Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) in the year 1894.   

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) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1894 female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

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Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks in the year 1894.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

Feb 11   On this day in history alfonso Leng, composer   

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

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   In the year 1894 jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"   

Feb 14   The birth of Jack Benny, American actor in the year 1894.   

Feb 14   On this day in history venus is both a morning star & evening star   

Feb 15   On this day in history oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)   

Feb 16   British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1894 stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play   

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!) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   In the year 1894 james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

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

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

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1894.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

Jan 08   In the year 1894 birth of st Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)   

Jan 01   Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.   

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   Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1894 antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

Feb 11   On this day in history pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 12   On this day in history death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)