1894
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1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1894th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 894th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1894, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s – 1890s – 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1891 1892 1893 – 1894 – 1895 1896 1897 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1894 MDCCCXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2647 |
| Armenian calendar | 1343 ԹՎ ՌՅԽԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6644 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 50–51 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1815–1816 |
| Bengali calendar | 1301 |
| Berber calendar | 2844 |
| British Regnal year | 57 Vict. 1 – 58 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2438 |
| Burmese calendar | 1256 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7402–7403 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4590 or 4530 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4591 or 4531 |
| Coptic calendar | 1610–1611 |
| Discordian calendar | 3060 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1886–1887 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5654–5655 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1950–1951 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1815–1816 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4994–4995 |
| Holocene calendar | 11894 |
| Igbo calendar | 894–895 |
| Iranian calendar | 1272–1273 |
| Islamic calendar | 1311–1312 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 27 (明治２７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1823–1824 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4227 |
| Minguo calendar | 18 before ROC 民前18年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 426 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2436–2437 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 2020 or 1639 or 867 — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 2021 or 1640 or 868 |
Events change
- Outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War
- June 30 – Tower Bridge in London opened.
Births change
- February 10 - Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister
- April 17 – Nikita Krushchev, Soviet leader
- March 20 – Ky Ebright, American Olympic rowing coach (d. 1979)
- July 26 – Aldous Huxley, English writer
- November 27 - Katherine Milhous, American illustrator and writer (d. 1977)
Deaths change
- 1 January – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
- 1 November - Alexander III of Russia Czar of Russia father of Czar Nicholas II