On This Day

Historical Events in February 1892

  • Feb 1 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite
  • Feb 2 Bottle cap patented by William Painter
  • Feb 2 Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England v Australia at the SCG
  • Feb 2 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby
  • Feb 3 Russia closes down the Volozhin Yeshiva, a Lithuanian talmudical college

Music Premiere

Feb 16 Opera "Werther" by Jules Massenet premieres in Vienna

Jules Massenet
Composer Jules Massenet

Historic Event

Feb 22 "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St James Theatre, London

Oscar Wilde
Writer and Poet Oscar Wilde
  • Feb 22 Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms
  • Feb 23 1st college student government forms at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
  • Feb 25 James Barrie's "Walker London" premieres in London
  • Feb 29 Britain & US sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea
  • Feb 29 St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated

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