What Happened In January 1892 - Historical Events 1892 January

Historical Events for January, 1892

1st » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist (d. 1942)
1st » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (d. 1958)
1st » Manuel Roxas, Filipino politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)
2nd » Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
3rd » J. R. R. Tolkien, English philologist and author (d. 1973)
4th » María Díaz Cortés, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2009)
9th » Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
10th » Dumas Malone, American historian (d. 1986)
10th » Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish journalist (d. 1974)
12th » Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer) or Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer, co-founded the Mikoyan called Russian Aircraft Corporation (d. 1976)
13th » Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer (d. 1976)
14th » Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984)
14th » Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)
15th » Rex Ingram (director) known as Rex Ingram, Irish actor, director, and producer (d. 1950)
19th » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964)
22nd » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (d. 1986)
26th » Bessie Coleman, American pilot (d. 1926)
26th » Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)
28th » Ernst Lubitsch, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
31st » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer (d. 1964)

1st » Roswell B. Mason, American politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
2nd » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
7th » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1852)
12th » William Reeves (bishop) named William Reeves, Irish bishop (b. 1815)
14th » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
18th » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
22nd » Joseph P. Bradley, American jurist (b. 1813)
31st » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)