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+ | * [[January 4]] – [[Franco-Russian Alliance|A military alliance]] is established between the [[France]] and the [[Russian Empire]]. | ||
+ | * [[February 15]] – At 04:51 [[GMT]], French [[anarchist]] [[Martial Bourdin]] attempts to destroy the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich]], London, England, with a bomb, killing himself instead. | ||
+ | * [[March 2]] – [[William Gladstone]] resigns as British Prime Minister. | ||
+ | * [[March 25]] – [[Coxey's Army]] (of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from [[Massillon, Ohio]], for [[Washington, D.C.]] | ||
+ | * [[April 11]] – Britain establishes a protectorate over [[Uganda]]. | ||
+ | * [[May 1]]– [[Coxey's Army]] arrives in Washington; Coxey is arrested on the Capitol grounds. | ||
+ | * [[May 1]] – The [[May Day riots of 1894|May Day Riots]] (against unemployment) break out in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. | ||
+ | * [[May 11]] – [[Pullman Strike]]: Three thousand [[Pullman Palace Car Company]] factory workers go on a "wildcat" (without union approval) strike in [[Illinois]]. | ||
+ | * [[June 22]] – [[Dahomey]] becomes a French colony. | ||
+ | * [[June 24]] – [[Marie François Sadi Carnot]], [[president of France]], is assassinated. | ||
+ | * [[July 16]] – 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 [[Extraterritoriality|extraterritorial right]]s in Japan. | ||
+ | * [[August 1]] – War is declared between the [[Qing Empire]] of China and the [[Empire of Japan]], over their rival claims of influence on their common ally, the [[Joseon]] dynasty of Korea. The event marks the start of the [[First Sino-Japanese War]]. | ||
+ | * [[August 31]] – New Zealand enacts the world's first [[minimum wage law]], to take effect on January 1, in the passage of the ''Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1894''.<ref>''Minimum-wage Legislation in the United States and Foreign Countries'', ed. by Charles Henry Verrill (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1915) p168</ref> | ||
+ | * [[September 4]] – In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against [[sweatshop]] working conditions. | ||
+ | * [[October 1]] – The [[Owl Club]] of [[Cape Town]], South Africa, a dining club, has its first formal meeting. | ||
+ | * [[November 1]] – Emperor [[Alexander III of Russia]] is succeeded by his son, [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]]. | ||
+ | * [[November 7]] – The Masonic Grand Lodge de France is founded, splitting from the larger and older [[Grand Orient de France]]. | ||
+ | * [[November 26]] – Wedding of [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and [[Alix of Hesse]] in the [[Grand Church of the Winter | ||
+ | * [[December 18]] – Women in [[South Australia]] become the first in Australia to gain the right to vote and to be elected to Parliament, taking effect from [[1895]], after decades of activism. | ||
+ | * [[December 21]] – [[Mackenzie Bowell]] becomes Canada's fifth [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]]. | ||
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Dreyfus_Affair
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Events
- January 4 – A military alliance is established between the France and the Russian Empire.
- February 15 – At 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, England, with a bomb, killing himself instead.
- March 2 – William Gladstone resigns as British Prime Minister.
- March 25 – Coxey's Army (of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from Massillon, Ohio, for Washington, D.C.
- April 11 – Britain establishes a protectorate over Uganda.
- May 1– Coxey's Army arrives in Washington; Coxey is arrested on the Capitol grounds.
- May 1 – The May Day Riots (against unemployment) break out in Cleveland, Ohio.
- May 11 – Pullman Strike: Three thousand Pullman Palace Car Company factory workers go on a "wildcat" (without union approval) strike in Illinois.
- June 22 – Dahomey becomes a French colony.
- June 24 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, president of France, is assassinated.
- July 16 – 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.
- August 1 – War is declared between the Qing Empire of China and the Empire of Japan, over their rival claims of influence on their common ally, the Joseon dynasty of Korea. The event marks the start of the First Sino-Japanese War.
- August 31 – New Zealand enacts the world's first minimum wage law, to take effect on January 1, in the passage of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1894.[1]
- September 4 – In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
- October 1 – The Owl Club of Cape Town, South Africa, a dining club, has its first formal meeting.
- November 1 – Emperor Alexander III of Russia is succeeded by his son, Nicholas II.
- November 7 – The Masonic Grand Lodge de France is founded, splitting from the larger and older Grand Orient de France.
- November 26 – Wedding of Nicholas II of Russia and Alix of Hesse in the [[Grand Church of the Winter
- December 18 – Women in South Australia become the first in Australia to gain the right to vote and to be elected to Parliament, taking effect from 1895, after decades of activism.
- December 21 – Mackenzie Bowell becomes Canada's fifth prime minister.
Events
Event | Start | End | Description |
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Pax Brittanica | 1815 | 1915 | |
Victorian era | 1840 | 1901 | |
Dreyfus Affair | November 1894 | 1906 |
A New Group
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University of Tulsa | Military ranks | Private university in Tulsa, Oklahoma |
==A Quotation==
Births
Title | Born | Place of birth | Died | Summary | Description |
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Robert Garner | 1894 | 13 December 1975 | Central banker Businessperson | Working for the World Bank, he focused on financing of development programs. He attended the 1956 Bilderberg, where several of the topics concerned the relationship between the West and the Third World. | |
Imbriani Longo | 1894 | Banker | Italian banker | ||
Lester Markel | 9 January 1894 | New York US | 23 October 1977 | Journalist | |
Per Jacobsson | 5 February 1894 | Sweden Tanum Bohuslän | 5 May 1963 | Economist | Attended 2 Bilderbergs as Managing Director of the IMF |
Harold Macmillan | 10 February 1894 | United Kingdom Belgravia Middlesex | 29 December 1986 | Media executive | UK PM |
John J. Bennett Jr. | 2 March 1894 | New York US Brooklyn | 4 October 1967 | Politician Lawyer | New York State Attorney General from 1931 to 1942 |
Gino Scarpa | 24 March 1894 | 29 March 1963 | Editor | Italian editor who attended the 1956 Bilderberg | |
George Merck | 29 March 1894 | 9 November 1957 | Businessperson | The president of Merck & Co. from 1925 to 1950. During World War II, he led the War Research Service, which initiated the U.S. biological weapons program with Frank Olson. | |
Larry Bell | 5 April 1894 | US Indiana Mentone | 20 October 1956 | Industrialist | Founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation, a part of the military-industrial complex, with ties to Lyndon B. Johnson. Grand Master freemason. |
Evgenia Shelepina | 10 April 1894 | Russia Gatchina | 13 March 1975 | ||
Nikita Khrushchev | 15 April 1894 | Kalinovka Kursk Governorate Russia/Tsarist Russia | 11 September 1971 | ||
Rudolf Heß | 26 April 1894 | Turkey Egypt Alexandria | 17 August 1987 | Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom during World War II. The circumstances around his flight are still highly unclear. | |
H. V. Evatt | 30 April 1894 | New South Wales | 2 November 1965 | Politician | Australian Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949 |
Herschel Johnson | 3 May 1894 | United States Georgia Atlanta | 16 April 1966 | ||
Archibald Maule Ramsay | 4 May 1894 | Scotland | 11 March 1955 | Soldier Politician | |
Ellsworth Bunker | 11 May 1894 | 27 September 1984 | Diplomat Deep state functionary | Cold War hawk, diplomatic troubleshooter | |
Alfred Kinsey | 23 June 1894 | 25 August 1956 | |||
Edward Windsor | 23 June 1894 | United Kingdom Surrey | 28 May 1972 | British royal family | |
Lewis Douglas | 2 July 1894 | United States Arizona Bisbee | 7 March 1974 | Diplomat Politician Academic Businessperson | US diplomat |
Gavrilo Princip | 25 July 1894 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Austria-Hungary | 28 April 1918 | The "lone nut" assassin who supposedly started the First World War | |
William Henry Draper Jr. | 10 August 1894 | 26 December 1974 | Banker Deep state operative | Banker, government official, and diplomat. Business connections to Germany both before and after WW2. Also known as the "Wall Street General" who sabotaged reform in Japan. Founder of the Population Crisis Committee in 1965. | |
Joszef Peter | 11 August 1894 | Hungary Austria-Hungary Csap | 1990 | Spook | Soviet spy in the United States. |
George Meany | 16 August 1894 | New York Harlem | 10 January 1980 | Activist Deep state operative | AFL-CIO/President 1955-79, Le Cercle |
Henri Lafond | 20 August 1894 | 6 March 1963 | French banker assassinated in 1963 | ||
Ernest Holloway Oldham | 10 September 1894 | London Edmonton UK | 29 September 1933 | Spook | Cipher clerk in the British Foreign Office |
J. B. Priestley | 13 September 1894 | United Kingdom Bradford West Riding of Yorkshire Manningham | 14 August 1984 | Author Playwright Broadcaster | |
Lionel Payne | 2 October 1894 | 11 February 1965 | Spook | A director general of MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service) | |
Moshe Sharett | 16 October 1894 | Kherson Russia/Tsarist Russia | 7 July 1965 | Politician | Prime Minister of Israel 1954-1955 |
Ludger Westrick | 23 October 1894 | Germany Münster | 31 July 1990 | Politician Businessperson | A Wehrwirtschaftsführer and close friend of Hermann Göring during World War 2, he attended the 1964 Bilderberg as German Chancellery Chief of Staff. |
Robert Murphy | 28 October 1894 | United States Milwaukee Wisconsin | 9 January 1978 | Diplomat Deep state operative | Bilderberg Steering committee |
Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi | 16 November 1894 | Japan Tokyo | 27 July 1972 | Philosopher | The founder of the first influential movement for a united Europe. |
E. N. van Kleffens | 17 November 1894 | Heerenveen | 17 June 1983 | Diplomat Politician | Dutch Bilderberger, heavy Bilderberg habit, President of the United Nations General Assembly 1954-55 |
T. V. Soong | 4 December 1894 | Shanghai | 25 April 1971 | Politician Banker Deep state actor Businessperson | Chinese businessman, banker, politician, and influential deep state actor |
Walter Boveri | 6 December 1894 | 20 March 1972 | Banker Businessperson | Attended the Bilderbergs from 1959 to 1962 | |
Chester Ronning | 13 December 1894 | China Fancheng | 31 December 1984 | Diplomat Politician | Canada's leading expert on China |
Robert Menzies | 20 December 1894 | 15 May 1978 | Politician Deep state actor | Anglophile deep state actor, prime minister of Australia 1939-41, 1949-66 | |
Friedrich Ruge | 24 December 1894 | Germany Leipzig | 3 July 1985 | Mariner | Attended Bilderberg/1961 as outgoing Commander of the West-German Navy. |
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References
- ↑ Minimum-wage Legislation in the United States and Foreign Countries, ed. by Charles Henry Verrill (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1915) p168