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Wikipedia.
Events:
January 4 - The Fabian Society is founded in London.
February 1 - Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
March 13 - The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins (ends on January 26, 1885).
April 22 - Colchester eathquake, England; the UK's most destructive.
May 1 - the first proclamation of eight-hour workday by the Federation of Organized
Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. May 1st, called May Day or Labour
Day, is now a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.
July 5 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
August 5 - The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New
York Harbor.
October - International Meridian Conference in Washington DC fixes the Greenwich
meridian as the world's prime meridian.
October 6 - United States Naval War College established in Newport, Rhode Island.
October 18 - University of Wales, Bangor (UK) founded.
November 1 - The Irish Gaelic Athletic Association is founded in Thurles, Ireland.
November 4 - U.S. presidential election: Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican
James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.
December 1 - American Old West - Near Frisco, New Mexico (now Reserve, New
Mexico), deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want
to kill him for arresting cowboy Charles McCarthy (the cowboys were terrorizing the
area's Hispanos and Baca was working against them).
December 6 - Washington Monument was completed.
December 16 - World Cotton Centennial World's Fair opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Stefan-Boltzmann law reformulated by Ludwig Boltzmann.
British Police officers go on armed patrol in London.
Births:
January 2 -
Oscar Micheaux, African-American, filmmaker & author (d. 1951).
January 12 -
Texas Guinan, vaudeville performer (d. 1933).
January 13 -
Sophie Tucker, singer, comedienne, vaudeville performer (d. 1966).
January 21 -
Roger Baldwin, ACLU president, social activist (d. 1981).
January 25 -
Pieternella Dirkje van Hees.
January 28 -
Auguste Piccard, physicist (d. 1962).
January 31 -
Theodor Heuss, politician and publicist (d. 1963).
February 12 -
Jakob Dingeman van den Houten.
February 12 -
Max Beckmann, painter and graphic artist (d. 1950).
February 12 -
Marie Vassilieff, artist (d. 1957).
February 16 -
Robert J. Flaherty, filmmaker (d. 1951).
February 28 -
Jacobus van den Houten.
March 13 -
Oskar Loerke, lyricist, narrator and essayist (d. 1941).
March 13 - Sir
Hugh Walpole, novelist (d. 1941).
March 17 -
Alcide Nunez, jazz musician (d. 1934).
March 26 -
Wilhelm Backhaus, pianist (d. 1969).
April 2 -
Adriana van den Houten.
April 4 -
Isoroku Yamamoto, naval commander (d. 1943).
April 6 -
Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor (d. 1950).
May 1 -
Henry Norwest, one of the most famous snipers of World War I.
May 8 -
Harry S. Truman, former President of the United States (d. 1972).
May 14 -
Claude Dornier, aircraft designer (d. 1969).
May 19 -
Cornelia van den Houten.
May 27 -
Max Brod, author (d. 1968).
May 28 -
Edvard Benes, politician (d. 1948).
June 8 -
Cornelis van den Houten.
June 26 -
Nicolaas Cornelis van Dijl.
July 12 -
Amedeo Modigliani, painter, sculptor.
July 14 -
Anthonie van Eijk.
July 23 -
Emil Jannings, actor.
August 14 -
Izak Verton.
August 22 -
Pieternella van den Houten.
September 19 -
Nicolasine Sinoo.
September 23 -
Jannetje van As.
October 10 -
Cornelis Natte.
October 11 -
Eleanor Roosevelt, human rights activist, wife of US president.
November 15 -
Marinus Barend Smits.
November 19 -
José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (d. 1942).
November 23 -
Adriaan Johannes van As.
December 11 -
Jacobus Karel Barbier.
December 27 -
Cornelia (Katie) van Houten.
December 28 -
Johanna Maria Noevers.
December 30 -
Tojo Hideki, Japanese wartime prime minister.
Stillborn:
April 5 -
Stillborn van den Houten.
Deaths:
January 25 -
Johann Gottfried Piefke, conductor and composer.
March 21 -
Ezra Abbot, american bible scholar.
April 4 -
Marie Bashkirtseff, artist.
April 9 -
Maatje Beije.
May 12 -
Bedrich Smetana, composer.
May 13 -
Cyrus McCormick, inventor.
May 15 -
Maarten Quant.
May 19 -
Jakob Dingeman van den Houten.
May 24 -
Arentje (Arendje) van den Houten.
June 7 -
Jan van den Houten.
June 25 -
Hans Rott, composer.
July 10 -
Paul Morphy, American chess player.
August 14 -
Cornelia van den Houten.
August 28 -
Catharina Brouwer.
September 6 -
Wouter Volaart.
October 7 -
Pantel van Eesteren.
October 31 -
Cornelis van den Ouden.
November 1 -
Neeltje van der Slik.
November 25:
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, chemist.
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