Editing 1894 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 11]] &ndash; Britain establishes a protectorate over [[Uganda]].<ref name=CBH/>
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Manchester City Football Club]] is formed in north-west England under this name.
* [[April 21]] &ndash;  A [[Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894|bituminous coal miners' strike]] closes mines across the central United States.
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Canada]]'s largest known landslide occurs in [[Saint-Alban, Quebec]], displacing {{Convert|185|e6m3|}} of rock and dirt, and leaving a {{Convert|40|m|adj=on}} scar that covers {{Convert|4.6|e6m2|}}.<ref name="1894landslide">{{cite web|title=Landslides|url=https://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/hzd/lndslds-en.aspx|website=Get Prepared|publisher=Public Safety Canada|access-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Third plague pandemic]]: [[Bubonic plague]] breaks out in the [[Tai Ping Shan Street|Tai Ping Shan]] area of Hong Kong (by the end of the year, the death toll is 2,552 people); it also breaks out this year in [[Guangzhou|Canton]].
* [[May 1]] &ndash; In the United States:
** [[Coxey's Army]] arrives in Washington; Coxey is arrested on the Capitol grounds.
** The [[May Day riots of 1894|May Day Riots]] (against unemployment) break out in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Pullman Strike]]: Three thousand [[Pullman Palace Car Company]] factory workers go on a "wildcat" (without union approval) strike in [[Illinois]].
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Blackpool Tower]] is opened in [[Blackpool]], in north-west England, as a visitor attraction.
* [[May 21]] &ndash; The [[Manchester Ship Canal]] and [[Salford Quays|Docks]] are officially opened by [[Queen Victoria]], linking the previously landlocked industrial city of [[Manchester]], in north-west England, to the [[Irish Sea]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Dahomey]] becomes a French colony.
* [[June 23]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] is founded at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], Paris, at the initiative of Baron [[Pierre de Coubertin]].
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Marie François Sadi Carnot|Sadi Carnot]], [[president of France]], is assassinated in Lyon.
* [[June 30]] – [[Tower Bridge]] in London opens for traffic.
[[File:BlackpoolTower OwlofDoom.jpg|thumb|170px|right| [[May 14]]: [[Blackpool Tower]].]]