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[[Image:Flag of Alabama.png|right|thumb|375px|Flag of Alabama, adopted 1895]]
'''1895''' was the 24th year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].
'''1895''' was the 24th year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].


==Events==
==Events==
* [[November 23]]: The [[Auburn Tigers football|Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama]] defeated the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|University of Alabama]] 48-0 in what would later be known as the [[1895 Iron Bowl|Iron Bowl]], the first one played at [[Tuscaloosa]].
[[Image:Stillman College seal.png|right|150px]]
* [[February 16]]: The [[Flag of Alabama]] was adopted.
* The [[Apollo Club]] opera troupe founded by [[E. E. Williams]].
* The [[Apollo Club]] opera troupe founded by [[E. E. Williams]].
* [[Birmingham's wards]] were expanded to nine and drawn with an eye toward dispersing African-American voters between wards.
* The [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]] was expanded to 18 members and direct election of Aldermen by each ward was implemented.
* The [[Birmingham Conservatory of Music]] was founded by [[Benjamin Guckenberger]].
* The [[Birmingham Conservatory of Music]] was founded by [[Benjamin Guckenberger]].
* The first three locks on the [[Black Warrior River]] were completed.
* Women were first admitted to [[Samford University|Howard College]].
* Mount Pinson was renamed simply as [[Pinson]].
* The [[Nineteenth Century Club]] literary society was founded by [[Hannah Elliot]].
* The [[Nineteenth Century Club]] literary society was founded by [[Hannah Elliot]].
* [[Stillman College]] was chartered as a legal corporation by the [[Alabama|State of Alabama]].


===Business===
===Business===
* ''The Daily News'' changed its name to the ''[[Birmingham News|The Birmingham News]]''.
* ''[[The Dixie Home]]'' magazine was founded by [[John Rountree]].
* Industrial manufacturer [[Hardie-Tynes]] was founded.
* Industrial manufacturer [[Hardie-Tynes]] was founded.
* [[Susan Lunsford]] lost ownership of the [[Lunsford Hotel]].
* [[James Mayfield|James]] and [[Diva Brown|Diva Mayfield]] produced bottled sodas for Atlanta's Cotton States Exposition.
* The [[O'Brien Opera House]] was purchased by [[Charles Whelan]].
* The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]] moved its headquarters to Birmingham.
* [[Windham Construction]] was founded by [[Thomas C. Windham]].
===Religion===
[[Image:Morris Newfield 1911.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Morris Newfield]]
* [[December 27]]: [[McElwain Baptist Church]] was founded in [[McElwain]].
* [[James Carey]] succeeded [[Matthew Blease]] as pastor of [[Trinity Methodist Church (Southside)]].
* [[S.S. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church]] was founded in [[Brookside]].
* [[Alfred Moeller]] succeeded [[C. E. Scheibe]] as pastor of [[First Lutheran Church|Zion Lutheran Church]].
* [[Morris Newfield]] succeeded [[David Marx]] as rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[WaterStone Church|Warrior Baptist Church]] became Warrior Missionary Baptist Church.
* [[J. Q. A. Wilhite]] succeeded [[J. W. White]] as pastor of [[Sixth Avenue Baptist Church]].
=== Sports ===
* [[John Heisman]] began coaching the [[Auburn Tigers football|Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama's football team]].
* [[November 23]]: The [[Auburn Tigers football|A&M College of Alabama]] defeated the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|University of Alabama]] 48-0 in what would later be known as the [[1895 Iron Bowl|Iron Bowl]], the first one played at [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[University of Alabama|Alabama]] joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.


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== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
[[Image:Oscar Underwood.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Underwood c. 1910-15]]
* [[Henry Gray]] was elected president of the [[People's Bank & Trust Company]].
* [[Victor Hanson]] took a post with the ''Baltimore World''.
* [[William Mailly]] began serving as Associate Editor of the ''[[Birmingham Labor Advocate]]''.
* [[Robert A. Morris]] was appointed chief clerk in the department of estates in the [[Jefferson County Probate Court]].
* [[Thomas Duke Parke]] became the [[Birmingham City Physician]].
* [[John Phillips]] became president of the Southern Educational Association.
* [[N. F. Thompson]] became an industrial agent for the City of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
* [[Oscar Underwood]] was elected as Representative of the [[9th Congressional District of Alabama]].


===Births===
===Births===
* April: [[John Rice]], Presbyterian minister
* [[July 12]]: [[Glenn Messer]], aviation pioneer
* [[Frank Cross, Sr]], pastor of [[Ensley Highlands Presbyterian Church]]
* [[Frank Cross, Sr]], pastor of [[Ensley Highlands Presbyterian Church]]
* [[Glenn Messer]], aviation pioneer


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=== Graduations===
* [[William Bankhead]] from Georgetown University, law degree
* [[Isaac Beatty, Jr]] from [[Birmingham High School]]
* [[Morris Newfield]] from the Theological College of the University of Budapest, M.A.
* Morris Newfield from the the University of Cincinnati, B.A.
 
[[Image:Henry M Caldwell.jpg|right|100px|thumb|H. M. Caldwell]]
===Marriages===
* [[June 5]]: Widowed educator [[A. H. Parker]] to the former [[Bessie Parker|Bessie D. Pettiford]].
* Publisher [[John Rountree]] to the former [[Maude McIver]].
 
===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[August 7]]: [[Henry Caldwell]], president of the [[Elyton Land Company]]
* [[August 7]]: [[Henry Caldwell]], president of the [[Elyton Land Company]]
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==Works==
==Works==
[[Image:Powell Ave Steam Plant 1908.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Powell Avenue Steam Plant in 1908]]
===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* Tower and portico of [[Cathedral Church of the Advent]]
* [[C. T. Davidson residence]]
* [[C. T. Davidson residence]]
* [[Powell Avenue Steam Plant]]
* [[Powell Avenue Steam Plant]]

Revision as of 13:39, 8 March 2012

Flag of Alabama, adopted 1895

1895 was the 24th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Stillman College seal.png

Business

Religion

Morris Newfield

Sports

Individuals

Underwood c. 1910-15

Births

Graduations

H. M. Caldwell

Marriages

Deaths

Works

Powell Avenue Steam Plant in 1908

Buildings

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