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   In the year 1894 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me  

Feb 03   Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) on this day in history.  

Feb 03   The first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history the Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.  

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.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   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer in the year 1894.  

Feb 11   In the year 1894 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   On this day in history franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65  

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

Feb 14   The birth of Jack Benny, American actor on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star & evening star in the year 1894.  

Feb 15   On this day in history oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)  

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

Feb 19   In the year 1894 herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)  

Feb 21   Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 in the year 1894.  

Feb 22   In the year 1894 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)  

Jan 02   In the year 1894 birth of robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1894 guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24  

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

Feb 11   Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1894.  

Feb 12   In the year 1894 death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)