Page 4: Historical Events In February - 05

1882  On this day in history 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  On this day in history anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49   

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

1891  On February - 05 elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled)   

1892  George Saiko, writer on this day in history.   

1893  Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) on this day in history.   

1893  Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica) on February - 05.   

1894  Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms on this day in history.   

1897  On February - 05 marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel   

1897  Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO on this day in history.   

1897  On February - 05 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42   

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

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

1900  On February - 05 adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956)   

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

1901  On February - 05 pierpont Morgan forms US Steel   

1901  On February - 05 pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp   

1902  On this day in history bronislaw Kaper, composer   

1903  On February - 05 ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist   

1904  On this day in history american occupation of Cuba ends   

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

1907  Arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

1907  Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56) on this day in history.   

1907  Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 on February - 05.   

1909  Grazyna Bacewicz, composer on this day in history.   

1910  On February - 05 martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II)   

1911  Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam on February - 05.   

1911  Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman)   

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

1914  On February - 05 alan Hodgkin, British physicist (Nobel 1963)   

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0976  Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on February - 05.   

1505  On February - 05 birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)   

1519  On this day in history birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

1534  On February - 05 birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)   

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 this day in history 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  Death of William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937) on this day in history.   

1520  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on February - 05.   

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

1591  Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on February - 05.   

1679  On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

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

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on this day in history.