Historical Events In 1895

May 24   In the year 1895 h S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)   

May 24   Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on this day in history.   

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

May 24   Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1895 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   On this day in history ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73   

May 25   Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite on this day in history.   

May 26   Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer in the year 1895.   

May 27   In the year 1895 british inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector   

May 27   Marij Kogoj, composer in the year 1895.   

May 30   Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 03   Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 05   August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus) on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision) in the year 1895.   

Jun 11   1st auto race in the year 1895.   

Jun 11   Charles E. Duryea receives the first U.S. patent to an American inventor for a gas-powered automobile in the year 1895.   

Jun 11   Nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58) in the year 1895.   

Jun 13   In the year 1895 emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)   

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   Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy) in the year 1895.   

Jun 17   On this day in history slavko Osterc, composer   

Jun 17   US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan in the year 1895.   

Jun 18   In the year 1895 manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian   

Jun 20   On this day in history 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)   

Jun 20   On this day in history a Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe   

Jun 20   In the year 1895 first female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)   

Jun 20   Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation in the year 1895.   

Jun 21   In the year 1895 british Roseberry govt falls   

Jun 23   On this day in history joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor   

Jan 02   In the year 1895 birth of count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)   

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1895.   

Jan 04   In the year 1895 birth of leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)   

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   In the year 1895 death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

Jan 10   On this day in history benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45   

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

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died in the year 1895.   

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.