Page 6: Historical Events In February - 01

1878  On this day in history hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate   

1878  George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on February - 01.   

1879  On this day in history sydney Baynes, composer   

1880  The first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published on February - 01.   

1880  Antonio Guarnieri, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On February - 01 uS Assay Office in St Louis MO authorized   

1881  On this day in history uS Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri authorized   

1881  On this day in history jose Ignacio Quinton, composer   

1882  Louis St Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57) on this day in history.   

1883  On February - 01 french Lieutenant-Colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger   

1883  French lt-col Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger on February - 01.   

1883  On February - 01 jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV)   

1883  Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published   

1884  On this day in history 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published   

1884  Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We) on February - 01.   

1885  On this day in history camille Chautemps, premier France   

1887  On February - 01 harvey Wilcox of Kansas subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)   

1887  Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern Calif & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood) on February - 01.   

1887  On this day in history dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect   

1889  Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia) on February - 01.   

1889  On February - 01 joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78   

1891  On this day in history james Price Johnson, composer   

1892  Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning the use of the "400" to describe the socially elite on this day in history.   

1892  On February - 01 mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite   

1892  K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history prince Albert, Saskatchewan recorded the coldest day on record in Saskatchewan -56.7 degrees Celsius   

1893  Thomas Edison completes worlds first movie studio (West Orange NJ) on February - 01.   

1893  On February - 01 puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin   

1893  On February - 01 prince Albert, Saskatchewan recorded the coldest day on record in Saskatchewan: -56.7 degrees Celsius   

1895  The birth of John Ford, American director on February - 01.   

1895  John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) on February - 01.   

1896  Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin on this day in history.   

1896  Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56) on this day in history.   

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  On this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.   

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.   

0656  On February - 01 sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

1204  On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  On this day in history hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies   

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

1328  On this day in history charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies   

1502  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)