What Happened In October 1894 - Historical Events 1894 October

Historical Events for October, 1894

15th » The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
30th » Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.

1st » Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (d. 1961)
3rd » Elmer Robinson, American politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)
3rd » Walter Warlimont, German general (d. 1976)
5th » Bevil Rudd, South African runner (d. 1948)
7th » Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1970)
11th » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
12th » Elisabeth of Romania (d. 1956)
14th » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (d. 1962)
15th » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
18th » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (d. 1960)
18th » Tibor Déry, Hungarian author (d. 1977)
20th » Olive Thomas, American model and actress (d. 1920)
21st » Edogawa Rampo, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
22nd » Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera singer (d. 1961)
23rd » Rube Bressler, American baseball player (d. 1966)
24th » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
25th » Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish poet and songwriter (d. 1973)
27th » Oliver Leese, English general (d. 1978)
27th » Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician (d. 1946)
30th » Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (d. 1977)
30th » Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (d. 1930)

7th » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
30th » Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)