Page 7: Historical Events In 1895

Jun 28   El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union.   

Jun 28   Kazimierz Sikorski, composer   

Jun 29   Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government   

Jul 02   William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72   

Jul 03   Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer.   

Jul 03   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" (BG).   

Jul 03   Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Black Peter" (BG)   

Jul 04   In this year, Katherine Lee Bates publishes "America the Beautiful".   

Jul 04   Irving Caesar, songwriter.   

Jul 05   Gordon Jacob, composer   

Jul 08   Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God and the Worms)   

Jul 08   Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South-Africa.   

Jul 09   Cullen Landis, Nashville TN, actor (Soul of the Beast)   

Jul 10   Carl Orff, Munich Germany, composer (Antigonae; Mozart prize 1969).   

Jul 11   Auguste and Louis Lumière show film for scientists   

Jul 11   inaugural motion picture is shown in Paris by the Lumiere brothers.   

Jul 12   Buckminster Fuller, American architect is born.   

Jul 12   Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner)   

Jul 13   Sidney Blackmer, Salisbury NC, actor (Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies)   

Jul 14   Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65.   

Jul 14   Frank Raymond Leavis, British literary critic (Culture and Environment)   

Jul 16   Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton.   

Jul 18   Marie Ney, London England, actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft)   

Jul 19   Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73.   

Jul 21   H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31).   

Jul 23   A Charlois discovers asteroid #405 Thia   

Jul 23   Florence Vidor, [Arto], Houston TX, actress (Jack Knife Man).   

Jul 25   Yvonne Printemps, Ermont France, singer/actress (Le Duel).   

Jul 26   Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd).   

Jul 28   Joannes Kappeyne van Coppello, Internal minister (1877-89), dies at 72.   

Jul 29   Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author   

Aug 01   Benjamin E Mays, SC, black educator (Morehouse, Howard University)   

Aug 02   Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test).   

Aug 05   Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

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Jan 01   J edgar hoover: Mr fbi   

Jan 01   Nathaniel shilkret: Nyc, conductor   

Jan 02   Count folke bernadotte: Sweden, statesman (red cross, un)   

Jan 03   Boris mykolayovich lyatoshyns'ky: Composer   

Jan 04   Lourens g m baas becking: Dutch botanist/resistance fighter   

Jan 04   Leroy grumman: American industrialist    

Jan 05   Jeannette piccard: Balloonist/episcopal priest   

Jan 05   Elizabeth cotten: American musician   

Jan 03   James merritt ives: American lithographer with nathaniel currier (b. 1824)   

Jan 09   Aaron lufkin dennison: American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

Jan 10   Benjamin louis paul godard: Composer,    

Jan 22   Edward solomon: Composer,   

Jan 24   Lord randolph churchill: British politician (b. 1849)   

Jan 26   Arthur cayley: Mathematician,   

Jan 28   Francois certain de canrobert: French marshal,   

Feb 02   Archduke albert: Austrian general (b. 1817)