Historical Events In 1895

May 24   H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on this day in history.   

May 24   Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight in the year 1895.   

May 24   On this day in history henry Irving becomes first theatrical knight   

May 24   In the year 1895 joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73   

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   In the year 1895 dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer   

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   On this day in history maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's)   

May 30   On this day in history w G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days   

Jun 03   On this day in history kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance)   

Jun 04   Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32) on this day in history.   

Jun 05   In the year 1895 august Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus)   

Jun 10   Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58)   

Jun 13   Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) in the year 1895.   

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

Jun 14   Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Missouri, singer (54th Street Revue, When You Wish Upon a Star) in the year 1895.   

Jun 15   On this day in history richard Genee, composer, dies at 72   

Jun 16   In the year 1895 stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy)   

Jun 17   Slavko Osterc, composer on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 20   1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) in the year 1895.   

Jun 20   A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe in the year 1895.   

Jun 20   First female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) on this day in history.   

Jun 20   Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation on this day in history.   

Jun 21   British Roseberry govt falls on this day in history.   

Jun 23   In the year 1895 joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44   

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Jan 01   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 01   Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 02   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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   James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

Jan 10   Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1895.   

Jan 22   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39   

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died in the year 1895.