Page 3: Historical Events In November - 22
Saturday, 14 February 2026
1859 Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75. 

1861 Battle of Ft McRee, FL 

1864 Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties. 

1868 John Nance Garner, (D) 32nd VP (1933-41) 

1869 Andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947). 

1870 Howard Brockway, composer. 

1871 Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned 

1872 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague. 

1873 Johnny Tyldesley, cricketer (brother of Ernest, 31 Tests for England) 

1875 Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story) 

1884 In this year, T Thomas Fortune starts NY Freeman (NY Age) newspaper. 

1886 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia. 

1888 Tarzan, of the Apes, according to Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel. 

1890 Charles DeGaulle born 

1890 Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France, President of France (1958-69) 

1890 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77. 

1891 Bengt Axel von Torne, composer. 

1893 M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin. 

1896 Mario La Broca, composer. 

1896 George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies. 

1898 The opera "Iris" is produced (Rome). 

1898 Opera "Iris" premieres (Rome). 

1898 Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska) 

1899 Hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael (songwriter Stardust). 

1899 -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army). 

1899 Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust). 

1900 Hugo Godron, composer 

1900 Arthur S Sullivan, England, composer (Mikado, Ivanhoe), dies at 58. 

1902 Emanuel Feuermann, Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symph Orch) 

1902 Friedrich A Krupp, cannon manufacturer, commits suicide. 

1903 Herbert Sally Frankel, economist. 

1904 Roland Winters, Boston Mass, actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers). 

1904 Theophile E A de Bock, painter/etcher, dies 

1905 British, Italian, Russ, French and Aust-Hung fleet attack Lesbos. 

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