Historical Events In 1894

Jan 01   Denmark adopts Mid-European time in the year 1894.  

Jan 01   Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic in the year 1894.  

Jan 02   Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history france ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia  

Jan 04   On this day in history wesley La Violette, composer  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1894 motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing  

Jan 08   In the year 1894 columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1894 "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters  

Jan 09   On this day in history henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter/graphic artist  

Jan 10   In the year 1894 reginald Denham, London, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)  

Jan 11   In the year 1894 jaroslav Vogel, composer  

Jan 12   Billy Gilbert, Louisville KY, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio) on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization in the year 1894.  

Jan 16   Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards) in the year 1894.  

Jan 18   Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch parapsychologist on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20   In the year 1894 harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)  

Jan 21   On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24  

Jan 21   Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec in the year 1894.  

Jan 22   Charles Morgan, England, writer (Fountain) in the year 1894.  

Jan 23   G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min on this day in history.  

Jan 23   G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 minutes in the year 1894.  

Jan 23   In the year 1894 remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot)  

Jan 25   James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title in the year 1894.  

Jan 27   1st college basketball game, U of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11 in the year 1894.  

Jan 27   First college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11 in the year 1894.  

Jan 27   Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star (1920-26) in the year 1894.  

Jan 27   On this day in history midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park  

Jan 30   In the year 1894 boris III, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43)  

Jan 30   In the year 1894 pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit  

Jan 30   US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Admiral Benham in the year 1894.  

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

Jan 01   Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 04   Wesley La Violette, composer was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 04   In the year 1894 birth of manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)  

Jan 07   Jose Rozo Contreras, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941) was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 01   Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 in the year 1894.  

Jan 13   In the year 1894 death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)  

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

Jan 21   Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 in the year 1894.  

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 in the year 1894.  

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)