What Happened In February 1895 - Historical Events 1895 February

Historical Events for February, 1895

1st » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
9th » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
24th » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.

1st » Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1980)
2nd » George Halas, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
4th » Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)
6th » Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)
7th » Anita Stewart, American actress (d. 1961)
9th » Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959)
10th » John Black (businessman) called John Black, English chairman of Standard Motor Company called Standard-Triumph (d. 1965)
12th » Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 2nd List of Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands e.g Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1984)
14th » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general (d. 1945)
14th » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)
15th » Earl Thomson, Canadian hurdler (d. 1971)
19th » Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956)
19th » Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1940)
19th » August Torma, Estonian military officer and diplomat (d. 1971)
21st » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
22nd » Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (d. 1979)
25th » Lew Andreas, American basketball player and coach (d. 1984)
27th » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943)
28th » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director (d. 1974)