Aldous Leonard Huxley ( 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963 ) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family.

* 1894 – Gertrude Baines, American super-centenarian ( d. 2009 )

* 1894 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese politician and soldier, 13th President of Portugal ( d. 1964 )

* 1894 – Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D. C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.

Albert Lemaître classified 1st in his Peugeot 3hp in the 1894 Paris – Rouen ( motor race )

The Paris – Bordeaux – Paris race of June 1895 has sometimes been erroneously described as the " first motor race ", despite the 1894 event being decided by speed and finishing order of the eligible racers.

The tours generally had fewer Tests in the 1880s and 1890s than people have grown accustomed to in more recent years, the first five-Test series taking place only in 1894 – 95.

The 1894 – 95 series began in sensational fashion when England won the First Test at Sydney by just 10 runs having followed on.

It was the first time since 1894 – 95 that a team following on had won a Test match.

It has been compared with the great series of the distant past, such as 1894 – 95 and 1902.

* 1815 – Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer ( d. 1894 )

* 1991 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer ( b. 1894 )

* 1894 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist ( d. 1927 )

* 1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player ( d. 1951 )

* 1894 – George Meany, American labor leader ( d. 1980 )

* 1848 – Gustave Caillebotte, French painter ( d. 1894 )

* 1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.

Alexander Alexandrovich () ( 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894 ), known historically as Alexander III or Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Emperor of Russia from until his death on.

* Alexander III of Russia ( 1845 – 1894 ), emperor of Russia

* Alexander III of Russia ( 1845 – 1894 ), emperor of Russia

* 1827 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia ( d. 1894 )

* 1894 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor ( d. 1981 )

* 1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer ( d. 1894 )

* Oliver Elton, published 1894, title: The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus

* 1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.

It includes Japan's annexation of the Okinawan island group in 1872, the First Sino-Japanese War ( 1894 – 1895 ), the Russo-Japanese War ( 1904 – 1905 ), the annexation of Korea, and the rise of Japanese militarism ( 1905 – 1945 ).

First enacted in New Zealand in 1894, there is now legislation or binding collective bargaining regarding minimum wage in more than 90 % of all countries.

* 1894 – Port Arthur, Manchuria falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War, after which Japanese troops massacre the remaining inhabitants of the city.

* 1894 – William George Barker, Canadian First World War fighter ace ( d. 1930 )

Footage of a naval battle during the First Sino-Japanese War ( 1894 ).

Losing the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894 – 1895 was a watershed for the Qing government.

The history textbook controversy centers upon the secondary school history textbook Atarashii Rekishi Kyōkasho (" New History Textbook ") said to minimise the nature of Japanese militarism in the First Sino-Japanese War ( 1894 – 95 ), in annexing Korea in 1910, in the Second Sino-Japanese War ( 1937 – 45 ), and in the Second World War ( 1939 – 45 ).

The First Samoan Civil War was fought roughly between 1886 and 1894, primarily between rival Samoan factions though the rival powers intervened on several occasions with military forces.

* 1894 – The Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

* 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.

The Chinese turret ship Dingyuan was purportedly hit and disabled by a torpedo after numerous attacks by Japanese torpedo boats during the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894.

* The First Sino-Japanese War occurred between 1894 and 1895, primarily over control of the country Korea.

During the First Sino-Japanese War ( 1894 – 1895 ) Katsura commanded the IJA 3rd Division under his mentor, Field Marshal Yamagata Aritomo.

Raeder and Wegener were once friends, having began their careers as ensigns in 1894 abroad the cruiser Deutschland, but their differing concepts of future strategy turned them into the most bitter of enemies, and the two officers were to spent much of the 1920s waging a war in print over what the Navy should or should not had done in the First World War and what were the correct lessons of the recent conflict for the future.

It took until the defeat of the Chinese navy during the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894 – 95 for Japan to finally realize possession of Taiwan and the shifting of Asian dominance from China to Japan.

Yuan, having been put in an ineffective position, was recalled to Tianjin in July 1894, before the official outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War ( 甲午戰爭 ).

The treaty ended the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894 – 1895 as a clear victory for Japan.

The First Sino-Japanese War ( 1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895 ) was fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea.

His assassination in China would contribute to tensions leading to the First Sino-Japanese War. On March 28, 1894, a pro-Japanese Korean revolutionary, Kim Ok-gyun, was assassinated in Shanghai.

* 1894 First Hemet High School built-Buena Vista and Acacia.

Offutt AFB is named in honor of First Lieutenant Jarvis Jennes Offutt ( 26 October 1894 – 13 August 1918 ).