Page 4: Historical Events In February - 05

1882  On February - 05 felice Lattuada, composer   

1885  News of fall of Khartoum reaches London on February - 05.   

1887  Snow falls on San Francisco on this day in history.   

1887  On February - 05 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy   

1888  Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 on February - 05.   

1889  Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's) on February - 05.   

1891  Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled) on this day in history.   

1892  On February - 05 george Saiko, writer   

1893  Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) on February - 05.   

1893  On February - 05 roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica)   

1894  Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms on February - 05.   

1897  Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO   

1897  Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1900  On February - 05 british troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  British troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal on this day in history.   

1900  Adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956) on February - 05.   

1901  On this day in history loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot   

1901  On this day in history pierpont Morgan forms US Steel   

1901  Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp on this day in history.   

1902  Bronislaw Kaper, composer on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist   

1904  American occupation of Cuba ends on February - 05.   

1906  On February - 05 john Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)   

1907  On this day in history arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna   

1907  On February - 05 jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56)   

1907  On this day in history ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45   

1909  Grazyna Bacewicz, composer on February - 05.   

1910  Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II) on February - 05.   

1911  On February - 05 society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam   

1911  On this day in history petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies   

1912  Willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman) on this day in history.   

1913  Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger on February - 05.   

1914  Alan Hodgkin, British physicist (Nobel 1963) on this day in history.   

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0976  On this day in history birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)   

1505  On this day in history birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)   

1519  René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.   

1534  Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1589  On February - 05 birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet   

1589  On this day in history birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)   

1608  On February - 05 birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)   

1626  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on February - 05.   

0995  On February - 05 death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  On February - 05 death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on this day in history.   

1591  Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on February - 05.   

1658  On this day in history maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52   

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on February - 05.   

1705  On February - 05 jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37   

1721  On February - 05 james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47