain) 

1856 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 

1857 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66. 

1862 CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet and Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R. 

1862 David Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72. 

1863 Pres Davis orders service duty for confederate army. 

1864 Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard 

1864 Marie Tempest, [Marie Susan Etherington], actress (Yellow Sands) 

1865 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 

1865 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 

1867 SF Merchant's Exchange opens 

1867 Maggie Mitchell Walker, 1st woman bank director/philanthropist. 

1868 William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies 

1869 Margarine is patented in Paris, for use by French Navy 

1869 Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy. 

1869 A J Haynes, US army captain and civil war veteren, assassinated by KKK. 

1870 Georgia is recorded as becoming last confederate state to be readmitted to US 

1870 Hudson's Bay and Northwest Territories transferred to Canada 

1870 Manitoba is recorded as becoming 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created. 

1870 Georgia is recorded as becoming last confederate to be readmitted to US 

1870 Ernest Walker, composer 

1875 Frank "Pop" Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962) 

1876 Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford. 

1876 Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 

1878 Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist. 

1881 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney killed by Pat Garrett. 

1881 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 

1883 Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44. 

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