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Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1894 state leaders - Events of 1895 - 1896 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- France French Somaliland - Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland ( 1888 - 1899) Guinea Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter A) or for any year in which “ Doomsday ” is Tuesday The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Contents 1 Events of 1895 1.1 January - March 1.2 April - June 1.3 July - September 1.4 October - December 1.5 Undated 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December

Events of 1895

January - March

• January 5 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. The Dreyfus Affair a Political scandal which divided France from the 1890s to the early 1900s This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 &ndash 12 July 1935 was a French artillery officer of Jewish background whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason For other uses see Devils Island. Devil's Island (Île du Diable is the smallest and northernmost island of the three Îles du Salut
• January 21 - The National Trust is founded in Britain by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales Octavia Hill ( 3 December 1838 – 13 August 1912) was an English social reformer particularly concerned with the welfare of Sir Robert Hunter (born 1844 in Camberwell, London, England - died November 1913 was a solicitor civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (born on September 29, 1851 at Shiplake near Henley-on-Thames, died in 1920 at Grasmere, Cumbria
• February 9 - Mintonette, which would come to be known as Volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet William G Morgan (1870-1942 was the inventor of Volleyball, originally called "Mintonette"
• February 11 - The lowest ever UK temperature of -27. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 2°C (measured as -17°F) was recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 58 miles west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen ( Siorrachd Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) is a Registration county of Scotland. This record was equalled in 1982 and again in 1995. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
• February 14 - First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest (St. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde. It premiered on February 14, 1895 at the St James' Theatre in London). London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• March 1 - William L. Wilson is appointed United States Postmaster General. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant William L Wilson may refer to Bill Wilson (Scottish politician (born 1963 as William L The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service.
• March 3 - In Munich, bicyclists have to pass a test and display license plates. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. The bicycle, cycle, or bike is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a Motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes
• March 4 - Japanese troops capture Liaoyang and land in Taiwan. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Liaoyang ( is a city in China Liaoning province located in the middle of the heavily polluted Liaodong Peninsula. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia.

April - June

• April 6 - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of John Sholto Douglas 9th Marquess of Queensberry GCVO ( 20 July 1844 &ndash 31 January 1900) was a Scottish nobleman remembered
• April 14 - A major earthquake severely damages Ljubljana, Slovenia. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Ljubljana ( is the largest and Capital city of Slovenia. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270000 inhabitants Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west
• April 16 - The town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, is incorporated. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom The Municipality of West Nipissing is a Town in northeastern Ontario, Canada on Lake Nipissing in the Nipissing District.
• April 17 - The Treaty of Shimonoseki (also known as Treaty of Maguan) is signed between China and Japan. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. The Treaty of Shimonoseki ( Japanese: 下関条約 "Shimonoseki Jōyaku") known as the Treaty of Maguan ( in China was signed at China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This marks the end of the first Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan, and the Pescadores Islands to Japan. The First Sino-Japanese War ( 日清戦争 Romaji: Nisshin Sensō ( 1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a war fought between Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Fengtian ( Postal map spelling: Fengtien Manchu: Abkai imiyangga fu) is The name of an old prefecture under which Shenyang See also Administrative divisions of the Republic of China Due to China 's large Population and area the political divisions of China have consisted Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The Pescadores ( from Portuguese, "fishermen" pron pɨʃ For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• April 22 - Gongche Shangshu movement - 603 candidates signed a ten-thousand-word petition against the Treaty of Shimonoseki. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. The Gongche Shangshu movement ( Traditional Chinese: 公車上書 Simplified Chinese 公车上书 was a political movement in late Qing dynasty China, The Treaty of Shimonoseki ( Japanese: 下関条約 "Shimonoseki Jōyaku") known as the Treaty of Maguan ( in China was signed at
• May 2 - Gongche Shangshu movement - Thousands of Beijing scholars and citizens protested against Treaty of Shimonoseki. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. The Gongche Shangshu movement ( Traditional Chinese: 公車上書 Simplified Chinese 公车上书 was a political movement in late Qing dynasty China, The Treaty of Shimonoseki ( Japanese: 下関条約 "Shimonoseki Jōyaku") known as the Treaty of Maguan ( in China was signed at
• May 24 - Anti-Japanese officials led by Tang Ching-sung in Taiwan declare independence from the Qing Dynasty, forming the short-lived Republic of Formosa. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Tang Ching-sung ( Chinese: 唐景崧 Pinyin: Táng Jǐngsōng (1841-1903，was a Chinese general and statesman Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China This historical republic should not be confused with the proposed nation-state " Republic of Taiwan.
• May 25 - Oscar Wilde is convicted of "sodomy and gross indecency" and is sentenced to serve two years in Reading (HM Prison)|prison]] at Reading. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of Sodomy (ˈsɒdəmi is a term used today predominantly in Law (derived from traditional Christian usage to describe the act of Anal intercourse, Oral intercourse The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a famous poem by Oscar Wilde, written after his release from Reading prison on 19 May 1897.
• May 27 - The Supreme Court of the United States decides In re Debs, ruling that the federal government had the right to regulate interstate commerce, legalizing the military suppression of the Pullman Strike. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. In re Debs, 158 US 564 ( 1895) was a United States Supreme Court decision handed down concerning Eugene V The
• June 28 - Union of Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador begins (ends in 1898). Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

July - September

• Night of July 10/11 - Doukhobors' Pacifist protests culminate in the "Burning of the Arms" in their villages in South Caucasus. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. The Doukhobors or Doukhabors (Духоборы Dukhobory) earlier Dukhobortsy (Духоборцы are a Christian group of Russian The South Caucasus is a mountainous geopolitical area of south-central Eurasia, also referred to as Transcaucasia, or The Transcaucasus.
• July 15 - Archie MacLaren scores County Championship cricket record innings of 424 for Lancashire against Somerset at Taunton. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Archibald (Archie Campbell MacLaren ( 1 December 1871 in Whalley Range, Manchester, Lancashire – 17 November The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries
• August 19 - American frontier murderer and outlaw John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. A frontier is a Political and Geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary, or of a different nature John Wesley Hardin ( May 26, 1853 — August 19, 1895) was an Outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West. A bar (also called a Pub or Tavern) is a business that serves drinks especially Alcoholic beverages such as beer liquor and mixed drinks for consumption
• August 29 - The sport of rugby league is formed at a meeting in the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Huddersfield ( is a large Market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, 190 miles (306km north England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• September 3 - The first professional American football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Latrobe (leɪˈtʃroʊb is a City in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States approximately 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh The Young Men's Christian Association (" YMCA " or " the Y " was founded on June 6, 1844 in London England by a young man (Latrobe wins 12-0).
• September 18 - Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta Compromise Speech. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5 1856 &ndash November 14 1915 was an American educator orator author and leader of the African-American community

October - December

• October - Rudyard Kipling publishes the story "Mowgli Leaves the Jungle Forever" in The Cosmopolitan illustrated magazine (price 10 cents). Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet Mowgli (ˈmaʊɡli is a fictional character who originally appeared in Rudyard Kipling 's Short story "In the Rukh" (collected in Many Inventions Cosmopolitan is the best-selling young women's magazine in the world
• October 1 - French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Antananarivo (ˌtəˌnænəˈriːv or /ˌtəˌnɑːnəˈriːv/ is the Capital and largest city in Madagascar. Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern
• October 22 - Train wreck at Montparnasse Station in Paris. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Montparnasse is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred on the intersection of the Boulevard du Montparnasse Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• October 31 - Major earthquake occurs in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, the last to date. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer This article is about the seismic zone in southeastern Missouri
• November 5 - George B. Selden is granted the first U. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) George B Selden ( September 14, 1846 in Clarkson New York &ndash January 17, 1922 in Rochester New York) was a S. patent for an automobile. A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an
• November 8 - Wilhelm Röntgen discovers a type of radiation later known as X-rays. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27 March 1845 &ndash 10 February 1923 was a German physicist, who on 8 November 1895 produced and detected Electromagnetic Electromagnetic radiation takes the form of self-propagating Waves in a Vacuum or in Matter. X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of Electromagnetic radiation.
• November 25 - Oscar Hammerstein opens the Olympia Theatre, the first theatre to be built in NYC's Times Square district. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Oscar Hammerstein may refer to Oscar Hammerstein I (1847&ndash1919 cigar manufacturer opera impresario and theatre builder Oscar Hammerstein The City of New York Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West
• November 27 - At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city (21 October 1833 Stockholm, Sweden – 10 December 1896 Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist engineer innovator armaments manufacturer In Common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the Testator) regulates the rights of others over his or her Property The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature
• December - 3,000 Armenians are burned alive in Urfa by the Ottoman troops. The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large Şanlıurfa (often simply known as Urfa in daily language formerly cited as Edessa or in Kurdish; Riha or Urhāy
• December 7 - A corps of 2,500 Italian troops, mostly Ascari, are crushed by 30,000 Abyssian troops at Amba Alagi. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Amba Alagi is a Mountain, or an amba, in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi Zone of the Tigray Region, Amba Alagi dominates
• December 24 - George Washington Vanderbilt II officially opens "Biltmore House" estate on Christmas Eve inviting his family to celebrate his new home in Asheville, NC. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes George Washington Vanderbilt II ( November 14 1862 – March 6 1914) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt Biltmore House is a French Renaissance inspired chateau near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt between 1888 and 1895 Asheville is a City in and the County seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United
• December 28 - Auguste and Louis Lumière display their first moving picture film in Paris. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of

Undated

• The London School of Economics and Political Science is founded in London, England. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• Dundela FC is formed in Belfast, Ireland. Dundela FC ( the Duns) is a football team from east Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposes a space elevator. A space elevator is a proposed structure designed to transport Material from a celestial body 's Surface into space.
• Grace Chisholm Young becomes the first woman awarded a doctorate at a German university. Grace Chisholm Young ( March 15, 1868 - March 29, 1944) was an English Mathematician.
• W.E.B. Du Bois becomes the first African American to receive a Ph. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (duːˈbɔɪz ( February 23, 1868 August 27, 1963) was an American Civil rights activist African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa D. from Harvard University.
• Duck Reach Power Station, Tasmania, opens. Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, and provided the Tasmanian city of Launceston
• The first Boxer (dog) show is held at Munich, Germany. Developed in Germany the Boxer is a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired Dog. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• Huge crowd at the Welsh Grand National at Ely Racecourse, Cardiff, almost overwhelms police trying to keep out gatecrashers. The Welsh National is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses Ely Racecourse was in direct line of descent from the old racecourse at Heath Farm which on the Cardiff map of 1840 appears to be almost as big as the two parishes that Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales.
• The gold reserve of the U.S. Treasury is saved when J. P. Morgan and the Rothschilds loan $65 million worth of gold to the United States government. The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department and the Treasury of the United States government. John Pierpont Morgan ( April 17, 1837 &ndash March 31, 1913) was an American financier banker and art collector who The Rothschild family (often referred to simply as the Rothschilds) is an international Banking and Finance Dynasty of German The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution.
• The Biltmore Estate construction is completed. Biltmore House is a French Renaissance inspired chateau near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt between 1888 and 1895
• Shelbourne F.C. are founded in Dublin, Ireland. Shelbourne Football Club ( Irish: Cumann Peile Shelbourne) is an Irish football club playing in the FAI First Division after having Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
• Swarovski company opens. Swarovski is the luxury Brand name for the range of precision-cut Lead crystal Glass and related products produced by companies owned by
• Coup in Guayaquil starts 20 years of ultra-liberist government in Ecuador. Guayaquil (waʝaˈkil officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest and the most populous City in Ecuador, as well as that nation's main port For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics.

Births

1895 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1895 MDCCCXCV
Ab urbe condita	2648
Armenian calendar	1344 ԹՎ ՌՅԽԴ
Bahá'í calendar	51 – 52
Berber calendar	2845
Buddhist calendar	2439
Burmese calendar	1257
Chinese calendar	4531/4591-12-6 (甲午年十二月初六日) — to — 4532/4592-11-16 (乙未年十一月十六日)
Coptic calendar	1611 – 1612
Ethiopian calendar	1887 – 1888
Hebrew calendar	5655 – 5656
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1950 – 1951
- Shaka Samvat	1817 – 1818
- Kali Yuga	4996 – 4997
Holocene calendar	11895
Iranian calendar	1273 – 1274
Islamic calendar	1312 – 1313
Japanese calendar	Meiji 28 (明治28年)
Korean calendar	4228
Thai solar calendar	2438
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January - June

• January 1
  • J. Edgar Hoover, American Federal Bureau of Investigation director (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Postnominal initials 1972)
• January 15 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ( pronounced) ( January 15, 1895 &ndash November 11, 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1973)
• January 21 - Cristobal Balenciaga, Spanish-French couturier (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Cristóbal Balenciaga Eisaguirre ( January 21, 1895, Spain – March 23, 1972, Spain was a Spanish Basque Fashion 1972)
• January 23 - Raymond Griffith, American actor (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Raymond Griffith ( January 23 1895 - November 25 1957) was one of the great Silent movie comedians 1957)
• January 24 - Eugen Roth, German writer (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Eugen Roth (January 24 1895 in Munich – April 28 1976 in Munich) was a German lyricist and poet he wrote mostly humorous verse 1976)
• January 30 - Wilhelm Gustloff, German-born Swiss Nazi party leader (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Wilhelm Gustloff ( January 30, 1895 - February 4, 1936) was the German leader of the Swiss NSDAP ( Nazi) 1936)
• February 1 - John Ford, American film director (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen 1973)
• February 2 - George Halas, American football player, coach, and co-founder of the National Football League (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor George Stanley Halas Sr ( February 2 1895 &ndash October 31 1983) nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr 1983)
• February 6 - Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio George Herman Ruth Jr (February 6 1895 &ndash August 16 1948 also popularly known as " Babe " " The Bambino " and " The Sultan of 1948)
• February 14 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Max Horkheimer (February 14 1895 &ndash July 7 1973 was a German Philosopher and Sociologist, and a founder and guiding thinker of Critical 1973)
• February 15 - Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor For the Olympic equestrian see Earl Foster Thomson. Earl John Thomson ( February 15, 1895 &ndash April 19, 1971 1971)
• February 21 - Carl Peter Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Henrik Dam (Full name Carl Peter Henrik Dam) ( February 21, 1895 – April 17, 1976) was a Danish biochemist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1976)
• February 25 - Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Lew Andreas ( February 25, 1895 &mdash June 16, 1984) was a men's College basketball coach 1984)
• March 3
  • Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch ( March 3, 1895 January 31, 1973) was a Norwegian Economist. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1973)
  • Matthew Ridgway, Commander of NATO, United States Army Chief of Staff (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Matthew Bunker Ridgway ( March 3, 1895 &ndash July 26, 1993) was a United States Army General. 1993)
• March 4
  • Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Shemp Howard ( March 04, 1895[http //shempcompanycom/Media/death_cert 1955)
  • Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Milt Gross ( March 4, 1895 &ndash November 29, 1953) was an American Comic strip and Comic book writer 1953)
• March 12 - William C. Lee, U. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving General William "Bill" Carey Lee ( March 12, 1895 – June 25, 1948) was an American U S. general (d. 1948)
• March 20 - Robert Benoist, French race car driver and war hero (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Robert Marcel Charles Benoist, (March 20 1895 &ndash September 9 1944 was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero 1944)
• March 23 - Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Encarnacion A Alzona ( March 23, 1895 &ndash March 13, 2001) was a pioneering Filipino Historian, Educator 2001)
• March 28 - Spencer W. Kimball, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Spencer Woolley Kimball ( March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1985) was the twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 1985)
• March 29 - Ernst Jünger, German author (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Ernst Jünger ( March 29, 1895 — February 17, 1998) was a German Writer. 1998)
• April 1 - Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Alberta Hunter ( April 1 1895 - October 17 1984) was an American Blues Singer, Songwriter, and 1984)
• April 3 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ( April 3, 1895 &ndash March 16, 1968) was an Italian composer. 1968)
• April 9 - Mance Lipscomb, American singer (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Mance Lipscomb ( April 9 1895 &ndash January 30 1976) was an influential Blues Singer, Guitarist and Songster 1976)
• April 15 - Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer a journalist (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Corrado Alvaro ( 15 April 1895 - 11 June 1956) was a Italian journalist and writer of novels short stories screenplays and plays 1968)
  • Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker and billiards player (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clark McConachy MBE ( 15 April 1895 &ndash 12 April 1980) was a New Zealand professional English billiards 1980)
• April 20 - Emile Christian, American musician (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Emile Joseph Christian ( New Orleans April 20 1895 &ndash December 3 1973 in New Orleans (sometimes spelled Emil Christian 1973)
• April 29 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes -->Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 &ndash 3 October 1967 1967)
• May 6 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Rudolph Valentino ( May 6, 1895 &ndash August 23, 1926) was an Italian Actor, Sex symbol, and early 1926)
• May 8 - Fulton J. Sheen, American Catholic archbishop and television personality (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Servant of God Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American Archbishop 1979)
• May 25 - Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer and photojournalist (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Dorothea Lange ( May 25 1895 &ndash October 11 1965) was an influential American documentary Photographer 1965)
• June 24 - Jack Dempsey, American heavyweight boxer (d . Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Jack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey ( June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world 1983)

July - December

• July 2 - Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi, Russian aircraft engineer (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (Павел Осипович Сухой ( July 22, 1895 &ndash September 15, 1975 1975)
• July 8 - Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm ( Russian И́горь Евге́ньевич Та́мм) ( July 8 1895 &ndash April 12 1971) was The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1971)
• July 10 - Carl Orff, German composer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Carl Orff ( &ndash) was a 20th-century German Composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937 1982)
• July 12
  • Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad ( 12 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian Opera singer one of the greatest 1982)
  • Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller ( July 12, 1895 &ndash July 1, 1983) was an American Architect, Author 1983)
• July 14 - F.R. Leavis, British literary critic (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Frank Raymond Leavis CH ( 14 July 1895 - 14 April 1978) was an influential British Literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth 1978)
• July 19 - Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Xu Beihong ( was primarily known for his Shuimohua (Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds and one of the first 1953)
• July 24 - Robert Graves, English writer (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Robert Graves (24 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1985 was an English Poet, Translator and Novelist. 1985)
• July 25 - Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Yvonne Printemps ( Ermont, July 25, 1894 &ndash January 19, 1977 in Paris) was a French singer and actress 1977)
• July 26 - Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen ( July 26 1895 Allen used to claim that she was born in 1906 but when pressed for evidence she would say that her birth certificate 1964)
• August 16 - Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Liane Haid ( August 16, 1895 – November 28, 2000) was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie 2000)
• August 18 - Sibyl Morrison, Australian barrister (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Sibyl Enid Vera Munro Morrison ( 18 August 1895 &ndash 29 December 1961) was the first female Barrister in New South Wales 1961)
• August 24 - Tuanku Abdul Rahman, King of Malaysia (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River In full HRH Colonel Paduka Sri Sir Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, GCMG ( August 24, 1895 1960)
• September 1 - Chembai, Indian Carnatic musician (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar ( Malayalam ചെമ്പൈ വൈദ്യനാഥ ഭാഗവതര്‍‍ was an Indian 1974)
• September 7 - Sir Brian Horrocks, British general (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (7 September 1895 &ndash 4 January 1985 was a British 1985)
• September 11 - Vinoba Bhave, Indian religious leader (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Vinoba Bhave,( विनोबा भावे) born Vinayak Narahari Bhave (September 11 1895 - November 15 1982 often called Acharya (In Sanskrit 1982)
• September 24 - André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. André Frédéric Cournand ( September 24, 1895 &ndash February 19, 1988) was a French Physician and Physiologist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1988)
• September 29 - Joseph Banks Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Joseph Banks Rhine ( September 29, 1895 &ndash February 20, 1980) (usually known as J 1980)
• October 3 - Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Giovanni Comisso ( October 3, 1895 – 1969 was an Italian writer 1969)
• October 3 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, Russian lyrical poet (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Sergei Yesenin (Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Есе́нин  – December 27, 1925) was a Russian lyrical Poet. 1925)
• October 4 - Buster Keaton, American actor and film director (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American 1966)
• October 6 - Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Caroline Ferguson Gordon ( October 6[[ 895]]&mdash April 11[[ 981]] was a notable American novelist and literary critic who while still in her thirties 1981)
• October 8 - Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Juan Domingo Perón (October 8 1895 &ndash July 1 1974 was an Argentine Colonel and Politician, elected three times as President of Argentina 1974)
  • King Zog of Albania (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Zog I Skanderbeg III of the Albanians ref> (born Ahmet Zogolli, later changed to Ahmet Zogu) (October 8 1895 &ndash April 9 1961 was King 1961)
• October 13 - Cemal Gürsel, Turkish army officer and President (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Cemal Gürsel ( October 13, 1895 — September 14, 1966) was a Turkish Army officer, and the 4th President 1966)
• October 14 - Silas Simmons, Pre-Negro League Baseball Player, longest-lived professional Baseball player (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Silas Joseph "Si" Simmons ( October 14 1895 ? - October 29 2006) was an American Semi-professional and 2006)
• October 19 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Lewis Mumford ( October 19, 1895 &ndash January 26, 1990) was an American Historian of Technology and Science 1990)
• October 21 - Edna Purviance, American actress (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Edna Purviance ( October 21 1895 &ndash January 11 1958) was an American actress during the Silent movie 1958)
• October 22 - Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Rolf Herman Nevanlinna ( October 22, 1895, Joensuu, Eastern Finland - May 28, 1980, Helsinki) is perhaps the 1980)
• October 25 - Levi Eshkol, Israeli Prime Minister (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a (לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל born Levi Školnik (לֵוִי שׁקוֹלנִיק on 25 October 1895, died 26 February 1969) 1969)
• October 30 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk ( October 30, 1895 &ndash April 24, 1964) was a German Pathologist and Bacteriologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1964)
• October 30 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Dr Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr ( October 30, 1895 &ndash February 23, 1973) was an American Physician and Physiologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1973)
• October 31 - Basil Liddell Hart, British military historian (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart ( 31 October 1895 &ndash 29 January 1970) usually known before his knighthood as 1970)
• November 5 - Walter Gieseking, German pianist (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Walter Wilhelm Gieseking ( November 5, 1895 &ndash October 26, 1956) was a French - German Pianist and Composer 1956)
• November 10 - John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw John Knudsen "Jack" Northrop ( November 10, 1895 &ndash February 18, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist 1981)
• November 14 - Walter Freeman, American physician (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca 1972)
• November 15
  • Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia ( Olga Nikolaevna Romanova) (in Russian Великая Княжна Ольга Николаевна &ndash 1918)
  • Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and writer (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antoni Słonimski ( November 15, 1895 &ndash July 4, 1976) was a Polish Poet and Writer. 1976)
• November 16 - Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 &ndash 28 December 1963 was a German Composer, Violist, violinist teacher music theorist and conductor. 1963)
• November 17 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and literary scholar (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin ( Russian: Михаил Михайлович Бахти́н mʲɪxʌˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪʨ bʌxˈtʲin ( November 17, 1895 1975)
• November 25
  • Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff ( November 25, 1895 &ndash May 23, 1991) was a world-renowned German Virtuoso Pianist 1991)
  • Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Helen Hooven Santmyer ( November 25 1895 &ndash February 21 1986) was an American Writer. 1986)
• November 29 - Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Busby Berkeley ( November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles California, was a highly 1976)
• December 2 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Harriet Cohen ( December 2, 1895 &ndash November 13, 1967) was a British pianist. 1967)
• December 14
  • Paul Eluard, French poet (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Paul Éluard was the Pen name of Eugène Émile Paul Grindel ( 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952) a French 1952)
  • King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1952)
• date unknown - Ruth Manning-Sanders, children's author (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ruth Manning-Sanders (born 1888 in Swansea, Wales; died October 12, 1988, in Penzance, England) was a Welsh 1988)

See also Category: 1895 births. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)

Deaths

January - June

• January 9 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watchmaker (b. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Aaron Lufkin Dennison ( March 6, 1812 &ndash January 9, 1895) was an American Watchmaker born in Freeport Maine 1812)
• January 10 - Benjamin Godard, French composer (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Benjamin Louis Paul Godard ( August 18, 1849, Paris &ndash January 10, 1895, Cannes) was a French 1849)
• January 24 - Lord Randolph Churchill, British statesman (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill ( 13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British Statesman. 1849)
• February 2 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Erzherzog Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik, Herzog von Teschen ( Duke of Teschen) (b 1817)
• February 20 - Frederick Douglass, American ex-slave and author (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14 1818 February 20 1895 was an American abolitionist, editor, Orator 1818)
• February 25 - Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, politician (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Henry Austin Bruce 1st Baron Aberdare GCB, PC, FRS ( 16 April 1815 &ndash 25 February 1895) was a British 1815)
• February 26 - Salvador de Itúrbide y de Marzán, Prince of Mexico (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Don Salvador of Iturbide (b Mexico City, 18 September 1849 - d 1849)
• March 2 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Berthe Morisot ( January 14, 1841 &ndash March 2, 1895) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris 1841)
• March 10 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Charles Frederick Worth ( October 13, 1825 &ndash March 10, 1895) widely considered the Father of Haute Couture, was an English 1826)
• April 4 - Nikolai Baranov, Russian politician (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Nikolai Baranov ( 1843 - April 4, 1895) was a Russian politician 1843)
• May 19 - José Martí, Cuban independence leader (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and José Julián Martí Pérez ( January 28, 1853 &ndash May 19, 1895) Born in Havana from Spanish parents his short life was dedicated to gaining 1853)
• May 21 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Franz von Suppé (Francesco Suppé Demelli (April 18 1819 &ndash) was a Composer and conductor of the Romantic period notable for his four dozen 1819)
• May 26 - Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman statesman (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Ahmet Cevdet Pasa (1822 — May 26, 1895) was a famous Ottoman Statesman, Historian, and Legist 1822)
• June 6 - Gustaf Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Gustaf Nordenskiöld ( 29 June 1868 - June 6 1895) Swedish scholar of Finnish descent a member of the Nordenskiöld 1868)
• June 29
  • Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895 was an English Biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy 1825)
  • Green Clay Smith, American politician (b. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Green Clay Smith ( July 4, 1826 June 29, 1895) was a US soldier and politician 1826). For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display
  • Floriano Vieira Peixoto, 2nd president of Brazil (b. Floriano Vieira Peixoto ( April 30, 1839, Maceió, Brazil &mdash July 29, 1895, Rio de Janeiro) pron |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld 1839)

July - December

• July 28 - Edward Beecher, American theologian (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Edward Beecher ( August 27, 1803 &ndash July 28, 1895) was a noted Theologian, the son of Lyman Beecher and the brother of 1803)
• August 4 - Louis-Antoine Dessaulles, Quebec journalist and politician (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Louis-Antoine Dessaulles (1818 &ndash August 4 1895) was a Quebec seigneur, Journalist and political figure 1818)
• August 5 - Friedrich Engels, German socialist philosopher (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Friedrich Engels (28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895 was a German social scientist and philosopher, who 1820)
• August 22 - Luzon B. Morris, American politician (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Luzon Buritt Morris ( April 16[[ 827]] – August 22[[ 895]] was an American Democratic Politician Morris was born in Newtown Connecticut 1827)
• September 28 - Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist and chemist (b. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Louis Pasteur (27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895 a French Chemist and Microbiologist, is best known for remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and 1822)
• October 8 - Empress Myeongseong (Queen Min), last Korean empress (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Empress Myeongseong ( October 19, 1851 &ndash October 8, 1895) was the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the 1851)
• October 25 - Charles Hallé, German-born pianist and conductor (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Charles Hallé ( 11 April 1819 &ndash 25 October 1819)
• November 5 - Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa of Japan (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) of Japan, was the 2nd head of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. 1847)
• November 23 - Mauritz de Haas, marine painter (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Maurits Frederik Hendrik de Haas ( 1832-12-12, Rotterdam - 1895-11-23, New York) was a Dutch - American Marine painter 1832)
• November 27 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author and playwright (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Alexandre Dumas Fils (French for son similar to Junior in English ( July 27, 1824 &ndash November 27, 1895) was 1824)
• December 13 - Anyos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist, inventor of the Dynamo (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Ányos Jedlik ( Hungarian Jedlik István Ányos; Slovak Štefan Anián Jedlík) ( January 11, 1800 – December 1800)

See also Category: 1895 deaths. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday.

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