Page 4: Historical Events In July - 25
Monday, 16 February 2026
1865 "James Barry", military surgeon, inaugural female Briton to become a qualified medical doctor 

1866 US Grant named inaugural general of Army 

1866 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office 

1866 Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist 

1866 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies 

1867 Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Ewige Hochzeit). 

1868 Territory of Wyoming created 

1868 US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho). 

1870 Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar (Young Flanders). 

1871 Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa 

1871 Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa. 

1883 Alfredo Casella, Turin Italy, composer (La Giara) 

1884 Davidson Black, Canada, doctor of anatomy (identified Peking Man) 

1885 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida). 

1890 Julian Rivero, SF CA, actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express) 

1893 Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer (Paying the Piper, Danny Boy). 

1894 Walter Brennan, American actor is born 

1895 Yvonne Printemps, Ermont France, singer/actress (Le Duel) 

1896 Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander (Normandy). 

1897 Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his inaugural successful stories. 

1897 Hermann Ambrosius, composer 

1898 During the Spanish-American War, U.S. forces launched their invasion of Puerto Rico, a 108-mile long, forty-mile-wide island that was one of Spain's two principle possessions in the Caribbean. 

1898 The inaugural US troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay 

1898 1st US troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay. 

1899 Arthur Lubin, film director 

1900 Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match 

1900 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola) 

1901 Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer (Een ship vergaat). 

1902 James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title. 

1902 Eric Hoffer, longshoreman/author (True Believer) 

1903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes 

1903 Andre Fleury, composer. 

1905 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist (Life-Terms, Nobel 1981). 

1907 Korea is recorded as becoming a protectorate of Japan 

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