Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) in the year 1894.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 05   Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms in the year 1894.  

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Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks in the year 1894.  

Feb 08   Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher on this day in history.  

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

Feb 11   In the year 1894 alfonso Leng, composer  

Feb 11   In the year 1894 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" on this day in history.  

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

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star & evening star on this day in history.  

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

Feb 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)  

Feb 21   In the year 1894 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   Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) in the year 1894.  

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) on this day in history.  

Feb 25   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 in the year 1894.  

Feb 27   Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer in the year 1894.  

Mar 02   Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor in the year 1894.  

Mar 03   1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis" on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 01   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1894 birth of zaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)  

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

Jan 04   Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) was born in the year 1894.  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of st Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)  

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

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 in the year 1894.  

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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.