See also: 1892 in science, other events of 1893, 1894 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: George Gabriel Stokes Wollaston Medal for Geology: Nevil Story Maskelyne Births October 23 - Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985) Deaths January 7 - Jožef Stefan, physicist and mathematician (* 1835) December 4 – John Tyndall, physicist (* 1820)