1894 Events

1894 Al Capone's parents (Gabriele and Teresa) immigrate to the United States
Gabriele was a barber from Castellammare di Stabia, a town about 15 miles (24 km) south of Naples, Italy. Gabriele and Teresina had 8 children: James Capone (1892 – October 1, 1952), R...
1894 Houdini Meets Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner
When Houdini met Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner in 1894, she was performing as one of the Floral Sisters at the Sea Beach Palace in West Brighton Beach, New York. Married soon after they met,...
1894 Jane Addams helps start The Chicago Federation of Settlements
The Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers (CFSNC) was founded at Hull-House in 1894 by representatives from Hull-House, Northwestern University Settlement, Maxwell St...
1894 Mark Twain Publishes "Pudd'nhead Wilson"
Pudd'nhead Wilson is an ironic novel by Mark Twain. It was serialized in The Century Magazine (1893-4), before being published as a novel in 1894. The setting is the fictional Missouri...
1894 Jan 28 Jack Hammer pneumatic hammer is patented
Charles Brady King of Detroit patents the pneumatic hammer which he invented in 1890.
1894 Mar 22 Montreal AAA wins Stanley Cup
The first Stanley Cup playoff game occurred on March 17, 1894. At the end of the 1894 AHAC season, four teams tied for the AHA championship with records of 5–3–0. This created problems fo...
1894 Apr 6 Birth of Walter Scott Miller
1894 Apr 9 Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Is Born
Archibald, nicknamed both "Archie" and "Archikins", was born in Washington, D.C., the fourth child of president Theodore Roosevelt and his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow. His siblings in...
1894 May 4 First Bird Day
On May 4, 1894, Bird Day was first observed at the initiative of Charles Almanzo Babcock, superintendent of schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania. By 1910, Bird Day was widely celebrated, of...
1894 Jun 22 Harry Houdini Gets Married
Legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner on June 22, 1894. When they met, she was performing as one of the Floral Sisters at the Sea Beach Pal...
1894 Jun 23 International Olympic Committee Founded, First Olympic Congress Held
On June 23, 1894 the Olympic games were re-created by Pierre de Coubertin after a hiatus of 1500 years. The baron hoped to foster international communication and peace through the Olympic...
1894 Aug 22 Mohandes Gandhi Founds the Natal Indian Congress
Gandhi realized that what the India urgently needed was a permanent organization to look after their interests. Out of deference to Dadabhai Naoroji, Who had presided over the Indian Nati...
1894 Sep 1 Great Hinckley Fire
The Great Hinckley Fire was a major conflagration on September 1, 1894, which burned an area of 420 square miles (1,100 km2) centered on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota. The fire killed h...
1894 Oct 29 Sinking of the SS Wairarapa
The SS Wairarapa was a first class steamer owned by the Union Steam Ship Company that carried both passengers and cargo between Australia and New Zealand. On the 29th October 1894, the...
1894 Dec 28 Castle & Cooke is incorporated under the laws of Hawaii.
The Castle & Cooke partnership was incorporated and Joe Atherton was elected president. At this time the company was just coming out of a financial slump caused by its 1889 investment in ...