Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) in the year 1895.  

Feb 01   The birth of John Ford, American director on this day in history.  

Feb 02   On this day in history george S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL  

Feb 03   Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52) in the year 1895.  

Feb 03   In the year 1895 wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)  

Feb 04   On this day in history 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago  

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) on this day in history.  

Feb 04   In the year 1895 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 04   First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago in the year 1895.  

Feb 06   On this day in history george Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)  

Feb 08   On this day in history king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)  

Feb 08   In the year 1895 tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg  

Feb 09   In the year 1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)  

Feb 09   On this day in history volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts  

Feb 11   -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) in the year 1895.  

Feb 11   In the year 1895 -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)  

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC in the year 1895.  

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1895 fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)  

Feb 13   Moving picture projector patented in the year 1895.  

Feb 14   In the year 1895 max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice)  

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London in the year 1895.  

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London on this day in history.  

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans on this day in history.  

Feb 17   Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on this day in history.  

Feb 18   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   In the year 1895 george "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)  

Feb 19   In the year 1895 louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)  

Feb 20   Abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   In the year 1895 freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)  

Feb 21   NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass in the year 1895.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor  

Jan 02   In the year 1895 birth of count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)  

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)  

Jan 05   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) died in the year 1895.  

Jan 09   Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812) died in the year 1895.  

Jan 10   On this day in history benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45  

Jan 22   Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died in the year 1895.  

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 in the year 1895.  

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died on this day in history.