Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) on this day in history.   

Feb 02   US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island in the year 1894.   

Feb 03   In the year 1894 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   In the year 1894 antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

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 in the year 1894.   

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks in the year 1894.   

Feb 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1894 pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

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

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

Feb 14   In the year 1894 jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"   

Feb 14   On this day in history the birth of Jack Benny, American actor   

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

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

Feb 16   British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast in the year 1894.   

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

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

Feb 19   On this day in history herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)   

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

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

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   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) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   On this day in history 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 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   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1894 birth of robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of zaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1894 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

Jan 21   On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24   

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

Feb 11   In the year 1894 pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 12   In the year 1894 death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)