See also: 1893 in film 1894 1894 films 1895 in film 19th century in film years in film film Events January 7 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... See also: 1895 in film 1896 1896 films 1897 in film 19th century in film years in film film Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W. Paul developed their own film projector, the Theatrograph (later known as the Animatograph). ... See also: 1900 in film, list of years in film. Events 1832 - Joseph Plateau (Belgium) and Simon Stampfer (Vienna) introduced simultaneously a scientific demonstration device that creates an optical illusion of movement by mounting drawings on the face of a slotted, spinning disk. ... This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ...

Events

• March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening).
• Gaumont Pictures founded by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont.
• In France, brothers named Auguste and Louis Lumière, designed and built a lightweight, hand-held motion picture camera called the Cinématographe. The Lumière brothers discovered that their machine could also be used to project images onto a large screen. The Lumière brothers created several short films at this time that are considered to be pivotal in the history of motion pictures.
• September or October - C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat demonstrate their Phantoscope, a motion picture projector, in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November - In Germany, Emil and Max Skladanowsky develop their own film projector.
• December 28 - The Lumière brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe Boulevard des Capucines -- this date is sometimes considered the debut of the motion picture as an entertainment medium.

March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... The Lumière Brothers The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean (5 October 1864, Besançon, France – 6 June 1948, Bandol) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (19 October 1862, Besançon, France – 10 April 1954, Lyon), were the creators of the cinematographe, a three-in-one motion picture camera, developer, and... Gaumont Pictures was founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont (1864-1946). ... Léon Gaumont, born May 10, 1864 - died August 10, 1946, was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. ... The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean (October 5, 1864–June 6, 1948) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (October 19, 1862–April 10, 1954), were the creators of the cinematographic projector. ... The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean (October 5, 1864–June 6, 1948) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (October 19, 1862–April 10, 1954), were the creators of the cinematographic projector. ... The cinematograph or Lumiére Cinématographe was an early type film projector, an all-in-one camera, projector and developer, circa 1895. ... Charles Francis Jenkins (August 22, 1867 - June 5, 1934) was a pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies. ... Thomas J. Armat (1866 - September 30, 1948) was an American mechanic and inventor, a pioneer of cinema best known through the co-invention of the Edison Vitascope. ... Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... The Lumi re Brothers, Louis Jean (October 5, 1864–June 6, 1948) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (October 19, 1862–April 10, 1954), were the creators of the cinematographic projector. ...

Births

• February 7 - Anita Stewart
• February 8 - King Vidor
• March 17 - Shemp Howard
• May 6 - Rudolph Valentino
• July 26 - Gracie Allen
• October 2 - Bud Abbott
• October 4 - Buster Keaton
• October 21 - Edna Purviance