October 15, 1844 — Friedrich Nietzsche is born
Of all the great philosophers, none is quite so famous for being, well, a raving loon, as Friedrich Nietzsche. Born...
December 19, 2020
Art & Culture
January 29, 1845 — Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is first published
It was his first publication under his own name, and still one of his best known. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The...
December 14, 2020
January 13, 1864 — Composer Stephen Foster dies
Stephen Foster has been widely hailed as the father of American Music. In the nineteenth century, he was one of...
October 14, 2020
May 2, 1864 — Giacomo Meyerbeer dies
Born in 1791 in Germany, Giacomo Meyerbeer was one of the foremost exponents of the musical and theatrical form known...
October 9, 2020
August 30, 1865 — Tchaikovsky’s Characteristic Dances is first performed in Pavlovsk
Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky when he was only 24, “Characteristic Dances” was the first of his pieces to be...
September 24, 2020
March 24, 1874 — Harry Houdini born
Born Ehrich Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, his family emigrated to America when he was four, and lived in Appleton, Wisconsin,...
September 6, 2020
January 3, 1881 — Anna McNeill Whistler dies
Known to history as “Whistler’s Mother”, after the painting she was the subject of, Anna Matilda (née McNeill) Whistler was...
July 24, 2020
February 13, 1883 — Richard Wagner dies
One of the greatest of the German composers, Wilhelm Richard Wagner is best known for his Ring Cycle, or Der...
July 14, 2020
May 11, 1888 — Irving Berlin born
Born Israel Isidore Baline, the composer better known as Irving Berlin was 101 years old when he died. His family...
June 29, 2020
October 15, 1888 — The “From Hell” letter is mailed
More than a century after the fact, debate regarding nearly every particular of the Jack the Ripper slayings still rages....
June 19, 2020
Search
