Page 6: Historical Events In 1895

May 24   H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) in the year 1895.   

May 24   Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on this day in history.   

May 24   Henry Irving becomes first theatrical knight in the year 1895.   

May 24   On this day in history joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73   

May 24   In the year 1895 playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

May 25   In the year 1895 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5   

May 25   In the year 1895 ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73   

May 25   In the year 1895 oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite   

May 26   In the year 1895 dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer   

May 27   British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector in the year 1895.   

May 27   On this day in history marij Kogoj, composer   

May 30   Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's) on this day in history.   

May 30   In the year 1895 w G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days   

Jun 03   Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance) on this day in history.   

Jun 04   On this day in history dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32)   

Jun 05   August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus) in the year 1895.   

Jun 10   Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision) on this day in history.   

Jun 11   On this day in history 1st auto race   

Jun 11   On this day in history charles E. Duryea receives the first U.S. patent to an American inventor for a gas-powered automobile.   

Jun 11   Nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58) in the year 1895.   

Jun 13   Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) in the year 1895.   

Jun 13   On this day in history mile Levassor wins first Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)   

Jun 14   Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Missouri, singer (54th Street Revue, When You Wish Upon a Star) on this day in history.   

Jun 15   On this day in history richard Genee, composer, dies at 72   

Jun 16   Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy) in the year 1895.   

Jun 17   Slavko Osterc, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 17   US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan in the year 1895.   

Jun 18   In the year 1895 manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian   

Jun 20   In the year 1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)   

Jun 20   A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe on this day in history.   

Jun 20   First female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) in the year 1895.   

Jun 20   In the year 1895 nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation   

Jun 21   In the year 1895 british Roseberry govt falls   

Jun 23   On this day in history joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44   

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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 in the year 1895.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 04   Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter was born in the year 1895.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1895.   

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   In the year 1895 death of archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)