1894

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Events

First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) begins.
First confirmed recorded outbreak of polio occurs near Rutland, Vermont.
Accession of Russian Czar Nicholas II.
Stephens Island Wren becomes extinct.
Italian authorities crush rebellion of Chief Bahta Hagos in Eritrea.

Timeline

January 1: Viacheslav Konstantinovich Plevhe is appointed Imperial Secretary.
March 3: W.E. Gladstone resigns as British Prime Minister.
April 17: Nikita Khruschev is born in Kalinovka, Kursk Province near Ukraine.
June 24: Italian anarchist Sante Jeronimo Caserio assassinates French Pres. Marie-Francois-Sadi Carnot.
July 4: Republic of Hawaii is officially established. Stanford Dole becomes President.
July 24: U.S. Marine units intervene in Korea to protect the U.S. legation and American nationals in Seoul. They stay there until April 3, 1896.
August 7: Indian Hemp Drugs Commission issues its report.

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