Page 4: Historical Events In September - 17
Monday, 23 February 2026
1872 Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires 

1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University. 

1874 Ben[jamin] Turpin, US, comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin). 

1875 Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer. 

1876 Race riots in SC. 

1877 Jean Hure, composer 

1877 William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 

1878 Vincenzo Tommasini, composer 

1879 Eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies. 

1882 Anton H Blaauw, Dutch botanist (Perception of Light). 

1883 Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer 

1884 Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman, Dutch historian/Justice of Curacao 

1884 Louis Schubert, composer, dies at 56 

1885 George Cleveland, Sydney Nova Scotia, actor (Courage of Lassie) 

1890 Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian ballerina. 

1891 Leslie Lincoln Henson, actor (Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey) 

1892 Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Ballade of Merel). 

1892 Ignaz V Zingerle Edler von Simmersberg, Austrian, dies. 

1893 Abel J Herzberg, Russ/Dutch writer (Persecution of Jews) 

1894 Fay Compton, [Virginia Lillian Emeline Compton], actress (Haunting). 

1895 Auguste Toulet, Belgian balloonist, dies 

1896 Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress (Julietta). 

1897 3rd US Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago GC in Wheaton Ill. 

1899 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa 

1899 Winnie Lightner, Greenport NY, comedienne (Sit Tight, Side Show) 

1900 A federation of six colonies is recorded as becoming the Commonwealth of Australia 

1900 Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed 

1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer Gen Botha beats mjr Goughs cavalry. 

1901 Francis Charles Chinester, yachtsman/aviator. 

1902 US protests anti-semitism in Romania 

1902 Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress (Old Ironsides). 

1903 Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3 

1904 Frederick Ashton, British choreographer (Cinderella). 

1905 Dolores Costello, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Little Lord Fauntleroy). 

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