Page 3: Historical Events In 1895

Feb 23   Jaap Eden skates world record 10 km (17 56)   

Feb 23   Jaap Eden skates world record 10 km (17:56).   

Feb 23   Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56).   

Feb 23   Richard Goolden, London England, actor (School for Husbands)   

Feb 23   William Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia   

Feb 24   Cuban war for independence begins.   

Feb 24   Cuban war of independence begins   

Feb 24   Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87.   

Feb 25   DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, PA, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF (Eagles).   

Feb 26   Michael Owens of Toledo OH patents a glass-blowing machine   

Feb 26   Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine   

Feb 27   Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys).   

Feb 28   Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit).   

Feb 28   Marcel Pagnol, French writer is born.   

Mar 01   G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer (elected 1958)   

Mar 02   Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54   

Mar 02   Felix Bressart, Germany, actor (Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads).   

Mar 03   Alex[ander] Nearmolen, composer.   

Mar 04   Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin.   

Mar 05   Fritz Usinger, German writer (Eternal Struggle).   

Mar 05   Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64   

Mar 06   England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2.   

Mar 06   J T Brown hits the quickest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England vs Australia.   

Mar 07   Juan Jose Castro, composer   

Mar 09   Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59   

Mar 09   Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1   

Mar 11   Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed   

Mar 13   Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die.   

Mar 14   Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian.   

Mar 17   Shemp Howard, Bkln, comedian (3 Stooges, Bank Dick) [or 1891]   

Mar 18   200 blacks leave Savannah GA for Liberia.   

Mar 18   200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia.   

Mar 19   Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service   

Mar 22   Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience   

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Jan 01   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1895 birth of mihail Andricu, composer   

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

Jan 04   Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982) was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 05   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 03   In the year 1895 death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)   

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

Jan 10   Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1895.   

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

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies in the year 1895.   

Jan 28   On this day in history francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85   

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