1894 Calendar
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1894 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1894
– The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic.
February 12, 1894
– Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris’s Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
March 25, 1894
– Coxey’s Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C.
April 21, 1894
– Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
April 30, 1894
– Coxey’s Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
June 23, 1894
– The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
June 24, 1894
– Marie Francois Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
July 25, 1894
– The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
August 1, 1894
– The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
October 30, 1894
– Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.
Who Were Born On 1894?
January 12, 1894
– Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
February 14, 1894
– Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
May 13, 1894
– Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
May 29, 1894
– Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
May 31, 1894
– Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
June 23, 1894
– King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)
July 31, 1894
– Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)
September 13, 1894
– Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (d. 1953)
October 24, 1894
– Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (d. 1987)
November 28, 1894
– Henry Hazlitt, Libertarian philosopher, economist (d. 1993)