Page 4: Historical Events In February - 05

1882  On this day in history felice Lattuada, composer   

1885  News of fall of Khartoum reaches London on February - 05.   

1887  Snow falls on San Francisco on February - 05.   

1887  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy on this day in history.   

1888  Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 on February - 05.   

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

1891  On February - 05 elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled)   

1892  On February - 05 george Saiko, writer   

1893  Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) on February - 05.   

1893  On February - 05 roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica)   

1894  On February - 05 female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

1897  On February - 05 marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel   

1897  Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO on February - 05.   

1897  Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1900  British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal on this day in history.   

1900  On February - 05 british troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  On this day in history adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956)   

1901  On this day in history loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot   

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

1901  On February - 05 pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp   

1902  On this day in history bronislaw Kaper, composer   

1903  Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history american occupation of Cuba ends   

1906  John Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling) on February - 05.   

1907  On this day in history arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna   

1907  Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56) on this day in history.   

1907  Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history grazyna Bacewicz, composer   

1910  Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II) on this day in history.   

1911  Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1911  Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies on February - 05.   

1912  On February - 05 willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman)   

1913  On this day in history rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger   

1914  Alan Hodgkin, British physicist (Nobel 1963) on February - 05.   

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0976  Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on February - 05.   

1505  Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on February - 05.   

1519  René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on February - 05.   

1534  On this day in history birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)   

1589  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on February - 05.   

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

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

1520  On February - 05 death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on February - 05.   

1591  On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1658  On this day in history maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52   

1679  On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1721  On February - 05 james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47