Editing 1894 (section)

=== October–December ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Petrópolis]] becomes the capital of the Brazilian state of [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], until [[1902]].<ref>''Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brazileiro'' (Imprensa Nacional, 1906) p348</ref> 
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Dreyfus affair]]: French Army officer [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is arrested for spying.
* [[October 30]] &ndash; Domenico Menegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing [[pandoro]] industrially.
* [[November 1]]
[[File:Tsar Nicholas II -1898.jpg|thumb|145px|right| [[November 1]]: [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] becomes [[Tsar of Russia]].]]
** Emperor [[Alexander III of Russia]] is succeeded by his son, [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]].
** The first issue of [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' magazine]] is published in Cincinnati, Ohio by [[William Donaldson]] and James Hennegan. Initially, it covers the advertising and bill posting industry, and is at the time known as ''Billboard Advertising''.
* [[November 6]] &ndash; Republicans win by a landslide in the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1894|United States House of Representatives elections]], which sets the stage for the decisive [[1896 United States presidential election|presidential election of 1896]].
* [[November 7]] &ndash; The Masonic [[Grande Loge de France]] is founded, splitting from the larger and older [[Grand Orient de France]].
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[First Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Battle of Lushunkou]] &ndash; Japanese troops secure a decisive victory over the Chinese, capture the port city of [[Lüshunkou]], and begin the [[Port Arthur massacre (China)|Port Arthur massacre]], in which more than 1,000 Chinese servicemen and civilians die.
* [[November 26]] &ndash; Wedding of [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and [[Alix of Hesse]] in the [[Grand Church of the Winter Palace]] at [[Saint Petersburg]].
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Kate Chopin]]'s feminist short story "[[The Story of an Hour]]" is first published, in the American magazine ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.
* [[December 18]] &ndash; Women in [[South Australia]] become the first in Australia to [[Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act 1894|gain the right to vote]] and the first in the world with the right to be elected to Parliament, taking effect from [[1895]], after decades of activism.
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Mackenzie Bowell]] becomes Canada's fifth [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]].
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Dreyfus affair]]: French Army officer [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is convicted of treason.