Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) on this day in history.   

Feb 02   US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island in the year 1894.   

Feb 03   1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1894 the first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME   

Feb 04   In the year 1894 antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

Feb 05   On this day in history female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

Feb 07   On this day in history the Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.   

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher in the year 1894.   

Feb 10   In the year 1894 roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)   

Feb 11   In the year 1894 alfonso Leng, composer   

Feb 11   On this day in history pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 12   In the year 1894 anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.   

Feb 13   Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65 in the year 1894.   

Feb 14   On this day in history jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"   

Feb 14   The birth of Jack Benny, American actor in the year 1894.   

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star & evening star in the year 1894.   

Feb 15   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) in the year 1894.   

Feb 16   On this day in history british troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast   

Feb 18   In the year 1894 andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

Feb 19   In the year 1894 ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 19   In the year 1894 herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)   

Feb 21   Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 in the year 1894.   

Feb 22   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer in the year 1894.   

Feb 23   On this day in history stanley Cup Montréal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play   

Feb 23   Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play on this day in history.   

Feb 24   In the year 1894 nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)   

Feb 25   In the year 1894 ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)   

Feb 25   In the year 1894 james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

Feb 27   In the year 1894 robert-Lucien Siohan, composer   

Mar 02   In the year 1894 renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor   

Mar 03   1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis" in the year 1894.   

Mar 03   4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)   

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Wesley La Violette, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

Jan 08   St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

Jan 08   On this day in history pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84   

Jan 13   Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) died in the year 1894.   

Jan 19   In the year 1894 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

Jan 21   Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1894 antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

Feb 11   Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1894.   

Feb 12   On this day in history death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)