Page 3: Historical Events In September - 30
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
1868 Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France 

1869 Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler (marvellous Aust at turn of century) 

1870 Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926). 

1871 John Fabricius, Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet) 

1876 Katherine Griffith, SF CA, actress (Pollyanna, Fast Company) 

1877 inaugural US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) 

1877 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) 

1877 Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle. 

1878 inaugural Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii 

1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii 

1879 Ernst Isler, composer. 

1880 Henry Draper takes that inaugural photograph of the Orion Nebula. 

1880 Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula 

1880 Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer (Viola d'amour). 

1882 George Bancroft, Phila, actor (Underworld)/wife of Octavia Brooke 

1883 Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist (St John's Gospel) 

1884 Louis Lacombe, composer, dies at 65 

1885 Bechuanaland is recorded as becoming a British protectorate. 

1885 Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress, dies at 60 

1887 Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure "The Five Orange Pips" (BG) 

1887 Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup 

1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG) 

1888 "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes 

1888 Catherine Eddowes, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45. 

1894 Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician (Concise History of Mathematics). 

1895 France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar 

1897 Lil Dagover, [Marta-Maria Lillits], Pati Java, actress (Spiders). 

1898 City of NY established 

1898 Felix Kersten, Baltic-German/Finnish masseuse (Heinrich Himmler) 

1899 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic. 

1900 Otto Roesch, paleontologist. 

1902 Piet[er J] "Piet" Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52) 

1903 New Gresham's School officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood. 

1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days. 

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