1894
year
| 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 |
EventsEdit
- Outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War
- June 30 – Tower Bridge in London opened.
BirthsEdit
- 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)
DeathsEdit
- 1 January – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
- 1 November - Alexander III of Russia Czar of Russia father of Czar Nicholas II