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1894 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1894th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 894th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1894, the ...
Births. 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) Deaths. 1 January – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
Edward VIII (born Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom, from 20 January 1936 until 11 December 1936. He was born at White Lodge, Richmond Park in London . Edward abdicated (resigned) from the throne, because he wanted to marry the American woman Wallis Simpson.
Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917) (also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India"), was an Indian political leader, merchant, scholar and writer who served as 2nd, 9th, and 22nd President of the Indian National Congress from 1886 to 1887, 1893 to 1894 and 1906 to 1907.
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Births. Deaths. Awards. References. External links. 1894 in literature. This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1894 . Events. February – Oscar Wilde 's play Salome is first published in English, with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley.
Alaric I, also Alaricus, (reigned 394–410 AD) was a leader of the Visigoths. [1] He is famous as the Gothic leader who sacked the city of Rome in 410 AD. [2] Very little about his family is known. As a young man he received much of his military training in the Roman army.
