Page 4: Historical Events In February - 05

1882  On this day in history felice Lattuada, composer   

1885  On February - 05 news of fall of Khartoum reaches London   

1887  On February - 05 snow falls on San Francisco   

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

1888  On February - 05 anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49   

1889  On this day in history elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's)   

1891  Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled) on February - 05.   

1892  On this day in history george Saiko, writer   

1893  On this day in history alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)   

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

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

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 February - 05.   

1900  On this day in history british troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal   

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

1901  On February - 05 loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot   

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

1901  On this day in history pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp   

1902  Bronislaw Kaper, composer on this day in history.   

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

1904  On February - 05 american occupation of Cuba ends   

1906  On this day in history john Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)   

1907  On February - 05 arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna   

1907  On this day in history jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56)   

1907  On February - 05 ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45   

1909  Grazyna Bacewicz, composer on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II)   

1911  On this day in history society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam   

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  On February - 05 rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger   

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

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0976  Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on this day in history.   

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

1519  On February - 05 birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

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 February - 05 birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)   

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On February - 05 birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)   

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

1520  On this day in history death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  On this day in history giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies   

1591  On February - 05 gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1679  On February - 05 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on February - 05.   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on February - 05.