What Happened In January 1895 - Historical Events 1895 January

Historical Events for January, 1895

12th » National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty named The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland known as United Kingdom.

1st » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)
2nd » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)
3rd » Boris Lyatoshinsky, Ukrainian composer and conductor (d. 1968)
4th » Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman named Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982)
5th » Jeannette Piccard, American priest, and scientist (d. 1981)
7th » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas known as Qantas Airways Limited (d. 1974)
7th » Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
11th » Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
12th » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli scholar (d. 1959)
15th » Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
16th » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician (d. 1947)
16th » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1966)
16th » Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
17th » John Duff, Canadian race car driver (d. 1958)
20th » Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1985)
21st » Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (d. 1972)
24th » Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (d. 1976)
27th » Joseph Rosenstock, Polish conductor (d. 1985)
27th » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (d. 1974)
29th » Muna Lee (writer) called Muna Lee, American poet (d. 1965)

3rd » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
9th » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman (b. 1812)
10th » Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist and academic (b. 1836)
10th » Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
24th » Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician (b. 1849)