Historical Events In 1894

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

Feb 02   In the year 1894 uS warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island  

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) in the year 1894.  

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

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

Feb 05   Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms on this day in history.  

Feb 07   The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado in the year 1894.  

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.  

Feb 08   In the year 1894 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher  

Feb 10   On this day in history roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)  

Feb 11   On this day in history alfonso Leng, composer  

Feb 11   In the year 1894 pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70  

Feb 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 14   In the year 1894 jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"  

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

Feb 14   In the year 1894 venus is both a morning star & evening star  

Feb 15   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1894 british troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast  

Feb 18   Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain in the year 1894.  

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Feb 19   Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) on this day in history.  

Feb 21   On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45  

Feb 22   On this day in history alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1894 stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play  

Feb 24   On this day in history nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)  

Feb 25   On this day in history ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)  

Feb 25   On this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51  

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

Mar 02   Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor on this day in history.  

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

Mar 03   In the year 1894 4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns  

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Jan 01   In the year 1894 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   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 in the year 1894.  

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

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

Jan 07   In the year 1894 birth of jose Rozo Contreras, composer  

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 in the year 1894.  

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   Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

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   Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) died on this day in history.