Page 3: Historical Events In November - 08
Friday, 06 February 2026
1838 Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris 

1842 Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889) 

1847 Bram Stoker, Irish author is born. 

1847 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) 

1848 Gottlob Frege, Germany, mathematician/logician (Begriffsschrift) 

1849 Edward Julius Biedermann, composer. 

1850 Karel Komzak, composer 

1861 US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent 

1861 Battle of Mount Ivy, KY. 

1863 René [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier (1914-15). 

1864 Abraham Lincoln elected to his 2nd term as President. 

1864 Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as president. 

1867 Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer 

1870 Democratic governor elected in Tennessee 

1873 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Span poet/comic playwright, dies at 76 

1876 Frank L Gillespie, Ark, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company 

1878 Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist (1899) 

1879 King Baggot I, St Louis MO, director (Tumbleweeds). 

1880 Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made US debut at NY's Booth Theater. 

1880 Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66. 

1882 Lazare Saminsky, composer 

1883 English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage) 

1884 German govt recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 

1885 The CP special train arrives in Port Moody at Pacific Tidewater, the inaugural railway train ever to travel across Canada from sea to sea. 

1885 Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71 

1886 Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29. 

1887 Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer 

1888 David Monrad Johansen, composer. 

1889 Montana is recorded as becoming the 41st state of the Union 

1889 Montana admitted as 41st state. 

1890 Caesar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67. 

1892 Grover Cleveland (D) elected President. 

1893 John Miljan, Lead City SD, actor (Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox) 

1895 Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays 

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