Historical Events In 1894

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

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 in the year 1894.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.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   In the year 1894 roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65 in the year 1894.  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 1894 alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer  

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

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

Feb 25   In the year 1894 ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)  

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   In the year 1894 renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor  

Mar 03   In the year 1894 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   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   Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)  

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

Jan 08   St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1894 death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)  

Jan 08   Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 in the year 1894.  

Jan 13   Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

Jan 19   On this day in history 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   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)