Timeline March 1894

Events in March 1894 2

• 1802 – 1894 Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894) Died 20 March 1894, aged 91 Kossuth led Hungary's 1848-49 struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire and served as its regent-president before its defeat. He spent his final decades in exile, mainly in Italy, remaining a symbol of Hungarian nationalism. His death in Turin prompted mass mourning and a huge funeral procession in Budapest.
• 1894 Coxey's Army marches on Washington Unemployed workers demand public works relief Jacob Coxey led a march of unemployed workers from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., arriving on 1 May 1894 to demand a federal public works program. The demonstration was one of the first organized protest marches on the U.S. capital. Coxey and other leaders were arrested for walking on the Capitol lawn.