Page 10: Historical Events In 1894
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Dec 02 Warren William, [Krech], Aitkin MN, actor (Caesar in Cleopatra). 


Dec 03 HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76. 


Dec 05 Georges Feydeaus' "L'hôtel du libre échange," premieres in Paris 


Dec 05 Phillip K. Wrigley (Wrigley Gum) born. 


Dec 07 Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 


Dec 07 Stuart Davis, US painter 


Dec 08 James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women and Dogs) 


Dec 08 James Thurber, American writer is born 


Dec 08 Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 


Dec 09 Eddie Dowling, Woonsocket RI, actor (Anywhere USA) 


Dec 09 Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium. 


Dec 10 Earnest Haenchen, German new testament expert 


Dec 13 Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68. 


Dec 14 Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85). 


Dec 14 Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer. 


Dec 15 Cricket day 2 1st T Aus v Eng Aus 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130 


Dec 17 Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born. 


Dec 17 Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops). 


Dec 17 Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn. 


Dec 18 Cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front. 


Dec 18 South Australian women given the vote. 


Dec 19 Cricket day 5 1T Aus v Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113. 


Dec 19 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65). 


Dec 20 Day Six 1T Aus v Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166. 


Dec 20 Robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41, 1949-66) 


Dec 22 -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane. 


Dec 22 French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 


Dec 22 French officer, Alfred Dreyfus, are discovered guilty of selling secrets to Germany. 


Dec 23 Arthur Gilligan, cricketer (England captain in 1920's). 


Dec 23 Debussy's ballet "L'aprés-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris. 


Dec 24 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot. 


Dec 24 Scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm 


Dec 25 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, U of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, CA in football 


Dec 26 Antonio Molina, composer 


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