Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   In the year 1894 percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men)  

Feb 02   US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island in the year 1894.  

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   On this day in history the first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME  

Feb 04   On this day in history antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79  

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

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Feb 08   In the year 1894 enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks  

Feb 08   On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher  

Feb 10   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1894 alfonso Leng, composer  

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   On this day in history 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   The birth of Jack Benny, American actor in the year 1894.  

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star & evening star on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1894 gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45  

Feb 22   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1894.  

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

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) on this day in history.  

Feb 25   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 in the year 1894.  

Feb 27   In the year 1894 robert-Lucien Siohan, composer  

Mar 02   Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor on this day in history.  

Mar 03   1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis" in the year 1894.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Wesley La Violette, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 13   On this day in history death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)  

Jan 19   In the year 1894 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58  

Jan 21   On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24  

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