Historical Events In 1894

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms in the year 1894.  

Feb 07   The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado in the year 1894.  

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks in the year 1894.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

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer in the year 1894.  

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

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   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" in the year 1894.  

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

Feb 14   In the year 1894 venus is both a morning star & evening star  

Feb 15   In the year 1894 oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 27   Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 03   4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns in the year 1894.  

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

Jan 01   Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) was born in the year 1894.  

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   Wesley La Violette, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   Jose Rozo Contreras, composer was born in the year 1894.  

Jan 08   St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941) was born in the year 1894.  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1894 pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84  

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

Jan 19   In the year 1894 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   In the year 1894 pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70  

Feb 12   Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) died in the year 1894.