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 in the year 1895.   

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

May 24   Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

May 24   On this day in history playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

May 25   20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5 on this day in history.   

May 25   Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 in the year 1895.   

May 25   Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite on this day in history.   

May 26   Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer in the year 1895.   

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   W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days on this day in history.   

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

Jun 04   Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32) in the year 1895.   

Jun 05   August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus) on this day in history.   

Jun 10   On this day in history immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision)   

Jun 11   In the year 1895 1st auto race   

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

Jun 11   In the year 1895 nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58)   

Jun 13   In the year 1895 emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)   

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

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

Jun 15   Richard Genee, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jun 16   On this day in history stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy)   

Jun 17   On this day in history slavko Osterc, composer   

Jun 17   US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian in the year 1895.   

Jun 20   On this day in history 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)   

Jun 20   On this day in history a Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe   

Jun 20   In the year 1895 first female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)   

Jun 20   On this day in history nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation   

Jun 21   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of mihail Andricu, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1895 birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)   

Jan 09   In the year 1895 death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

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

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

Jan 24   In the year 1895 death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)   

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

Jan 28   In the year 1895 francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85   

Feb 02   In the year 1895 death of archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)