WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 1894
Find out what all happened July to October 1894

The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole. (4. July 1894)

The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but The 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3 hp petrol engined Peugeot. (22. July 1894)

The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea. (1. August 1894)

First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang. (15. September 1894)

The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship. (25. July 1894)

Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. (1. September 1894)

The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying. (15. October 1894)

Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet. (25. August 1894)

Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War. (17. September 1894)

Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially. (30. October 1894)