Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) on this day in history.  

Feb 01   The birth of John Ford, American director in the year 1895.  

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

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

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

Feb 04   1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago in the year 1895.  

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 04   In the year 1895 first rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago  

Feb 06   In the year 1895 george Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)  

Feb 08   In the year 1895 king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)  

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

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

Feb 09   Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1895.  

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   In the year 1895 oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London  

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

Feb 15   In the year 1895 23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans  

Feb 17   On this day in history anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)  

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

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) on this day in history.  

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.  

Feb 20   On this day in history abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C.  

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo on this day in history.  

Feb 20   In the year 1895 frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77  

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   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 01   Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1895.  

Jan 04   In the year 1895 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   On this day in history birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1895 benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45  

Jan 22   In the year 1895 edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39  

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died on this day in history.  

Jan 26   In the year 1895 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies  

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

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died in the year 1895.