What happened in 1894?

First Sino-Japanese War

Wars & Conflicts · Joseon

1894–1895 war between the Qing dynasty and the Empire of Japan over influence in Joseon, fought chiefly in Joseon

First Italo-Ethiopian War

Wars & Conflicts

1895-1896 war between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy

Battle of the Yalu River

Wars & Conflicts · Korea Bay

Battle in 1894

Battle of Pyongyang

Wars & Conflicts · Pyongyang

1894 battle

Battle of Lushunkou

Wars & Conflicts · Lüshunkou District

1894 battle of the First Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Pungdo

Wars & Conflicts · Asan

1894 battle

Battle of Seonghwan

Wars & Conflicts

1894 battle

Battle of Jiuliancheng

Wars & Conflicts · Yalu River

1894 battle of the First Sino-Japanese War

Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem

Wars & Conflicts · Lombok Island

1894 intervention and colonization by Dutch East Indies

Battle of Kassala

Wars & Conflicts · Kassala

1894 military engagement

Malaboch War

Wars & Conflicts · Blouberg

Brief African war between Boers and Bahananwa

Battle of Passo Fundo

Wars & Conflicts · Passo Fundo

1894 battle

Battle of Halai

Wars & Conflicts

1894 battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War

Japanese occupation of Gyeongbokgung

Wars & Conflicts · Gyeongbokgung

Battle between Japanese and Korean forces in 1894

Hamidian massacres

Wars & Conflicts · Ottoman Empire

Massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire which took place in the mid-1890s

Ferdinand de Lesseps died

People · Guilly

French diplomat and entrepreneur, developer of the Suez Canal (1805–1894)

Francis II of the Two Sicilies died

People · Arco

King of the Two Sicilies (1836-1894) and Servant of God

Lobengula died

People · Matabeleland

King of Matabeleland

Heinrich Hertz died

People · Bonn

German physicist (1857–1894)

Hermann von Helmholtz died

People · Charlottenburg

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

Adolphe Sax died

People · 9th arrondissement of Paris

Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (1814–1894)

Alexander von Middendorff died

People · Hellenurme

Baltic German explorer and scientist (1815-1894)

Ernest-François Mallard died

People · 6th arrondissement of Paris

French mineralogist (1833-1894)

Sadi Carnot died

People · 3rd arrondissement of Lyon

5th president of France (1837–1894)

Gustave Caillebotte died

People · Gennevilliers

French painter (1848–1894)

Pafnuty Chebyshev died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian mathematician (1821–1894)

Verney Lovett Cameron died

People · Leighton Buzzard

Traveller from England (1844–1894)

Justus Carl Hasskarl died

People · Kleve

German botanist (1811-1894)

Nikolai Yadrintsev died

People · Barnaul

Russian explorer (1842-1894)

Svend Foyn died

People · Nøtterøy

Norwegian whaler (1809–1894)

Alexander Kohut died

People · New York City

United States rabbi and orientalist (1842–1894)

Sarah Parker Remond died

People · Rome

American abolitionist and suffragist (1824-1894)

Hans von Bülow died

People · Cairo

German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)

Gustave Cotteau died

People · Paris

French paleontologist, naturalist and geologist (1818-1894)

Eugène Charles Catalan died

People · Liège

French and Belgian mathematician (1814–1894)

August Kundt died

People · Israelsdorf

German physicist (1839–1894)

Pavel Yablochkov died

People · Saratov

Russian engineer (1847–1894)

Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac died

People · Geneva

Swiss chemist (1817–1894)

Peter Leopold von Schrenck died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian scientist of Baltic German origin (1826-1894)

Edward Augustus Inglefield died

People · London

British Royal Navy admiral (1820-1894)

James Graham Fair died

People · San Francisco

American politician (1831–1894)

Ludwig Schwarz died

People · Tartu

Baltic German astronomer (1822-1894)

Richard Buchta died

People · Vienna

Austrian photographer, writer and explorer (1845-1894)

Thomas Lobb died

People · Devoran

British botanist (1811-1894)

Jules-Léon Dutreuil de Rhins died

People · Kham

French explorer (1846-1894)

Robert Campbell died

People · Manitoba

Canadian fur trader and explorer (1808-1894)

Friedrich Bohndorff died

People · Locarno

German ornithologist (1848–1894)

Ranald MacDonald died

People · Fort Colville

American English teacher (1824-1894)

Thomas Morong died

People · Ohio

American naturalist (1827–1894)

William F. Raynolds died

People · Detroit

U.S. Army surveyor and topographer (1820-1894)

Oscar Mac Carthy died

People · Algiers

French explorer, geographer, archaeologist, librarian, and expert on the Maghreb (1815–1894)

Martha Violet Ball died

People · Boston

American educator, philanthropist, activist, editor

Thomas Joannes Stieltjes died

People · Toulouse

Mathematician (1856–1894)

William Robertson Smith died

People · Cambridge

Scottish orientalist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1846–1894)

George John Romanes died

People · Oxford

British evolutionary biologist (1848–1894)

Edmond Frémy died

People · Paris

French chemist (1814–1894)

Louis Figuier died

People · 9th arrondissement of Paris

French scientist and writer (1819-1894)

Josef Hyrtl died

People · Perchtoldsdorf

Austrian anatomist (1810–1894)

Carl Schmidt died

People · Tartu

Baltic German chemist (1822–1894)

Baldassarre Boncompagni died

People · Rome

Italian mathematician (1821-1894)

Moritz Abraham Stern died

People · Zurich

German mathematician (1807-1894)

Louis-Nicolas Flobert died

People · Gagny

Gunsmith, inventor (1819–1894)

Josiah P. Cooke died

People · Newport

Harvard mineralogist and chemist (1827–1894)

Emil Weyr died

People · Vienna

Czech mathematician (1848–1894)

Moritz Traube died

People · Berlin

German biochemist (1826–1894)

Robert Davidson died

People · Aberdeen

British inventor, built first electric locomotive (1804–1894)

Friedrich August Flückiger died

People · Bern

Swiss pharmacist, chemist and botanist (1828-1894)

Charles Romley Alder Wright died

People · Southend-on-Sea

English chemistry and physics researcher (1844–1894)

Giuseppe Battaglini died

People · Naples

Italian mathematician (1826-1894)

Steele MacKaye died

People · Timpas

American playwright and inventor (1842–1894)

Norbert Rillieux died

People · Paris

Inventor and engineer (1806–1894)

Francesco Denza died

People · Rome

Astronomer (1834-1894)

Arthur Hill Hassall died

People · Sanremo

British physician (1817-1894)

Enrico Dalgas died

People · Aarhus

Danish engineer (1828-1894)

Joseph Epping died

People · Exaten Castle

German astronomer (1835–1894)

Jacob Smith Jarmann died

People · Norway

Norwegian engineer (1816–1894)

Wilhelm Lenk von Wolfsberg died

People · Opava

Austro-Hungarian general and scientist

Karl Maximilian von Bauernfeind died

People · Feldafing

German geodesist and engineer (1818–1894)

Arnold Bürkli died

People · Zurich

Swiss engineer (1833-1894)

Domingo Ghirardelli died

People · Rapallo

American businessman (1817–1894)

Hermann Lattemann died

People · Krefeld

German engineer (1852-1894)

Johann Wilhelm Schwedler died

People · Berlin

German civil engineer, structural engineer and constructor (1823-1894)

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Peters died

People · Königsberg

German astronomer (1844-1894)

William Moon died

People · Brighton

British inventor (1818-1894)

Wilhelm von Freeden died

People · Bonn

German mathematician (1822-1894)

Hermann Julius Grüneberg died

People · Cologne

German chemist and businessman (1827–1894)

Pedro Lucio Cuadra died

People · Santiago

Chilean politician (1842–1894)

Birdsill Holly died

People · Auburn

American inventor

Mahmoud Fehmy died

People · Beni Suef

Egyptian politician

Karl Eduard Zetzsche died

People · Dresden

German mathematician and physicist (1830–1894)

Edwin Clark died

People · Marlow

English civil engineer (1814–1894)

Edmond Modeste Lescarbault died

People · Orgères-en-Beauce

French astronomer and physician (1814-1894)

Adolf Patera died

People · Český Těšín

Austrian chemist (1819-1894)

Matthew Piers Watt Boulton died

People · London

British classicist (1820–1894)

Alexander Henry died

People · Edinburgh

Scottish gunsmith (1818–1894)

Laureano Calderón y Arana died

People · Madrid

Spanish chemist, pharmacist, physicist, crystallographer and university professor (1847-1894)

Joseph Quick died

People · Clapham Park

British civil engineer

John Hick died

People · Whalley

English Conservative politician (1815-1894)

Johannes Wild died

People · Richterswil

Swiss engineer and geodesist (1814-1894)

Bernard Lauth died

People · Howard

American businessman (1820-1894)

Mansfield Parkyns died

People · Ruddington

English explorer and travel writer

Sempronius H. Boyd died

People · Springfield

Union United States Army officer (1828-1894)

Gerhard von Maydell died

People · Koblenz

Baltic German explorer (1835-1894)

Emmanuel Geoffroy died

People · Saintes

French botanist (1862-1894)

Gaetano Osculati died

People · Milan

Italian naturalist

Henrique Pedro Carlos de Beaurepaire-Rohan died

People · Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian politician

Ernest Baert died

People · Dungu

Belgian soldier, explorer and colonial administrator

Antonio Lopes Mendes died

People · Lisbon

Portuguese explorer and writer

William Marcroft died

People · Failsworth

English co-operator (1822–1894)

Amanda Röntgen-Maier died

People · Amsterdam

Swedish musician (1853–1894)

Carl Werner died

People · Leipzig

German watercolour painter (1808–1894)

Jan Krzeptowski died

People · Zakopane

Polish poet (1809–1894)

Johanna Jachmann-Wagner died

People · Würzburg

German singer (1828-1894)

Otto Devrient died

People · Szczecin

German actor and playwright (1838–1894)

Otto Singer died

People · New York City

German musician (1833-1894)

Immanuel Faisst died

People · Stuttgart

German composer (1823-1894)

Oskar Höcker died

People · Berlin

German writer, actor and stage actor (1840-1894)

William Frederick Poole died

People · Salem

American bibliographer and librarian (1821-1894)

Elise Hwasser died

People · Skaftö parish

Swedish actress (1831-1894)

Konstanze Dahn died

People · Munich

German actress (1814-1894)

Julie Sødring died

People · Copenhagen

Danish actor and autobiographer (1823-1894)

Philipp Fahrbach, Jr. died

People · Vienna

Austrian musician and violinist (1843-1894)

Amalia Bettini died

People · Rome

Italian actress (1809–1894)

Kathleen Fitzwilliam died

People · Covent Garden

British actress

Antonín Pulda died

People · Prague

Czech playwright, actor, librettist, translator and director

Nikita Khrushchev born

People · Kalinovka

Born in Kalinovka. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964.

Aldous Huxley born

People · Godalming

Born in Godalming. English writer and philosopher (1894–1963).

Edward VIII born

People · White Lodge

Born in White Lodge. King of the United Kingdom in 1936.

Harold Macmillan born

People · Chelsea

Born in Chelsea. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.

Louis-Ferdinand Céline born

People · Courbevoie

Born in Courbevoie. French writer (1894–1961).

John Ford born

People · Cape Elizabeth

Born in Cape Elizabeth. American film director (1894–1973).

Rudolf Hess born

People · Alexandria

Born in Alexandria. German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987).

Satyendra Nath Bose born

People · Kolkata

Born in Kolkata. Indian Bengali physicist and polymath (1894–1974).

Dashiell Hammett born

People · Baltimore

Born in Baltimore. American writer (1894–1961).

Jean Renoir born

People · 18th arrondissement of Paris

Born in 18th arrondissement of Paris. French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979).

Isaak Babel born

People · Odesa

Born in Odesa. Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894–1940).

Joseph Roth born

People · Brody

Born in Brody. Austrian novelist and journalist (1894–1939).

Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi born

People · Tokyo City

Born in Tokyo City. Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher.

V. V. Giri born

People · Brahmapur

Born in Brahmapur. Indian politician and 4th president of India (1894-1980).

Kōnosuke Matsushita born

People · Wakayama

Born in Wakayama. Founder of Panasonic (1894-1989).

E. E. Cummings born

People · Cambridge

Born in Cambridge. American author (1894–1962).

Maximilian Kolbe born

People · Zduńska Wola

Born in Zduńska Wola. Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941).

Alfred Kinsey born

People · Hoboken

Born in Hoboken. American sexologist (1894–1956).

Heinrich Lübke born

People · Sundern (Sauerland)

Born in Sundern (Sauerland). German politician (1894-1972).

Moshe Sharett born

People · Kherson

Born in Kherson. 2nd Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955.

Oleksandr Dovzhenko born

People · Sosnytsia

Born in Sosnytsia. Soviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956).

Boris III of Bulgaria born

People · Sofia

Born in Sofia. King of Bulgaria (1894–1943).

Julian Tuwim born

People · Łódź

Born in Łódź. Polish poet (1894–1953).

Sergey Ilyushin born

People · Dilyalevo

Born in Dilyalevo. Soviet aircraft engineer and aeroplanes designer (1894–1977).

Jack Benny born

People · Chicago

Born in Chicago. American comedic entertainer (1894–1974).

Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin born

People

Born. Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union (1894-1949).

J. B. Priestley born

People

Born. English writer (1894–1984).

Dietrich von Choltitz born

People · Łąka Prudnicka

Born in Łąka Prudnicka. German general (1894-1966).

Jean Rostand born

People · 17th arrondissement of Paris

Born in 17th arrondissement of Paris. French writer (1894–1977).

Ivan Papanin born

People · Sevastopol

Born in Sevastopol. Soviet explorer (1894–1986).

Henry Hazlitt born

People · Philadelphia

Born in Philadelphia. American journalist & writer (1894–1993).

Boris Pilnyak born

People · Mozhaysk

Born in Mozhaysk. Soviet writer (1894-1938).

Américo Tomás born

People · Lisbon

Born in Lisbon. (1894-1987) President of Portugal.

Nedo Nadi born

People · Livorno

Born in Livorno. Italian fencer (1894-1940).

Jerzy Neyman born

People · Bender

Born in Bender. Polish statistician (1894-1981).

Walter Warlimont born

People · Osnabrück

Born in Osnabrück. German general (1894-1976).

Oskar Maria Graf born

People · Berg

Born in Berg. German writer and activist (1894-1967).

Wilhelm Bittrich born

People · Wernigerode

Born in Wernigerode. German general (1894-1979.

Yury Tynyanov born

People · Rēzekne

Born in Rēzekne. Russian writer (1894–1943).

Józef Beck born

People · Warsaw

Born in Warsaw. Polish diplomat and military officer (1894-1944).

Ivan Isakov born

People · Hacıkənd

Born in Hacıkənd. Soviet military commander (1894-1967).

Hans Langsdorff born

People · Bergen auf Rügen

Born in Bergen auf Rügen. Recipient of the Iron Cross (1894–1939).

Francisco Craveiro Lopes born

People · Lisbon

Born in Lisbon. President of Portugal (1894-1964).

Harold Innis born

People · Otterville

Born in Otterville. Canadian professor of political economy (1894–1952).

Georges Gurvitch born

People · Novorossiysk

Born in Novorossiysk. French sociologist (1894-1965).

Edwin Linkomies born

People · Vyborg

Born in Vyborg. Finnish politician, rector and Prime Minister of Finland (1894-1963).

Pavel Rybalko born

People · Malyi Vystorop

Born in Malyi Vystorop. Soviet military commander (1894-1948).

Ecaterina Teodoroiu born

People · Târgu Jiu

Born in Târgu Jiu. Romanian soldier (1894–1917).

Maksim Purkayev born

People · Purkayevo

Born in Purkayevo. Soviet general (1894–1953).

Albert Leo Schlageter born

People · Schönau im Schwarzwald

Born in Schönau im Schwarzwald. German soldier (1894–1923).

Évariste Lévi-Provençal born

People · Algiers

Born in Algiers. French historian (1894-1956).

Georges Guynemer born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French flying ace (1894–1917).

Friedrich Hoßbach born

People · Unna

Born in Unna. German general (1894-1980).

Sofoklis Venizelos born

People · Chania

Born in Chania. Prime Minister of Greece - second son of Eleftherios Venizelos.

Billy Bishop born

People · Owen Sound

Born in Owen Sound. Canadian aviator and author (1894–1956).

René Fonck born

People · Saulcy-sur-Meurthe

Born in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe. French flying ace (1894-1953).

Friedrich Pollock born

People · Freiburg im Breisgau

Born in Freiburg im Breisgau. German social scientist (1894–1970).

Frederick E. Morgan born

People · Paddock Wood

Born in Paddock Wood. British Army general (1894–1967).

Oliver Leese born

People · London

Born in London. British Army general (1894-1978).

Arkady Fiedler born

People · Poznań

Born in Poznań. Polish writer, journalist and adventurer (1894-1985).

Yan Gamarnik born

People · Zhytomyr

Born in Zhytomyr. Soviet general (1894-1937).

Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia born

People · Pavlovsk

Born in Pavlovsk. Russian prince (1894-1918).

Prince René of Parma born

People · Schwarzau am Steinfeld

Born in Schwarzau am Steinfeld. Seventh surviving son of Robert I, Duke of Parma (1894-1962).

Semen Bogdanov born

People · Saint Petersburg

Born in Saint Petersburg. Soviet military commander (1894-1960).

Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger born

People · Strasbourg

Born in Strasbourg. German general (1894-1945).

Vicente Rojo Lluch born

People · La Font de la Figuera

Born in La Font de la Figuera. Spanish general (1894–1966).

Gerhard Schmidhuber born

People · Dresden

Born in Dresden. German general (1894–1945).

André Jousseaume born

People · Yvré-l'Évêque

Born in Yvré-l'Évêque. Equestrian (1894–1960).

Charles Langbridge Morgan born

People · Bromley

Born in Bromley. British writer (1894-1958).

Dirk Jan Struik born

People · Rotterdam

Born in Rotterdam. Dutch mathematician (*1894 – †2000).

Ilia Zdanevich born

People · Tbilisi

Born in Tbilisi. Russian artist (1894–1975).

Alexander III of Russia died

People · Livadia Palace

Died in Livadia Palace. Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894.

Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg born

People · Berg Castle

Born in Berg Castle. Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 to 1919.

Hassan I of Morocco died

People · Marrakech

Died in Marrakech. Moroccan Sultan (1836-1894).

Alberto Enríquez Gallo born

People · Latacunga

Born in Latacunga. President of Ecuador (1937 - 1938).

Otto Nagel born

People · Wedding

Born in Wedding. German artist (1894-1967).

Alice Vibert Douglas born

People · Montreal

Born in Montreal. Canadian astronomer (1894–1988).

Salman II of Bahrain born

People · Al-Muharraq

Born in Al-Muharraq. Ruler of Bahrain (1894–1961).

Lowell Observatory

Science & Technology

Astronomical observatory

City, University of London

Science & Technology · London

University

Louisiana Tech University

Science & Technology

University in Ruston, Louisiana, USA

University of Tulsa

Science & Technology

University in Oklahoma, United States

Parkland Memorial Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital located in Dallas, Texas, United States

Federal Research Center "N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources"

Science & Technology

Research institute of plant genetics, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Krylov State Research Center

Science & Technology

Russian shipbuilding research and development institute

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Science & Technology

Veterinary college for New York State

Fitchburg State University

Science & Technology

Public university in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States

Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle (Saale)

Science & Technology

Hospital in Halle (Saale), Germany

University of London Institute in Paris

Science & Technology

British university institute in Paris

St George Hospital

Science & Technology · Sydney

Hospital in New South Wales, Australia

Concordia University, Nebraska

Science & Technology

Lutheran university in Seward and Lincoln, Nebraska, US

West Middlesex University Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in London

Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in England

Pasteur Institute of Algeria

Science & Technology

Biomedical research center in Algiers, Algeria

Clinical Center of the University of Sarajevo

Science & Technology

Clinical Center

Shimizu Park

Science & Technology

Park in Noda city, Chiba prefecture, Japan

Hebei Medical University

Science & Technology

University in China

St. Paul's Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

National Maternity Hospital, Dublin

Science & Technology

Hospital in Dublin, Ireland

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Science & Technology

Hospital in Wisconsin, United States

University Hospital Lewisham

Science & Technology

NHS Hospital in Lewisham, London

Hue Central Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Vietnam

Floating Hospital for Children

Science & Technology

Hospital in Massachusetts, United States

Instituto Llorente

Science & Technology

Psychiatric hospital in Gniezno

Science & Technology

Hospital

Roseraie du Val-de-Marne

Science & Technology

Rose garden at L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Val-de-Marne, France

Solusi University

Science & Technology

Coeducational private university in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Bushnell University

Science & Technology

Private university in Eugene, Oregon

Seminaries of Saint Paul

Science & Technology

Roman Catholic seminary system in Minneapolis, U.S.

Venus of Brassempouy

Exploration & Discovery · National Archaeological Museum

Sculpture, Paleolithic carved head

Cape York meteorite

Exploration & Discovery

Very large iron meteorite from Greenland

Padiiset's Statue

Exploration & Discovery · Walters Art Museum

Ancient Egyptian sculpture of a commissioner to Canaan and Philistia

Rajko's Cave

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Serbia

Ahnighito

Exploration & Discovery · American Museum of Natural History

One of the Cape York meteorites

Midway-Sunset Oil Field

Exploration & Discovery

Oil field in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California

Port Kennedy Bone Cave

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in United States of America

Cheese Cave

Exploration & Discovery · Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Lava tube located in Gifford Pinchot National Forest just southwest of Trout Lake, Washington

Mizuko Shell Mound

Exploration & Discovery

Shell midden, settlement in Saitama, Japan

Second Madagascar expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Madagascar

French military intervention which took place in 1894-1895, sealing the conquest of the Merina Kingdom on the island of Madagascar by France

Maronite Cathedral of Saint George, Beirut

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Beirut, Lebanon

Fort-de-France Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral located in Martinique, in France

Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral in Castries, Saint Lucia

Karbalai Abdulla Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan

Co-Cathedral of St. Secundian

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Chiusi, Italy

Vidin Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish synagogue in Vidin, Bulgaria

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Yangon

Religion & Belief Systems

Anglican cathedral in Myanmar

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sacred Heart School and Christian Brothers Home

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic church in Minnesota, United States

Caransebeș Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems · Caransebeș

Heritage site in Caraș-Severin County, Romania

Synagogue in Halle

Religion & Belief Systems

Ardabil mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Vereinssynagoge Stumpergasse

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Vienna, Austria

Former synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems · Ahrweiler

Hall building made of ashlar masonry in Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate

Havre Gah Jewish Temple, Câmpulung Moldovenesc

Religion & Belief Systems

Berlin Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Berlin-Mitte

Main lutheran church in Berlin

The Name of Mary Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Novi Sad, Serbia

Christ the Savior Church in Birky

Religion & Belief Systems · Birki

Eastern Orthodox church in Ukraine

Tayabas Basilica

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic minor basilica in Tayabas, Quezon

Church of Resurrection of Christ, near Warsaw Rail Terminal

Religion & Belief Systems · Obvodny Canal Embankment

St. George's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Anglican cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana

Jewish cemetery in Lukyanivka

Religion & Belief Systems · Lukyanivka

Russian Monument of San Stefano

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Ottoman Empire, present-day Turkey

Jõhvi orthodox church

Religion & Belief Systems · Jõhvi

Church building in Estonia

Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Sï-Shen-Tsï Methodist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Chengtu, China

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Ghana

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Sant’Andrea Parish Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Lamone in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

temple protestant du Puy-en-Velay

Religion & Belief Systems

Meeting house located in Haute-Loire, in France

Belper Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Derbyshire, England

St. John the Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Hummelshain, Germany

Bauan Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Bauan, Batangas, Philippines

Hip Tin Temple, Shan Tsui

Religion & Belief Systems · Shan Tsui

Chinese temple in Hong Kong

Hongfu Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint James the Less church in Palczowice

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Palczowice, Poland

Christ Church Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral church in Nashville, Tennessee

Evangelical Lutheran Church, Krasnodar

Religion & Belief Systems

Former church in Krasnodar, Russia

Leichenhalle

Religion & Belief Systems

Grave of Rousseau-Lebeault

Religion & Belief Systems · Père-Lachaise Cemetery - Division 82

Sepulchral chapel located in Paris, in France

Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Jackson, United States of America

Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Manhattan, United States of America

Baptist Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Brooklyn, United States of America

Minneapolis Scottish Rite Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Minneapolis, United States of America

Pilgrim Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Ohio, United States of America

Old St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Eklutna, United States of America

All Souls Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Christ Church

Religion & Belief Systems

listed on the NRHP in Rochester, New York, United States

Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in West Virginia, United States of America

Church of St. Benedict the Moor

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church of Chandler

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Oklahoma, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in West Virginia, United States of America

Mennoville Mennonite Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Oklahoma, United States of America

Methodist Episcopal Church South

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Corvallis, United States of America

Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Detroit, United States of America

South Unitarian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Massachusetts, currently Seventh Day Adventist

Chapin Memorial Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Calvary Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Byrd's AME Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Delaware, United States of America

Forest Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Good Hope Lutheran Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in South Dakota, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in South Carolina, United States

First Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Eldora, Iowa

Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Tennessee, United States

John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Plymouth Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Franciscan Friary of Saint Anthony of Padua, Sarajevo

Religion & Belief Systems

Franciscan monastery in Sarajevo

Skara gravkapell

Religion & Belief Systems · Skara

Church building in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Christuskirche

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Tegernsee, Germany

Herz Jesu

Religion & Belief Systems · Ludwigsthal

Parish church in Ludwigsthal, Lindberg, Germany

Rectory in Rajcza

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic building in Rajcza, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Pfarrhaus (Giesing)

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Upper Bavaria, Germany

Sint-Gaugericuskerk

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Dworp, Belgium

Pamětní kříž Václava Beneše Třebízského

Religion & Belief Systems

Rectory at Ostoja Pokoju in Bytom

Religion & Belief Systems

Bata Limited

Economy & Trade · Lausanne

Footwear and fashion accessory company

The Hershey Company

Economy & Trade · Hershey

American corporation

Delahaye

Economy & Trade · Tours

Company

Punjab National Bank

Economy & Trade · New Delhi

Indian multinational bank

J. Barbour and Sons

Economy & Trade · South Shields

English luxury fashion business founded by John Barbour in 1894

Exposition Internationale d'Anvers 1894

Economy & Trade · Antwerp

World's fair held in Antwerp, Belgium

California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894

Economy & Trade · San Francisco

World's Fair in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park

Norfolk Southern Railway

Economy & Trade

American Class I railway (1990–)

Wintershall Dea

Economy & Trade · Kassel

German gas and oil business

Savage Arms

Economy & Trade · Westfield

American firearms company

Ameriprise Financial

Economy & Trade · Minneapolis

Financial services company

Böhler-Uddeholm

Economy & Trade · Vienna

Austrian company specialised in producing tool steel and special forgings

TÜLOMSAŞ

Economy & Trade · Tepebaşı district

Former rolling stock manufacturer

Bankwest

Economy & Trade · Perth

Australian bank

Universal Genève

Economy & Trade · Geneva

Swiss luxury watch company

Brown & Williamson

Economy & Trade · Louisville

Former tobacco company

Ralston Purina

Economy & Trade · St. Louis

American animal feed, food and pet food company

DAKS

Economy & Trade · London

British luxury fashion house

Beatrice Foods

Economy & Trade · Downers Grove

Company

Hershey Creamery Company

Economy & Trade · Harrisburg

American pre-packaged ice cream and cold dessert maker

TŽV Gredelj

Economy & Trade · Zagreb

Croatian rolling stock company

Kowa

Economy & Trade · Nagoya

Trading company in Japan

Banca Commerciale Italiana

Economy & Trade · Milan

Italian bank

Amaro Tuzla

Economy & Trade · Pisticci

Bosnian herbal liqueur

L'Avenir

Economy & Trade · Namur

Belgian newspaper

Southern Railway

Economy & Trade · Washington, D.C.

Railway company in the United States, active 1894–1990

Pfleiderer

Economy & Trade · Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

German company

Ashendene Press

Economy & Trade · London

British publisher

Halma plc

Economy & Trade · Amersham

Company in Amersham, United Kingdom

Gebr. Heller

Economy & Trade · Nürtingen

Company

British Aluminium

Economy & Trade · Gerrards Cross

UK business

Kelly-Springfield Tire Company

Economy & Trade · Akron

Tire manufacturing company

Brauerei Egg

Economy & Trade · Egg

Brewery in Egg, Vorarlberg, Austria

JSC Transmash

Economy & Trade · Engels

Russian rolling stock company based in the Saratov Oblast

Compañía Sevillana de Electricidad

Economy & Trade · Seville

Spanish electric company

Lloyd Brasileiro

Economy & Trade · Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian shipping company

Thrige-Titan

Economy & Trade · Odense

Danish make of automobile

Maruzen-Yushodo Company

Economy & Trade · Tokyo

Book store chain and publishing company based in Japan

HSBC Guyerzeller Bank

Economy & Trade · Zurich

Company

Balzer

Economy & Trade · The Bronx

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

Great Venezuela Railway

Economy & Trade · Bezirk Mitte

Railway in Venezuela

Kinney Shoes

Economy & Trade · Waverly

Shoe retailer

Ferozsons

Economy & Trade · Lahore

Publisher in Pakistan

Gannon and Hands

Economy & Trade · New York City

Partnership of women architects in America

Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri

Economy & Trade · Asker

Norwegian subsidiary of Brown, Boveri & Cie. (BBC)

McLane Company

Economy & Trade · Temple

American wholesale supply chain services company

Ouzo Plomari

Economy & Trade · Plomari

Greek ouzo company on Lesbos, Greece

Spillers Records

Economy & Trade

World's oldest record shop; in Cardiff

Victory Capital

Economy & Trade · San Antonio

American asset management company

Alaska Steamship Company

Economy & Trade · Seattle

Shipping company

Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad

Economy & Trade · McAlester

Predecessor line of the Rock Island

Keystone

Economy & Trade · Lebanon

Pennsylvania steam-engine automobile

Cooch Behar State Railway

Economy & Trade · Cooch Behar

Railway in West Bengal, India

Walker & Ling

Economy & Trade · Weston-super-Mare

Department store in Weston-super-Mare, England

Inland Type Foundry

Economy & Trade · St. Louis

American type foundry

ScS

Economy & Trade · Sunderland

Sofa Carpet Specialist, a large UK retailer

Purina Mills

Economy & Trade · Gray Summit

Animal food company

Pauling & Co.

Economy & Trade · Westminster

British civil engineering contractor

Tutor Perini

Economy & Trade · Los Angeles

U.S. construction company

Vroman's Bookstore

Economy & Trade · Pasadena

Independent bookstore in Southern California

Tiedtke's

Economy & Trade · Toledo

Former grocery and department store chain based in Toledo, Ohio

Gelco

Economy & Trade · Eden Prairie

Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway

Economy & Trade · Hamilton

Or HG&B, a defunct Canadian interurban railway company

Galbraith supermarkets

Economy & Trade · Paisley

UK business

Cowles Company

Economy & Trade · Spokane

American media company

Hubley Manufacturing Company

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Company

Bourne & Hollingsworth

Economy & Trade · London

Former department store in London

Maritz, LLC

Economy & Trade · Fenton

Sales and marketing services company

Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance

Economy & Trade · De Pere

American insurance company, subsidiary of American Family Insurance

Royal District Nursing Service

Economy & Trade · Adelaide

Nonprofit organization based in Adelaide, South Australia

Esposizioni Riunite of Milan of 1894

Economy & Trade · Milan

Exhibition held in Milan, Italy, from May to November 1894

1894 Shōnai earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Japan

İstanbul earthquake of 1894

Disasters & Pandemics · Princes' Islands

6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck İstanbul in northwestern Turkey on July 10, 1894

1894 San Juan earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Argentina

1894 Atalanti earthquakes

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquakes in Greece

Port Arthur massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Lüshunkou District

Massacre during the First Sino-Japanese War

Great Hinckley Fire

Disasters & Pandemics

1894 forest fire in Minnesota, U.S.

Kražiai massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Kražiai

Attack by Russian Don Cossack regiment

assassination of Sadi Carnot

Disasters & Pandemics · Lyon

1894 murder of the French President

Donghak Peasant Revolution

Social Movements & Revolutions · Korean Peninsula

A major peasant revolt in Korea, 1894-1895

Sasun Resistance

Social Movements & Revolutions · Sason

Armenian uprising during the Ottoman Empire in 1894

Mat Salleh Rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Sabah

1894–1905 rebellion against British colonial rule in North Borneo

Revolution of the 44

Social Movements & Revolutions · El Salvador

1894 revolution in El Salvador

Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894

Social Movements & Revolutions · Cripple Creek

Five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA

Vélodrome de Vincennes

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Vincennes, France

Palazzo Pubblico

Architecture & Engineering · Piazza della Libertà, San Marino

City hall and parliament seat of San Marino

Trakai Kenesa

Architecture & Engineering

Synagogue in Trakai, Lithuania

Church of the Archangel Michael in Warsaw

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Śródmieście, Poland

Skien Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Skien, Eastern Norway

Church of Saint Andrew

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Morocco

Ringkirche

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Wiesbaden, Germany

Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Paris, in France

Kurmukhi church

Architecture & Engineering

Georgian church in the Qakh District of Azerbaijan

Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Kraków, Poland

Hulsig Church

Architecture & Engineering · Hulsig

Church building in Frederikshavn Municipality, Denmark

Vigra Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Giske, Norway

Fet Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Luster, Vestland, Norway

Øksendal Church

Architecture & Engineering · Øksendalsøra

Church building in Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

The First Church of Christ, Scientist

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America

Ernest Schön Palace in Sosnowiec

Architecture & Engineering · Museum in Sosnowiec

The main palace in the Schön Palace and Park Complex in Środula in Sosnowiec in Poland

St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Tula

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

St. Stephen's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Katowice, Poland

Reformed Church, Dresden

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Alaska, United States of America

St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

Architecture & Engineering · Edinburgh

Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin

Architecture & Engineering · Dunedin

Church in Otago, New Zealand

Luther Church, Helsinki

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Helsinki, Finland

Grace Church School

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Manhattan, United States of America

Christ Church, Over Wyresdale

Architecture & Engineering · Abbeystead

Grade II listed church in Over Wyresdale, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK

Holy Rosary Church

Architecture & Engineering

Manhattan

St Werburgh's Church, Derby

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II* listed church in Derby, England

Church of Blessed Michael Kozal in Gniezno

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Gniezno, Poland

Trinity Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church in Ashland, Oregon, USA

Church St. George, Beljakovce

Architecture & Engineering · Beljakovce

Church in Kumanovo Municipality, North Macedonia

Pullman Memorial Universalist Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Albion (village), New York, United States of America

Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Rectory

Architecture & Engineering

Roman-catholic church building in Prescott, United States of America

St. John's Anglican Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Halifax, Nova Scotia

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Asheville, United States of America

St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Norwalk, Ohio, United States

St. Philip's Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Germanton, North Carolina

Church of the Good Shepherd

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Pennsylvania, United States

St Agatha's, Landport

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul

Architecture & Engineering · Štikada

Church in Štikada, Croatia

All Saints' Church, Ashmont

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Boston, Massachusetts

Church of Our Lady of Health

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Kistanje, Croatia

Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine

Architecture & Engineering · Odawara Castle

Shinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Alexander Column

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Rostov Oblast, Russia

Alexander II memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Senate Square

Memorial of czar Alexander II of Russia in Helsinki, Finland, created in 1894

Tchaikovsky State House-Museum

Architecture & Engineering · Klin

Former house of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, now a museum

Catherine II Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Church of Archangel Michael of the university clinics

Architecture & Engineering

Ahvenisto cemetery Orthodox Church

Architecture & Engineering

Eastern Orthodox church in Hämeenlinna, Finland

Church of St Kyriaki, Kumkapı

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in İstanbul, Turkey

Water tower of Galley Haven

Architecture & Engineering

Water tower in Vasileostrovsky District, Russia

Old Fresno Water Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Water tower in Fresno, California

Watertoren Vlissingen

Architecture & Engineering · Vlissingen

Mausoleum of Clementine d'Oultremont

Architecture & Engineering · Houtaing

Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Vladimir

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Vladimir, Russia

Saint Mary Lutheran church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Holy Ghost Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Kula, United States of America

Camp Release State Monument

Architecture & Engineering

monument in Montevideo, United States of America

First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Selma, Alabama, United States

Cathedral of St. James

Architecture & Engineering

listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Central United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA

First United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church in London, Ohio, United States

St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Nyack, New York

Zion Poplars Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Virginia, United States of America

First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Lexington, Virginia

Capilla de San Isidro

Architecture & Engineering

chapel in Costilla County, Colorado

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

listed on the National Register of Historic Places in White County, Arkansas

Dell Rapids Water Tower

Architecture & Engineering

water tower in Dell Rapids, United States of America

Holly Grove Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Louisiana, United States of America

Mulhall United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Oklahoma, United States of America

Second Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Columbia, United States of America

Pleasant Hill Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Arkansas, United States of America

Second Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Washington, D.C., United States of America

White's Chapel United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Louisiana, United States of America

Epworth United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Norfolk, United States of America

St. Andrews Episcopal Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Rhode Island, United States

St. Ursula

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Meuleschettekapel

Architecture & Engineering · Aalst

Chapel in Aalst, Belgium

Mitrofanovka railway station

Architecture & Engineering

Railway station in Kantemirovsky District, Russia

Paris–Rouen

Sports & Entertainment · Paris

City-to-city motoring competition in 1894

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre and opera house in Wiesbaden, Germany

Le Trianon

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Paris, France

Teatro São Luiz

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Lisbon, Portugal

Théâtre de l'Athénée

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Paris, France

Municipal Theatre Ignacio A. Pane

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Asunción, Paraguay

Sundsvalls Teater

Sports & Entertainment · Sundsvall

Theatre in Sundsvall, Sweden

Ystads Teater

Sports & Entertainment · Ystad

Theatre in Ystad, Sweden

Lyric Performing Arts Center

Sports & Entertainment

Music venue in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Grand Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Grand Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Wolverhampton, England

Théâtre Marigny

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Paris, France

Austrian Open Kitzbühel

Sports & Entertainment · Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel

Tennis tournament

1894 European Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Vienna

Figure skating competition

Dahomey dissolved

Empires & Countries · Abomey

Dahomey ceased to exist, having been centered at Abomey.

Republic of Hawaii founded

Empires & Countries · Honolulu

Republic of Hawaii was founded, with its capital at Honolulu.

Provisional Government of Hawaii dissolved

Empires & Countries · Honolulu

Provisional Government of Hawaii ceased to exist, having been centered at Honolulu.

Kingdom of Yamma dissolved

Empires & Countries · Fofa

Kingdom of Yamma ceased to exist, having been centered at Fofa.

Uganda Protectorate founded

Empires & Countries · Entebbe

Uganda Protectorate was founded, with its capital at Entebbe.

Batu Pahat founded

Empires & Countries

Batu Pahat was founded.