Historical Events In 1894

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1894 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Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.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   On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher  

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

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   On this day in history anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.  

Feb 13   In the year 1894 franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65  

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   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) in the year 1894.  

Feb 16   British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast in the year 1894.  

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

Feb 19   In the year 1894 ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78  

Feb 19   On this day in history 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   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer in the year 1894.  

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   On this day in history nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)  

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 in the year 1894.  

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

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   4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born in the year 1894.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)  

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born in the year 1894.  

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

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

Jan 01   Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) died in the year 1894.  

Jan 08   On this day in history pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84  

Jan 13   In the year 1894 death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)  

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 in the year 1894.  

Feb 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1894 death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)