What Happened in December 1895

Historical Events

Dec 8 Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II drives Italian General Baratieri out

Dec 13 First complete performance of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony ("Resurrection"), in Berlin, Germany, conducted by the composer

Dec 17 Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, D.C.
Dec 17 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
Dec 24 George Vanderbilt opens Biltmore estate, the largest privately owned house in America at 178,926 square feet (16,622.8 m2) in Asheville, North Carolina
Dec 28 Filmmakers the Lumiere brothers, hold the first commercial film screening at Salon Indien du Grand Café, Paris
Dec 29 Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg

Dec 1 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), born in Bedfordshire, England (d. 1977)
Dec 2 Harriet Cohen, British pianist, born in London (d. 1967)
Dec 2 Jesse Crawford, American pianist, theatre organist for silent films, and recording artist, born in Woodland, California (d. 1962)
Dec 2 Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1975)
Dec 3 Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychoanalyst and daughter of Sigmund Freud, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1982)
Dec 4 Fritiof Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag), born in Vollsjö, Sweden (d. 1972)
Dec 4 Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher, born in Tanghe County, Henan, Qing Dynasty (d. 1990)
Dec 5 Elbert Frank Cox, African-American mathematician (first African-American to receive PhD in Mathematics), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 1969)
Dec 6 Henriëtte Bosmans, Dutch pianist and composer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1952)
Dec 7 Jack Pennick, American actor (Lady From Louisiana), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1964)
Dec 9 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, born in Barcelona (d. 1936)
Dec 9 Thomas J. Reeves, United States Navy radioman, Medal of Honor recipient, born in Thomaston, Connecticut (d. 1941)
Dec 11 Eddie Dowling, American actor (Rainbow Man, Anywhere USA), born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (d. 1976)

Dec 14 King of the United Kingdom (1936-52), born in Norfolk, England

Dec 14 Paul Éluard, French communist and poet, born in Saint-Denis, France (d. 1952)

Dec 17 Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1919, 21; Australian C'ships 1927), born in Melbourne, Victoria

Dec 19 Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author and poet (Loke Saar Havre), born in Hedmark, Norway (d. 1989)
Dec 19 Maurice Roelants, Flemish novelist and poet (Komen en gaan, Prayer for a Good End), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966)
Dec 20 Susanne Langer, American philosopher and educator (Philosophy in a New Key), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1985)
Dec 21 Paul Hoffer, German composer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1949)
Dec 24 E. Roland Harriman, American financier, born in New York City (d. 1978)
Dec 27 Sig Arno [Siegfried Aron], German-Jewish actor (Holiday in Havana, My Friend Irma), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1975)
Dec 28 Carol Ryrie Brink, American Newberry Medal-winning novelist (Caddie Woodlawn), born in Moscow, Idaho (d. 1981)
Dec 30 August De Boodt, Belgian politician (Minister of Reconstruction), born in Nieuwmunster, Belgium (d. 1986)

Dec 19 Poet Robert Frost (21) weds Elinor Miriam White in Lawrence, Massachusetts