Events
January–March
*
January 4
Events Pre-1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
* 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1601–1900
*1649 – Engli ...
–
A military alliance is established between the
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 ...
and the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
.
*
January 7
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
–
William Kennedy Dickson
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British people, British inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.
Early life
William Kennedy Dickson was born on 3 ...
receives a patent for
motion picture
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
film in the United States.
*
January 9
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
*1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
–
New England Telephone and Telegraph
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company was a very early, short lived company set up to develop the then-new telephone. It should not be confused with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company that was formed a year later and was one ...
installs the first
battery
Battery most often refers to:
* Electric battery, a device that provides electrical power
* Battery (crime), a crime involving unlawful physical contact
Battery may also refer to:
Energy source
*Automotive battery, a device to provide power t ...
-operated
telephone switchboard
A telephone switchboard was a device used to connect circuits of telephones to establish telephone calls between users or other switchboards, throughout the 20th century. The switchboard was an essential component of a manual telephone exchange, ...
, in
Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs ...
.
*
February 12
Events Pre-1600
*1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.
*1429 – English forces under ...
** French
anarchist
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...
Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty.
** The
barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel with three or more mast (sailing), masts having the fore- and mainmasts Square rig, rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) Fore-and-aft rig, rigged fore and aft. Som ...
''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved.
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the
Donghak Peasant Revolution
The Donghak Peasant Revolution (), also known as the Donghak Peasant Movement (), Donghak Rebellion, Peasant Revolt of 1894, Gabo Peasant Revolution, and a variety of Donghak Peasant Revolution#Role played by Donghak, other names, was an armed ...
, a massive revolt of followers of the
Donghak
Donghak (formerly spelled Tonghak; ) was an academic movement in Korean Neo-Confucianism founded in 1860 by Choe Je-u. The Donghak movement arose as a reaction to seohak (), and called for a return to the "Way of Heaven". While Donghak originat ...
movement. Both China and Japan send military forces, claiming to come to the ruling
Joseon
Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...
dynasty government's aid.
** At 04:51
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a cons ...
, French
anarchist
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...
Martial Bourdin
Martial Bourdin (1868 – 15 February 1894) was a French anarchist, who died on 15 February 1894 when chemical explosives that he was carrying prematurely detonated outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, London.
Although Bourdin sus ...
dies of an accidental detonation of his own bomb, next to the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, temporarily moved south from Greenwich to Herstmonceux) is an observatory situated on a hill in ...
, in London, England.
*
February 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
* 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
– American outlaw
John Wesley Hardin
John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 – August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming h ...
is released from prison.
*
March 1
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor ...
– The
Local Government Act
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The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known ...
(coming into effect December 1894–January 1895) reforms
local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...
in Britain, creating a system of
urban
Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to:
* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
Urban may also refer to:
General
* Urban (name), a list of people ...
and
rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...
s with elected councils, with elected
parish councils in rural areas, and gives women, irrespective of marital status, the right to vote and stand in local (but not national) elections.
*
March 2
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...
–
William Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...
resigns as British Prime Minister.
*
March 12
Events Pre-1600
* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
* 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
–
Coca-Cola
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is sold in bottles for the first time.
*
March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
– A
syzygy of planets occurs, as Mercury transits the Sun as seen from Venus, and Mercury and Venus both transit the Sun as seen from Saturn, but no two of the transits are simultaneous.
*
March 25
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
* 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
–
Coxey's Army
Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington, D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United State ...
(of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from
Massillon, Ohio
Massillon is a city in Stark County, Ohio, Stark County in the U.S. state of Ohio, approximately west of Canton, Ohio, Canton, south of Akron, and south of Cleveland. The population was 32,146 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Mass ...
, for
Washington, D.C.
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April–June
*
April 11
Events Pre-1600
* 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
* 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
* 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferra ...
– Britain establishes a protectorate over
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
.
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* ]April 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
* 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide.
* 73 – Masad ...
– Manchester City Football Club
Manchester City Football Club are an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football ...
is formed in England.
* April 21
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
– A bituminous coal miners' strike closes mines across the central United States.
* April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
(St. George's Day) – Howard Ruff founds the Royal Society of St George
The Royal Society of St George is an English patriotic society established in 1894 to encourage interest in the English way of life, and English customs and traditions.
History
In 1415 St. George became the Patron Saint of England after the En ...
, to foster the love of England and to strengthen England and the Commonwealth, by spreading the knowledge of English history, traditions and ideals.
* April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
's largest known landslide occurs in Saint-Alban, Quebec
Saint-Alban is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The place is known for its caves and crevices, and the gorge of the Sainte-Anne River. The "gorge" sector of the Sainte-Anne River is famous for its rock climbing wa ...
, displacing of rock and dirt, and leaving a scar that covers .
* May
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May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...
– Third plague pandemic
The third plague pandemic was a major bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan, China, in 1855. This episode of bubonic plague spread to all inhabited continents, and ultimately led to more than 12 million deaths in India and China (and perha ...
: Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the plague bacterium (''Yersinia pestis''). One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, as well a ...
breaks out in the Tai Ping Shan area of Hong Kong (by the end of the year, the death toll is 2,552 people); it also breaks out this year in Canton.
* May 1
Events Pre-1600
* 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.
* 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
* 1169 &ndas ...
** Coxey's Army
Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington, D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United State ...
arrives in Washington; Coxey is arrested on the Capitol grounds.
** The May Day Riots (against unemployment) break out in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
.
* May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
– Pullman Strike
The Pullman Strike was two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression. First came a strike by the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman factory in Ch ...
: Three thousand Pullman Palace Car Company
The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. Through rapid late-19th century d ...
factory workers go on a "wildcat" (without union approval) strike in Illinois
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.
* May 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
*1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
* 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...
** A meteor shower
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is seen in southern France.
** Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. When it opened, Blackpool Tower was the List of tallest buildings in the British Empire and the Commonwealth, tallest man m ...
is opened in Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...
, England, as a visitor attraction.
* May 21
Events Pre-1600
* 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as ''Caesar (title), Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
* 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is Siege of Syracuse ...
– The Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the Mersey Estuary at Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it generally follows the original routes of the river ...
and Docks are opened by Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...
, linking the previously landlocked English industrial city of Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
to the Irish Sea
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.
* June 22
Events Pre-1600
* 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
* 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus ...
– Dahomey
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becomes a French colony.
* June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
* 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
– The International Olympic Committee
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is founded at the Sorbonne
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* Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities.
*the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970)
*one of its components or linked institution, ...
, Paris, at the initiative of Baron .
* June 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
* 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome.
* ...
– Marie François Sadi Carnot
Marie François Sadi Carnot (; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman, who served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
Early life
Marie François Sadi Carnot was the son of the statesman Hippol ...
, president of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency i ...
, is assassinated.
* June 30
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus (763), Battle of Anc ...
– The Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is a Listed building#Grade I, Grade I listed combined Bascule bridge, bascule and Suspended-deck suspension bridge, suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones (architect), Horace Jones and e ...
in London opens for traffic.
July–September
* July 4
Events Pre-1600
* 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
* 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaim ...
** The short-lived Republic of Hawaii
The Republic of Hawaii ( Hawaiian: ''Lepupalika o Hawaii'') was a short-lived one-party state in Hawaii between July 4, 1894, when the Provisional Government of Hawaii had ended, and August 12, 1898, when it became annexed by the United State ...
is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole
Sanford Ballard Dole (April 23, 1844 – June 9, 1926) was a lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands. He lived through the periods when Hawaii was a Kingdom of Hawaii, kingdom, Provisional Government of Hawaii, protectorate, Republic of Hawa ...
.
** The football
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club FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss football club based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was founded in 1894 and used to play at the Stade Charrière.
History
F.C. La Chaux-de-Fonds was founded on July 4, 1894, and won the Swiss first division in the ...
is founded in Switzerland.
* July 6
Events Pre-1600
* 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
* 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt) ...
– A fire at the site of the 1893
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
* Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson.
* January 6 – Th ...
World's Columbian Exposition
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(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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in Chicago destroys most of the remaining buildings.
* July 16
Events Pre-1600
* 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
* 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
* 105 ...
– The United Kingdom and Japan sign the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, as the U.K. becomes the first of the Western nations to agree to give up its extraterritorial rights in Japan.
* July 22
Events Pre-1600
* 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
*1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...
– The Paris–Rouen Competition for Horseless Carriages, the first automobile competition, is held.
* August 1
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
*AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...
– War is declared between the Qing Empire
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
of China and the Empire of Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent fo ...
, over their rival claims of influence on their common ally, the Joseon
Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...
dynasty of Korea. The event marks the start of the First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a conflict between China and Japan primarily over influence in Korea. After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the po ...
.
* August 15
Events Pre-1600
* 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
* 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constant ...
– Sante Geronimo Caserio
Sante Geronimo Caserio (; 8 September 187316 August 1894) was an Italian anarchist and the assassin of Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of the French Third Republic. Caserio was born in Motta Visconti, Lombardy. On 24 June 1894, he fatally s ...
is executed for the assassination of French President Carnot.
* August 31
Events Pre-1600
* 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
* 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year.
...
– New Zealand enacts the world's first minimum wage law Minimum wage law is the body of law which prohibits employers from hiring employees or workers for less than a given hourly, daily or monthly minimum wage. More than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation.
History
Until r ...
, to take effect on January 1, in the passage of the ''Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1894''.
* September 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
* 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...
– Great Hinckley Fire
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The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota in September 1894, which burned an area of at least (perhaps more than ), including the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, Hinckley. The official ...
: A forest fire
A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire ...
in Hinckley, Minnesota
Hinckley is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, located at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 48. The population was 1,800 at the 2010 census.
Hinckley's name in the Ojibwe language is ''Gaa-zhiigwanaabikoka ...
, kills more than 450 people.
* September 4
Events Pre-1600
* 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
* 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne ove ...
– In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop
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working conditions.
* September 26
Events
Pre-1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
* 715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
* 1087 – William II is cro ...
– The and the schooner barge ''Ironton'' collide and sink in Lake Huron
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. While the crew of the ''Ohio'' is rescued, five of the other craft's seven-member crew, including the captain, are lost.
October–December
* October 1
Events Pre-1600
* 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
* 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
* 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig. ...
**Petrópolis
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becomes the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro
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, until 1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...
.
**The Owl Club
The Owl Club of Cape Town, South Africa (formed in 1894), is a social meeting place for all those with an interest in the arts and sciences. The monthly meetings include an evening of fellowship, fine dining, stimulating conversation, talks by ac ...
of Cape Town
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, South Africa, a dining club, has its first formal meeting.
* October 3
Events Pre-1600
* 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day.
* 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...
– Pomfret School
Pomfret School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory boarding and day school in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States, serving 350 students in grades 9 through 12 and post-graduates. Located in the Pomfret Street Historic District, t ...
is founded in Connecticut.
* October 15
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later.
* 1211 ...
– Dreyfus affair
The Dreyfus affair (french: affaire Dreyfus, ) was a political scandal that divided the French Third Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francop ...
: French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus ( , also , ; 9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarizing political dramas in modern French history. ...
is arrested for spying.
* October 30
Events Pre-1600
* 637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
* 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
*1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger ...
– Domenico Menegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro
Pandoro is a traditional Italian sweet bread, most popular around Christmas and New Year. Typically a Veronese product, pandoro is traditionally shaped like a frustum with an eight-pointed star section.
It is often served dusted with vanil ...
industrially.
* November 1
Events Pre-1600
* 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
** Emperor Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III ( rus, Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, r=Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 18 ...
is succeeded by his son, Nicholas II
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...
.
** The first issue of ''Billboard'' magazine is published in Cincinnati, Ohio by William Donaldson
Charles William Donaldson (4 January 1935 – 22 June 2005) was a British satirist, writer, playboy and, under the pseudonym of Henry Root, author of '' The Henry Root Letters''.
Life and career
Son of Charles Glen Donaldson (1904–1956) an ...
and James Hennegan. Initially, it covers the advertising and bill posting industry, and is at the time known as ''Billboard Advertising''.
* November 6
Events Pre-1600
* 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
* 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is d ...
– Republicans win by a landslide in the United States House of Representatives elections
Elections in the United States are held for Official, government officials at the Federal government of the United States, federal, State governments of the United States, state, and Local government in the United States, local levels. At the ...
, which sets the stage for the decisive presidential election of 1896.
* November 7
Events Pre-1600
* 335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
* 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
* 921 – Treaty of Bon ...
– The Masonic Grand Lodge de France is founded, splitting from the larger and older Grand Orient de France
The Grand Orient de France (GODF) is the oldest and largest of several Freemasonry, Freemasonic organizations based in France and is the oldest in Continental Europe (as it was formed out of an older Grand Lodge of France in 1773, and briefly ab ...
.
* November 21
Events Pre-1600
* 164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)
* 235 ...
– First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a conflict between China and Japan primarily over influence in Korea. After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the po ...
: Battle of Lushunkou
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– Japanese troops secure a decisive victory over the Chinese, capture the port city of Lüshunkou, and begin the Port Arthur massacre, in which more than 1,000 Chinese servicemen and civilians die.
* November 26
Events Pre-1600
* 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
*1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...
– Wedding of Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...
and Alix of Hesse
german: Alix Viktoria Helene Luise Beatrixrussian: Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova
, house = Hesse-Darmstadt
, father = Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
, mother = Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
, birth_name ...
in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace
The Grand Church of the Winter Palace (russian: Собор Спаса Нерукотворного Образа в Зимнем дворце) in Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as the Winter Palace's cathedral, was consecrated in 1763. I ...
at Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.
* December 6
Events Pre-1600
*1060 – Béla I of Hungary, Béla I is crowned king of Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages, Hungary.
*1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, Siege of Kiev (1240), falls to the Mongols u ...
– Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin (, also ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminis ...
's feminist short story "The Story of an Hour
"The Story of an Hour" is a short story written by Kate Chopin on April 19, 1894. It was originally published in ''Vogue'' on December 6, 1894, as "The Dream of an Hour". It was later reprinted in ''St. Louis Life'' on January 5, 1895, as "The Sto ...
" is first published, in the American magazine ''Vogue
Vogue may refer to:
Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
''.
* December 18
Events Pre-1600
* 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.
*1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversion ...
– Women in South Australia
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become the first in Australia to gain the right to vote and the first in the world with the right to be elected to Parliament, taking effect from 1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
, after decades of activism.
* December 21
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors.
* 1124 – Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Cele ...
– Mackenzie Bowell
Sir Mackenzie Bowell (; December 27, 1823 – December 10, 1917) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1894 to 1896.
Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, En ...
becomes Canada's fifth prime minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
.
* December 22
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69 – Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.
* 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed h ...
– Dreyfus affair
The Dreyfus affair (french: affaire Dreyfus, ) was a political scandal that divided the French Third Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francop ...
: French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus ( , also , ; 9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarizing political dramas in modern French history. ...
is convicted of treason.
Date unknown
* Grace Kimmins
Dame Grace Mary Thyrza Kimmins, (''née'' Hannam; 6 May 1870 – 3 March 1954) was a British writer who created charities that worked with children who had disabilities.
Biography
Kimmins was born in Lewes, Sussex, the eldest of four children bo ...
founds the ''Guild of the Poor Brave Things
The Guild of the Brave Poor Things was a British charity for disabled children. It was established in 1894 by Dame Grace Kimmins (1871–1954) ''et al.'' to provide resources for disabled boys to enable them to make a productive place for themselv ...
'' in England, for the education of cripple
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d boys.
* The National College of Music
The National College of Music is an examination board established in 1894 and based in London, United Kingdom, offering external grade examinations in Music, Speech and Drama in the UK and overseas.
History
The National College of Music was ...
, London, is founded by the Moss family.
* In the U.S., the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects
A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societi ...
is founded.
* Oil is discovered on the Osage Indian reservation, making the Osage The Osage Nation, a Native American tribe in the United States, is the source of most other terms containing the word "osage".
Osage can also refer to:
* Osage language, a Dhaegin language traditionally spoken by the Osage Nation
* Osage (Unicode b ...
the "richest group of people in the world".
* Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern publish the waltz ''The Little Lost Child
"The Little Lost Child" is a popular song of 1894 by Edward B. Marks and Joseph W. Stern which sold more than two million copies of its sheet music following its promotion as the first ever illustrated song, an early precursor to the music vid ...
'', promoting the playing of the waltz with slides projected by a magic lantern, the earliest version of music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
known as the illustrated song
An illustrated song is a type of performance art that combines either live or recorded music with projected images. It was a popular form of entertainment in the early 20th century in the United States.
Live performers (usually both a pianist an ...
.
* Chatham Episcopal Institute (modern-day Chatham Hall
Chatham Hall is a grades 9-12 girls' boarding school in Chatham, Virginia, United States, founded in 1894 as Chatham Episcopal Institute. Tuition for the 2022-2023 school year is $25,725 (day students), $53,025 (5-day boarding), and $61,425 (7- ...
) is founded as an all-girls college-preparatory boarding school in Chatham, Virginia
Chatham is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Pittsylvania County. Chatham's population was 1,269 at the 2010 census. It is included in the ...
.
* Frederick W. Tamblyn founds the Tamblyn School of Penmanship, which later becomes Ziller of Kansas City, the oldest calligraphy studio still operating in the United States.
*Spillers Records
Spillers Records, established in 1894, is recognised as the oldest record shop in the world."The owners of Spillers Records, recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest such emporium on Earth, say that it will close unless a buyer is found ...
is founded in Cardiff, the world's oldest record shop still in operation.
* The '' Liga Femeilor Române'', the first women's organisation in Romania, is founded.
Births
January–February
* January 1
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– Satyendra Nath Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose (; 1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974) was a Bengali mathematician and physicist specializing in theoretical physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, in developing the foundation for ...
, Indian physicist (d. 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
* January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
** Benito Canónico
Benito Canónico (January 3, 1894 – October 13, 1971) was a Venezuelan composer, musician, orchestrator and teacher.
Born in Guarenas, Miranda, Canónico spent much of his life teaching and writing music in a wide variety of genres and styles ...
, Venezuelan composer (d. 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
** ZaSu Pitts
Zasu Pitts (; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas, including Erich von Stroheim's epic 1924 silent film ''Greed'', and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the ...
, American actress (d. 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
)
* January 8
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
* 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
** Maximilian Kolbe
Maximilian Maria Kolbe (born Raymund Kolbe; pl, Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; 1894–1941) was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp ...
, Polish friar and martyr (k. 1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
in Auschwitz concentration camp)
** Vilmos Tkálecz
Vilmos Tkálecz ( sl, Vilmoš Tkalec January 8, 1894 – May 27, 1950) was a Hungarian-Slovenian schoolmaster and politician who served as governor of the short-lived Republic of Prekmurje in 1919.
Tkálecz was born on January 8, 1894, in Tur ...
, Hungarian politician (d. 1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
)
* January 11
Events Pre-1600
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
* 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhamma ...
– Alexander Hall
Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894 – July 30, 1968) was an American film director, film editor and theatre actor.
Biography
Hall acted in the theatre from the age of four through 1914, when he began to work in silent movies. Following his milit ...
, American film director, film editor and theatre actor (d. 1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
)
* January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– José Bustamante y Rivero
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In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...
, Peruvian politician, diplomat and jurist, 78th President of Peru
The president of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente del Perú), officially called the president of the Republic of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente de la República del Perú), is the head of state and head of government of Peru. The president is th ...
(d. 1989
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)
* January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 &ndas ...
– Walter Piston
Walter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University.
Life
Piston was born in Rockland, Maine at 15 Ocean Street to Walter Ha ...
, American composer (d. 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
)
* January 21
Events Pre-1600
* 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
* 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Co ...
– Geoffrey Street, Australian politician (d. 1940)
* January 30
** Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, British aristocrat (d. 1989
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)
** King Boris III of Bulgaria (d. 1943)
** René Dorme, French World War I fighter ace (d. 1917)
* January 31
** Isham Jones, American bandleader (d. 1956)
** Percy Helton, American film, television actor (d. 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
* February 1
** John Ford, American film director (d. 1973)
** Dick Merrill, American aviation pioneer (d. 1982)
* February 3 – Norman Rockwell, American artist, illustrator (d. 1978)
* February 8
** Billy Bishop, Canadian World War I fighter ace (d. 1956)
** Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher (d. 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
* February 10
** Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister (d. 1986)
** Mãe Menininha do Gantois, Brazilian spiritual leader (iyalorixá) (d. 1986)
* February 14 – Jack Benny, American actor, comedian (d. 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
* February 19 – Ilie Antonescu, Romanian general (d. 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
* February 22 – Enid Markey, American actress (d. 1981)
* February 25 – Meher Baba, Indian Avatar of the Age (d. 1969)
* February 26
** Wilhelm Bittrich, German ''Waffen SS'' general (d. 1979)
** Ernest N. Harmon, American general (d. 1979)
* February 28 – Ben Hecht, American playwright, film writer (d. 1964)
March–April
* March 7 – Marcel Déat, French politician (d. 1955)
* March 8 – Desiderio Alberto Arnaz II, Cuban politician (d. 1973)
* March 11 – Otto Grotewohl, East German Communist politician, 1st Leadership of East Germany, Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (d. 1964)
* March 14 – Martin and Osa Johnson, Osa Johnson, American adventurer, documentary filmmaker (d. 1953)
* March 16 – Stuart Buchanan, American actor (d. 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
* March 17 – Paul Green (playwright), Paul Green, novelist, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (d. 1981)
* March 19 – Moms Mabley, African-American comedian (d. 1975)
* March 20
** Hans Langsdorff, German naval officer (d. 1939)
** Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (d. 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
* March 26 – May Farquharson, Jamaican social worker, birth control advocate, philanthropist, and reformer (d. 1992)
* March 27 – René Fonck, French World War I flying ace (d. 1953)
* March 30 – Nikolai P. Barabashov, Russian astronomer (d. 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
* April 5 – Chesney Allen, British entertainer, comedian (d. 1982)
* April 9 – Keiji Shibazaki, Japanese admiral (d. 1943)
* April 10
** Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist, Gandhian and educationalist (d. 1983)
** Ben Nicholson, English abstract artist (d. 1982)
** Archibald Roosevelt, American conservative political activist, son of President Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1979)
* April 12 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, 12th President of Portugal (d. 1964)
* April 13 – Arthur Fadden, Sir Arthur Fadden, Australian Prime Minister (d. 1973)
* April 15 – Bessie Smith, African-American blues singer (d. 1937)
* April 17 – Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician (d. 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
* April 26 – Rudolf Hess, German Nazi official (d. 1987)
* April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian/American musicologist (d. 1995)
* April 30 – H.V. Evatt, Australian politician, judge (d. 1965)
May–June
* May 2 – Joseph Henry Woodger, British theoretical biologist (d. 1981)
* May 10 – Horia Macellariu, Romanian admiral (d. 1989
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)
* May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
– Martha Graham, American dancer, choreographer (d. 1991)
* May 13 – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
* May 15 – Eddie Stumpf, American baseball player, manager and executive (d. 1978)
* May 16 – Walter Yust, American encyclopædia editor (d. 1960)
* May 19 – Heinz Ziegler, German general (d. 1972)
* May 20
** Estelle Taylor, American actress (d. 1958)
** Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian religious scholar, saint (d. 1994)
* May 21
Events Pre-1600
* 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as ''Caesar (title), Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
* 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is Siege of Syracuse ...
– Constantin Anton, Romanian general (d. 1993)
* May 26 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
* May 27
** Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)
** Dashiell Hammett, American detective fiction writer (d. 1961)
* May 29 – Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American film director (d. 1969)
* May 30 – Hubertus van Mook, Acting Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1942-1948) (d. 1965)
* May 31 – Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
* June 4 – Gabriel Pascal, Hungarian film producer (d. 1954)
* June 5
** Mihail Corbuleanu, Romanian general (d. 1973)
** Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Roy Thomson, Canadian publisher (d. 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
)
* June 9 – Nedo Nadi, Italian fencer (d. 1940)
* June 14
** Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
** W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist, poet (d. 1966)
* June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
* 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
** King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (afterwards The Duke of Windsor) (d. 1972)
** Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer and chief justice (d. 1972)
** Alfred Kinsey, American sexologist (d. 1956)
* June 28
** Arthur Dewey Struble, Arthur D. Struble, American admiral (d. 1983)
** Lois Wilson (actress), Lois Wilson, American actress (d. 1988)
** Francis Hunter, American tennis player (d. 1981)
July–August
* July 5 – Margarita Nelken, Spanish politician (d. 1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
)
* July 8
** Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Italian film director (d. 1998)
** Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
* July 9 – Phelps Putnam, American poet (d. 1948)
* July 17 – Georges Lemaître, Belgian physicist, astronomer (d. 1966)
* July 18
** Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (d. 1940)
** Mariano Rossell y Arellano, Guatemalan Roman Catholic clergyman (d. 1964)
* July 19
** Jerzy Pajączkowski-Dydyński, British-based Polish veteran of World War I (d. 2005)
** Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistani Prime Minister (d. 1964)
* July 20 – Wiley Blount Rutledge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1949)
* July 22
Events Pre-1600
* 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
*1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...
– María Sabina, Mexican curandera (d. 1985)
* July 25 – Walter Brennan, American actor (d. 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
* July 26 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist (d. 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
)
* August 1
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
*AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...
** Benjamin Mays, American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (d. 1984)
** Kurt Wintgens, German fighter pilot, air ace in World War I (d. 1916)
* August 2 – Bertha Lutz, Brazilian zoologist, politician, diplomat and feminist (d. 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
)
* August 3 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
* August 9 – Kathleen Lockhart, British-American actress (d. 1978)
* August 10
**V. V. Giri, Indian politician, 4th President of India (d. 1980)
**Alan Crosland, American film director (d. 1936)
* August 16 – George Meany, American labor leader (d. 1980)
* August 26 – Maksim Purkayev, Soviet general (d. 1953)
* August 28
** Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981)
** Elisha Scott, Irish footballer (d. 1959)
September–October
* September 2 – Joseph Roth, Austrian writer (d. 1939)
* September 3 – Benigno Aquino Sr., Filipino politician (d. 1947)
* September 6 – Howard Pease, American adventure novelist (d. 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
* September 7 – George Waggner, American film director, producer and actor (d. 1984)
* September 12
** Billy Gilbert, American actor and comedian (d. 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
** Dorothy Maud Wrinch, British mathematician and biochemical theorist (d. 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
)
* September 13
** J. B. Priestley, English novelist, playwright (d. 1984)
** Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (d. 1953)
* September 15 – Jean Renoir, French film director (d. 1979)
* September 19 – Raymond Duval, French general (d. 1955)
* September 21 – Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer, son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche (d. 1952)
* September 22 – Louis Bennett Jr., American World War I flying ace (d. 1918)
* September 24
** Tommy Armour, Scottish golfer (d. 1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
)
** Harry B. Liversedge, American general (d. 1951)
** Billy Bletcher, American actor (d. 1979)
* September 27 – Lothar von Richthofen, German World War I fighter ace (d. 1922)
* October 2 – Thomas L. Sprague, American admiral (d. 1972)
* October 5 – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)
* October 7 – Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and professor of law (d. 1977)
* October 7 – Del Lord, American film director (d. 1970)
* October 14 – E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962)
* October 14 – Heinrich Lübke, German president (d. 1972)
* October 15
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later.
* 1211 ...
– Moshe Sharett, Israeli Prime Minister (d. 1965)
* October 18 – H. L. Davis, American fiction writer (d. 1960)
* October 24 – Platon Chirnoagă, Romanian general (d. 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
* October 25
** Claude Cahun, French photographer, writer (d. 1954)
** Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish poet, songwriter and saz player (d. 1973)
* October 27 – Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi politician, war criminal (d. 1946)
* October 30
Events Pre-1600
* 637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
* 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
*1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger ...
– Peter Warlock, English composer (d. 1930)
November–December
* November 2 – Alexander Lippisch, German aerodynamics engineer (d. 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
)
* November 3 – Sofoklis Venizelos, 3-time prime minister of Greece (d. 1964)
* November 4 – Chafik Charobim, Egyptian impressionist painter (d. 1975)
* November 5
** Jan Garber, American jazz bandleader (d. 1977)
** Harold Innis, Canadian communications scholar (d. 1952)
** Beardsley Ruml, American economist, tax plan author (d. 1960)
* November 8 – Claude Beck, American cardiac surgeon (1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
* November 9 – Mae Marsh, American film actress (d. 1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
)
* November 13 – Nita Naldi, American film actress (d. 1961)
* November 14 – Rino Corso Fougier, Italian air force general (d. 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
)
* November 19
**Wacław Stachiewicz, Polish writer, geologist, and general (d. 1973)
**Américo Tomás, 13th President of Portugal (d. 1987)
* November 21
Events Pre-1600
* 164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)
* 235 ...
**Corinne Griffith, American actress, author (d. 1979)
**Cecil M. Harden, American politician (d. 1984)
* November 24 – Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
* November 26
Events Pre-1600
* 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
*1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...
– Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (d. 1964)
* November 27 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (d. 1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
)
* November 29 – Lucille Hegamin, American singer, entertainer (d. 1970)
* December 3 – Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian politician (d. 1975)
* December 5
** Charles Robberts Swart, 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982)
** Philip K. Wrigley, American business, sports executive (d. 1977)
* December 7 – Freddie Adkins, British cartoonist (d. c. 1986)
* December 8
** E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, creator of Popeye (d. 1938)
** James Thurber, American cartoonist, writer (d. 1961)
** Florbela Espanca, Portuguese poet (d. 1930)
* December 10
**William Sydney Marchant, British colonial official (d. 1953)
**Edward Milford, Australian general (d. 1972)
* December 15 – Felix Stump, American admiral (d. 1972)
* December 17
** Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979)
** Willem Schermerhorn, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
* December 20 – Robert Menzies, Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)
* December 22
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69 – Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.
* 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed h ...
– Edwin Linkomies, Finnish Prime Minister (d. 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
)
* December 23 – Arthur Gilligan, English cricket captain (d. 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
)
* December 24 – Georges Guynemer, French World War I fighter ace (d. 1917)
* December 26 – Jean Toomer, American poet (d. 1967)
Date unknown
* Tawfik Abu Al-Huda, 4-Time Prime Minister of Jordan (d. 1956)
* Constantin Constantiniu, Romanian general (d. 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
)
* Demetrio Galán Bergua, Spanish physician, humanist and journalist (d. 1970)
* Riad Al Solh, 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1951)
Deaths
January–June
* January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
– Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)
* January 13 – Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patron of Peter Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)
* January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 &ndas ...
– Robert Halpin, Irish mariner and transoceanic cable layer (b. 1836)
* January 28 – Elise Hwasser, Swedish actress (b. 1831)
* February 4 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker, inventor of the saxophone (b. 1814)
* February 5 – Auguste Vaillant, French anarchist (b. 1861) (executed)
* February 6 – Maria Deraismes, French feminist (b. 1828)
* February 8 – Robert Michael Ballantyne, List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist (b. 1825)
* February 11 – Margaret Henley, English inspiration for the name ''Wendy'' in ''Peter Pan'' (b. 1888)
* February 12
Events Pre-1600
*1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.
*1429 – English forces under ...
– Hans von Bülow, German conductor, pianist and composer (b. 1830)
* February 14 – Myra Bradwell, American lawyer, political activist, (b. 1831)
**John T. Ford, American theatre manager (b. 1829)
* February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
– May Brookyn, American actress (b. 1854/1859)
* February 21 – Gustave Caillebotte, French painter (b. 1848)
* February 27
** Hilarión Daza, President of Bolivia (assassinated) (b. 1840)
** Carl Schmidt (chemist), Carl Schmidt, Baltic German chemist (b. 1822)
* March 2
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...
** Jubal Early, American Confederate general (b. 1816)
** William H. Osborn, American railroad executive (b. 1820)
* March 3 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
* March 20 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian politician (b. 1802)
* March 30 – Jane Goodwin Austin, American popular story writer (b. 1831)
* April 1 – Remigio Morales Bermúdez, 19th President of Peru (b. 1836)
* April 8 – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali poet (b. 1838)
* May 12 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, granddaughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia, Paul I (b. 1827)
* May 19 – Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer, American biographier (b. 1812)
* June 3 – Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist, expert on Byzantine law (b. 1812)
* June 7 – King Hassan I of Morocco (b. 1836)
* June 8 –William M. Dalton, American Old West outlaw (b. 1866)
* June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
* 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
** Marietta Alboni, Italian opera singer (b. 1826)
** Władysław Czartoryski, Polish political activist and art collector (b. 1828)
* July 24 – George Peter Alexander Healy, American portrait painter (b. 1813)
* June 25
** Marie François Sadi Carnot
Marie François Sadi Carnot (; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman, who served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
Early life
Marie François Sadi Carnot was the son of the statesman Hippol ...
, French statesman (assassinated) (b. 1837)
** Charles Romley Alder Wright, British chemist who synthesized heroin (b. 1844)
* June 27 – Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1834)
July–December
* July 1 – Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1819)
* July 22
Events Pre-1600
* 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
*1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...
– Julius von Bose, Prussian general (b. 1809)
* July 30 – Walter Pater, English essayist, critic (b. 1839)
* August 1
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
*AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...
- Joseph Holt, Union Army general (b. 1807)
* September 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
* 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...
– Nathaniel P. Banks, American politician, general (b. 1816)
* September 3 – Josiah Parsons Cooke, American scientist (b. 1827)
* September 8 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician, physicist (b. 1821)
* September 13 – Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (b. 1841)
* September 24 – Mary Jane Patterson, first African-American woman to receive a B.A degree in 1862. (b. 1840)
* October 7 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American author (b. 1809)
* October 9 – Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, British politician (b. 1802)
* October 20 – James Anthony Froude, English historian (b. 1818)
* October 22 – Gillis Bildt, 5th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1820)
* October 25 – Mary Brayton Woodbridge, American temperance reformer and newspaper editor (b. 1830)
* October 30
Events Pre-1600
* 637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
* 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
*1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger ...
– Juan Cortina, Mexican folk hero (b. 1824)
* November 1
Events Pre-1600
* 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
– Emperor Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III ( rus, Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, r=Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 18 ...
(b. 1845)
* November 20 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer (b. 1829)
* November 25 – Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-born orientalist (b. 1812)
* November 29 – Juan N. Méndez, interim List of heads of state of Mexico, President of Mexico from 1876 to 1877. (b. 1820)
* December 3 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author (b. 1850)
* December 8 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (b. 1821)
* December 12 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Sir John Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
* December 28 – Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, Maharajah of Mysore (b. 1863)
* December 29 – Christina Rossetti, English poet (b. 1830)
Date unknown
* Cynthia Roberts Gorton, blind American poet and author (b. 1826)
* Paul Lecreux, French sculptor (b. c. 1826)
References
Sources
''American Annual Cyclopedia...1894'' (1895) online
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