Page 2: 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1894 norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)   

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 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1894 enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks   

Feb 08   In the year 1894 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher   

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

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer 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 anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.   

Feb 13   Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"   

Feb 14   In the year 1894 the birth of Jack Benny, American actor   

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

Feb 15   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) in the year 1894.   

Feb 16   In the year 1894 british troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast   

Feb 18   Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain in the year 1894.   

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 in the year 1894.   

Feb 22   On this day in history alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer   

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

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) in the year 1894.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer in the year 1894.   

Mar 02   Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor in the year 1894.   

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

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1894 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   On this day in history birth of zaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)   

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   Jose Rozo Contreras, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1894.   

Jan 19   Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 in the year 1894.   

Jan 21   Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 in the year 1894.   

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)