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 – The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.

* 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 )

Early finals venues include Kennington Oval, in 1872 and 1874 – 92, the Racecourse Ground, Derby in 1886, Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester in 1893, Goodison Park in 1894, Burnden Park for the 1901 replay, Bramall Lane in 1912, the Crystal Palace Park, 1895 – 1914, Stamford Bridge 1920 – 22, and Lillie Bridge, Fulham, London in 1873.

The last major canal to be built in the United Kingdom was the Manchester Ship Canal, which upon opening in 1894 was the largest ship canal in the world, and opened Manchester as a port.

Among the last of the major lines built by the Midland was a connection between Sheffield and Manchester, by means of a branch at Dore to Chinley, opened in 1894, involving the construction of the Totley and Cowburn Tunnels, now known as the Hope Valley Line.

They decided to bypass the Liverpool monopoly on coastal trade by converting a section of the Irwell into the Manchester Ship Canal, which opened in 1894, turning Manchester into an inland port in its own right.

** 1894 Jan 12, in Manchester Weekly Times Supplement

In April 1892 he was articled to Manchester architect Everard W. Leeson and, while training with him, also studied at the Manchester School of Art ( 1893 – 94 ) and Manchester Technical School ( 1894 – 96 ).

By the mid-20th century, thanks to the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 and the Stanlow Oil Refinery in the 1920s, the town had expanded so that it now incorporated the villages of Great and Little Sutton, Hooton, Whitby, Overpool and Rivacre as suburbs.

Following Watkin's retirement in 1894, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway obtained permission for a separate station near Baker Street at Marylebone, and the line was renamed the Great Central Railway ( GCR ).

Tudor went to England, working in London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, marrying Alice Smale in Denton, Lancashire in 1894.

* Manchester Cup 1894, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1925, 1951, 1952, 1962, 1968

In 1894 the Irwell was adjusted so that its waters were united with the Manchester Ship Canal, stimulating the growth of Irlam as an inland port.

Irlam Urban District was created in 1894, the same year that the Manchester Ship Canal opened.

He also won four major tournaments in succession: Breslau 1889, Manchester 1890, Dresden 1892, and Leipzig 1894.

* Class D7 4-4-0 1887 – 1894 operated the MS & LR express trains, Manchester to London ( Kings ' Cross, via Retford and G. N. R.

* Most double figure league wins by a team: 5, Birmingham City ( 12 – 0 v Walsall, 17 December 1892 ; 10 – 2 v Manchester City, 17 March 1894 ; 10 – 1 v Blackpool, 2 March 1901 ; 12 – 0 v Doncaster Rovers, 11 April 1903 ; 11 – 1 v Glossop, 6 January 1915 ) ( all Second Division )

The water level was raised by construction of a dam by the Manchester Corporation at the northern end of Thirlmere, in 1890 – 1894.

Later in 1894, Ardwick, by then known as Manchester City, vigorously pursued Meredith's signature.

Meredith made his Manchester City debut against Newcastle United in November 1894, in a 5 – 4 defeat for City.

The opening of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 had a major effect on the subsequent development of Cadishead.

Dealey was born on September 18, 1859 at the home of his parents, George Dealey ( 1829 – 1894 ) and Mary Ann Nellins ( 1829 – 1913 ), on Queen St., Rusholme, Manchester, England.