Historical Events In 1894

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   On this day in history norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)  

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

Feb 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks in the year 1894.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   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   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   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" on this day in history.  

Feb 14   On this day in history the birth of Jack Benny, American actor  

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) in the year 1894.  

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

Feb 18   Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain on this day in history.  

Feb 19   On this day in history ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78  

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

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 in the year 1894.  

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

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

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

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

Feb 27   On this day in history robert-Lucien Siohan, composer  

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

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

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   In the year 1894 birth of satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1894 birth of zaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)  

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   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   On this day in history death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)  

Jan 19   Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 in the year 1894.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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