Historical Events In 1894

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

Feb 02   In the year 1894 uS warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island   

Feb 03   On this day in history 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me   

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 in the year 1894.   

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 in the year 1894.   

Feb 05   Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms on this day in history.   

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

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1894 roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)   

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer in the year 1894.   

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 in the year 1894.   

Feb 13   In the year 1894 franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65   

Feb 14   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star & evening star in the year 1894.   

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

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

Feb 18   In the year 1894 andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

Feb 19   In the year 1894 ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78   

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

Feb 21   On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45   

Feb 22   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer in the year 1894.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) in the year 1894.   

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) in the year 1894.   

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

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

Mar 02   On this day in history renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor   

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

Mar 03   On this day in history 4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns   

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Jan 01   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 04   In the year 1894 birth of wesley La Violette, composer   

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   On this day in history birth of st Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)   

Jan 01   In the year 1894 death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

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   In the year 1894 guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24   

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   Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) died on this day in history.