Page 5: Historical Events In March - 07
Thursday, 12 February 2026
1872 -8°F in Boston, MA. 

1872 Piet Mondriaan, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie) 

1873 US marines attack Panama 

1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed. 

1875 Maurice Ravel, French composer is born. 

1876 Alexander Graham Bell of Salem, MA received a patent for his invention, the telephone. 

1876 Battle at Gura Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 

1876 Telephone patented by Alexander Graham Bell in the United States. 

1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone 

1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians. 

1883 Carl Deis, composer 

1885 John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti. 

1886 Raymond Largay, Wisc, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl). 

1887 North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly. 

1887 Heino Eller, composer 

1888 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera". 

1888 Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gov of Neth Indies (1936-45) 

1891 Battle in Bunyoro Captain F Lugard formally ends Moslem rebellion, 300 killed 

1891 Marcel Barger, [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy) 

1891 Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard formally ends Moslem rebellion, 300 killed. 

1895 Juan Jose Castro, composer 

1896 Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London 

1896 Erwin Bodky, composer. 

1898 Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer 

1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees. 

1900 Poplar Grove, South Africa Canadians engage Boers in artillery fight at Poplar Grove. 

1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, Pres Kruger flees. 

1900 Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter 

1902 Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal. 

1902 Soufriere volcano on St Vincent results in the deaths of 2-5000. 

1902 Heinz Ruehmann, German actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) 

1904 Flexible Flyer trademark registered 

1904 Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver) 

1905 Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki). 

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