Historical Events In 1894

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

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   Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) in the year 1894.   

Feb 03   On this day in history the first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME   

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

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Feb 08   In the year 1894 enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks   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

Feb 11   In the year 1894 alfonso Leng, composer   

Feb 11   Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20 in the year 1894.   

Feb 13   On this day in history franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65   

Feb 14   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" in the year 1894.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history british troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast   

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

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1894.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history robert-Lucien Siohan, composer   

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   4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1894 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   In the year 1894 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   On this day in history birth of jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

Jan 08   St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1894 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   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   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)