Page 2: Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   On this day in history percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men)   

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 in the year 1894.   

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Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1894 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher   

Feb 10   On this day in history roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)   

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   In the year 1894 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   In the year 1894 andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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

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

Feb 23   On this day in history stanley Cup Montréal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play   

Feb 23   On this day in history stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play   

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

Feb 27   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1894.   

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

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   Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1894.   

Feb 12   Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) died in the year 1894.