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Historical Events in February 1895

  • Feb 3 Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
  • Feb 4 1st rolling lift bridge opens in Chicago
  • Feb 9 William Morgan presents his new sport "Mintonette" to the world at Springfield College, Massachusetts, later renames it "Volleyball" [1]
  • Feb 11 -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
  • Feb 11 Georgetown became part of Washington, D.C.
  • Feb 13 Moving picture projector patented

Historic Event

Feb 14 Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London

Oscar Wilde
Writer and Poet Oscar Wilde
  • Feb 15 23 cm (9 inches) of snow falls on New Orleans
  • Feb 20 Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo

Historic Event

Feb 21 NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass

World Record

Feb 23 Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)

Jaap Eden
Cyclist and Speed Skater Jaap Eden
  • Feb 23 William Heard, AME minister & educator, named American minister to Liberia
  • Feb 24 Cuban war for independence begins

Historic Event

Feb 25 Groenkloof Nature Reserve in Pretoria established by President Paul Kruger as the first game sanctuary in Africa

Paul Kruger
3rd President of the South African Republic Paul Kruger
  • Feb 26 Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio, patents a glass-blowing machine

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