Historical Events In 1894

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

Feb 02   On this day in history uS warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island  

Feb 03   1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me in the year 1894.  

Feb 03   Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) in the year 1894.  

Feb 03   The first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME in the year 1894.  

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

Feb 05   In the year 1894 female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms  

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Feb 08   On this day in history enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks  

Feb 08   In the year 1894 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher  

Feb 10   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) in the year 1894.  

Feb 11   On this day in history alfonso Leng, composer  

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

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

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   On this day in history the birth of Jack Benny, American actor  

Feb 14   On this day in history venus is both a morning star & evening star  

Feb 15   In the year 1894 oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)  

Feb 16   British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast on this day in history.  

Feb 18   On this day in history andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain  

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1894.  

Feb 19   Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) in the year 1894.  

Feb 21   Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 24   Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) on this day in history.  

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) in the year 1894.  

Feb 25   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born in the year 1894.  

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   Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1894 birth of st Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)  

Jan 01   In the year 1894 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   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 in the year 1894.  

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

Feb 12   Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) died in the year 1894.