Historical Events In February - 01

1878  Hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 01 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85   

1879  On February - 01 sydney Baynes, composer   

1880  The first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history antonio Guarnieri, composer   

1881  US Assay Office in St Louis MO authorized on February - 01.   

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

1881  Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer on this day in history.   

1882  Louis St Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57) on February - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1883  Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV) on February - 01.   

1883  On February - 01 pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies   

1884  First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published on this day in history.   

1884  1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published on February - 01.   

1884  On this day in history yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We)   

1885  On this day in history camille Chautemps, premier France   

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

1887  On this day in history harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern Calif & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)   

1887  On this day in history dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect   

1889  Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia) on this day in history.   

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

1891  On February - 01 james Price Johnson, composer   

1892  On this day in history 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   

1892  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 thomas Edison completes worlds first movie studio (West Orange NJ)   

1893  On this day in history puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin   

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

1895  On February - 01 the birth of John Ford, American director.   

1895  On February - 01 john Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)   

1896  Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin on February - 01.   

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

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  On this day in history birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

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  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.   

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on this day in history.   

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on this day in history.   

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on this day in history.   

1294  On February - 01 louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.