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18th_century - '''19th_century''' - 20th_century
{{C19YearInTopic}} |} '''1889''' was a Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== ===January-April=== Image:Tour_eiffel_at_sunrise_from_the_trocadero.jpg.]] * January_8 - Herman_Hollerith receives a patent for his electric Tabulating_machine * January_22 - Columbia_Phonograph is formed in Washington,_DC. * February_11 - Meiji_Constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 * January_30 - Crown_Prince_Rudolf_of_Austria and his mistress Baroness_Mary_Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder suicide) in Mayerling hunting lodge * February_22 - President Grover_Cleveland signs a bill admitting North_Dakota, South_Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S._states. *March_4 - Grover_Cleveland, 24th President of the United_States (1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin_Harrison (1889-1893). * March_9 - Yohannes_IV is killed in the Battle_of_Metemma; Sudanese forces, who had been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army. * March_23 - Land_run: President Benjamin_Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April_22. * March_31 - The Eiffel_Tower is inaugurated (opens May_6). Contemporary critics regard it aesthetically displeasing * April_22 - Oklahoma_land_rush: President Benjamin_Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement; Land_rush begins. ===May-October=== *May_2 - Menelik_II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Ethiopia control over Eritrea. * May_15 - In Samoa, three US and three German ships sink in a Typhoon because the captains refuse to leave before the others ? almost 200 drown. British steamer ''Calliope'' saves itself by pushing into the wind with full speed * May_31 - South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2200 people in and around Johnstown,_Pennsylvania * June_3 - The first long distance Electric_power_transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland,_Oregon. *June_6 - The Great_Seattle_Fire ravages through the downtown area without any fatalities. * June_12 - 88 are killed in the Armagh_rail_disaster near Armagh in Northern_Ireland. * July_8 - The first issue of the Wall_Street_Journal is published. * August_14 - The Great London Dock Strike breaks out in England. *September_10 - Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi becomes Reigning Prince Albert I of Monaco * September_23 - The company Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. * October_2 - In Washington,_DC, the first international Conference_of_American_States begins. * October_3 - Sister Carries goes to Chicago * October_24 - Sir Henry_Parkes, Premier of New_South_Wales, delivers the Tenterfield_Oration calling for the Federation_of_Australia. ===November=== * November_2 - North_Dakota and South_Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S._states. * November_6 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro_Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda. * November_8 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S._state. * November_11 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S._state. * November_14 - Inspired by Jules_Verne pioneer woman Journalist Nellie_Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to beat travel around the world in less than 80 days (Bly finished the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes). * November_15 - Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal_Deodoro_da_Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military Coup (he was the second and last emperor of Brazil). ===Unknown dates=== * Wisden_Cricketer's_Almanac publishes its first ''Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year'' (actually titled ''Six Great Bowlers Of The Year''). The cricketers chosen are George_Lohmann, Bobby_Peel, Johnny_Briggs, Charles Turner, John_Ferris and Sammy_Woods. * Frederick_Abel invents cordite * Diet_of_Japan founded * French defense minister Georges_Boulanger attempts a coup but is forced to flee the country * First free elections in Costa_Rica * Glele, king of Dahomey, commits suicide * Yellow_fever interrupts the building of Panama_Canal * Huge locust Swarm crosses the Red_Sea and destroys crops in the Nile Valley * Ghost_Dance movement * Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. * Fabian_Essays_in_Socialism, edited by George_Bernard_Shaw, is published. * Capilano_Suspension_Bridge was founded. This is the longest suspension bridge in the world, and the park is now a favourite attraction to tourists from all over the world. It is located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ==Births== ===January-April=== * January_21 - Edith_Bratt, wife of John_Ronald_Reuel_Tolkien (d. 1971) * January_31 - Frank_Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958) * February_3 - Risto_Ryti, Prime Minister and President_of_Finland (d. 1956) * February_5 - Ernest_Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962) * February_19 - Ernest_Marsden, British physicist (d. 1970) * February_22 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides (d. 1977) * February_24 - Suzanne_Bianchetti, French actress (d. 1936) * March_1 - Kanoko_Okamoto, Japanese novelist, poet, and Buddhism scholar (d. 1939) * March_1 - Watsuji_Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960) * March_4 ? Pearl_White, American silent film actress (d. 1938) Image:Baby-hitler.jpg]] * March_16 - Reggie_Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951) * March_24 - Albert_Hill, British athlete (d. 1969) * March_29 - Warner_Baxter, American actor (d. 1951) * April_7 - Gabriela_Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) * April_8 - Sir Adrian_Boult, English conductor (d. 1983) * April_11 - Nick_LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961) * April_15 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (d. 1975) * April_16 - Charlie_Chaplin, English actor and film director (d. 1977) * April_20 - Adolf_Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (d. 1945) * April_21 - Paul_Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) * April_23 - Karel_Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942) * April_26 - Ludwig_Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951) ===May-December=== * May_12 - Otto_Frank, German writer, father of Anne_Frank (d. 1980) * May_18 - Thomas_Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944) * May_25 - Igor_Sikorsky Russian developer of the helicopter (d. 1972) * June_21 - Ralph_Craig, American athlete (d. 1972) * June_23 - Anna_Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966) * July_5 - Jean_Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963) * July_17 - Erle_Stanley_Gardner, American author (d. 1970) * August_5 - Conrad_Aiken, American writer (d. 1973) * September_8 - Robert_Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (d.1953) * September_11 - Suzanne_Duchamp, French painter (d. 1963) * September_14 - Maria_Esther_Capovilla, Oldest Living Person (as of 12/9/2005) * September_18 - Doris_Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970) * September_20 - Charles_Reidpath, American athlete (d. 1975) * September_26 - Martin_Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976) *October_3 - Carl_von_Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize (d. 1938) * October_8 - C._E._Woolman, American airline executive (d. 1966) * October_13 - Douglass_Dumbrille, Canadian-born actor (d. 1974) *November_1 - Philip_Noel-Baker,_Baron_Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize (d. 1982) * November_14 - Jawaharlal_Nehru, Prime_Minister_of_India (d. 1948) * November_20 - Edwin_Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953) *November_30 - Edgar_Douglas_Adrian,_1st_Baron_Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977) * December_9 - Hannes_Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (d. 1966) ===Unknown dates=== * James_Alexander_Allan, Australian poet (d. 1956) ==Deaths== * January_30 - Crown_Prince_Rudolf_of_Austria (suicide) (b. 1858) * January 30 - Baroness Mary_Vetsera (suicide) (b. 1871) * February_3 - Belle_Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848) * March_8 - John_Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (b. 1803) * March_9 - Emperor Yohannes_IV_of_Ethiopia * April_23 - Jules_Barbey_d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808) * May_9 - William_S._Harney, U.S. Army general (b. 1800) * May_14 - Volney_E._Howard, American politician (b. 1809) * May_12 - Mikhail_Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826) * June_8 - Gerard_Manley_Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844) * June_15 - Mihai_Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850) * July_10 - Julia_Gardiner_Tyler, First_Lady_of_the_United_States (b. 1820) * August_19 - Auguste_Villiers_de_l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838) * September_16 - Bob_Younger, American outlaw and youngest of the Younger outlaws * September_23 - Wilkie_Collins, British novelist (b. 1824) * October_11 - James_Prescott_Joule, English physicist (b. 1818) * October_25 - Émile_Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820) * November_18 - William_Allingham, Irish author (b. 1824 or 1828) * December_6 - Jefferson_Davis, President_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America (b. 1808) * December_12 - Robert_Browning, English poet (b. 1812) * December_31 - Ion_Creangă, Romanian writer (b. 1837 or 1839) ==Heads of State== * China - Guāngxù Emperor_of_China, Qing_Dynasty (1875-1908) * Denmark - Christian IX, King_of_Denmark (1863-1906) * France - Marie_François_Sadi_Carnot, President_of_France (1887-1894) * Germany - Wilhelm II, German Kaiser (1888-1918) * Holy_See - Pope_Leo_XIII, Bishop of Rome (1878-1903) * Japan - Mutsuhito, Meiji emperor (1867-1912) * Norway - Oscar II, King_of_Sweden and Norway (1872-1905) * Ottoman_Empire - Abdul_Hamid_II, Sultan_of_the_Ottoman_Empire (1876-1909) * Russia - Alexander III, Tsar_of_Russia (1881-1894) * Spain - Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain, King_of_Spain (1886-1931) * United_States - *# Grover_Cleveland, President_of_the_United_States (1885-1889) *# Benjamin_Harrison, President of the United States (1889-1893) Category:1889 Af:1889 Ar:1889 Ast:1889 Bg:1889 Be:1889 Bs:1889 Ca:1889 Cv:1889 Cs:1889 Cy:1889 Da:1889 De:1889 Et:1889 El:1889 Es:1889 Eo:1889 Eu:1889 Fa:۱۸۸۹_(میلادی) Fo:1889 Fr:1889 Fy:1889 Ga:1889 Gl:1889 Ko:1889년 Hr:1889 Io:1889 Id:1889 Ia:1889 Is:1889 It:1889 He:1889 Ka:1889 Csb:1889 La:1889 Lt:1889 Lb:1889 Hu:1889 Mk:1889 Ms:1889 Nl:1889 No:1889 Nn:1889 Os:1889 Pl:1889 Pt:1889 Ro:1889 Ru:1889 Sq:1889 Scn:1889 Simple:1889 Sk:1889 Sl:1889 Sr:1889 Fi:1889 Sv:1889 Tt:1889 Th:พ.ศ._2432 Tr:1889 Uk:1889 Wa:1889 Zh:1889年
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1850s 1860s 1870s - '''1880s''' - 1890s 1900s 1910s |- | align="center" | '''Centuries:'''
18th_century - '''19th_century''' - 20th_century
{{C19YearInTopic}} |} '''1889''' was a Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== ===January-April=== Image:Tour_eiffel_at_sunrise_from_the_trocadero.jpg.]] * January_8 - Herman_Hollerith receives a patent for his electric Tabulating_machine * January_22 - Columbia_Phonograph is formed in Washington,_DC. * February_11 - Meiji_Constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 * January_30 - Crown_Prince_Rudolf_of_Austria and his mistress Baroness_Mary_Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder suicide) in Mayerling hunting lodge * February_22 - President Grover_Cleveland signs a bill admitting North_Dakota, South_Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S._states. *March_4 - Grover_Cleveland, 24th President of the United_States (1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin_Harrison (1889-1893). * March_9 - Yohannes_IV is killed in the Battle_of_Metemma; Sudanese forces, who had been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army. * March_23 - Land_run: President Benjamin_Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April_22. * March_31 - The Eiffel_Tower is inaugurated (opens May_6). Contemporary critics regard it aesthetically displeasing * April_22 - Oklahoma_land_rush: President Benjamin_Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement; Land_rush begins. ===May-October=== *May_2 - Menelik_II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Ethiopia control over Eritrea. * May_15 - In Samoa, three US and three German ships sink in a Typhoon because the captains refuse to leave before the others ? almost 200 drown. British steamer ''Calliope'' saves itself by pushing into the wind with full speed * May_31 - South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2200 people in and around Johnstown,_Pennsylvania * June_3 - The first long distance Electric_power_transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland,_Oregon. *June_6 - The Great_Seattle_Fire ravages through the downtown area without any fatalities. * June_12 - 88 are killed in the Armagh_rail_disaster near Armagh in Northern_Ireland. * July_8 - The first issue of the Wall_Street_Journal is published. * August_14 - The Great London Dock Strike breaks out in England. *September_10 - Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi becomes Reigning Prince Albert I of Monaco * September_23 - The company Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. * October_2 - In Washington,_DC, the first international Conference_of_American_States begins. * October_3 - Sister Carries goes to Chicago * October_24 - Sir Henry_Parkes, Premier of New_South_Wales, delivers the Tenterfield_Oration calling for the Federation_of_Australia. ===November=== * November_2 - North_Dakota and South_Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S._states. * November_6 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro_Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda. * November_8 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S._state. * November_11 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S._state. * November_14 - Inspired by Jules_Verne pioneer woman Journalist Nellie_Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to beat travel around the world in less than 80 days (Bly finished the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes). * November_15 - Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal_Deodoro_da_Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military Coup (he was the second and last emperor of Brazil). ===Unknown dates=== * Wisden_Cricketer's_Almanac publishes its first ''Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year'' (actually titled ''Six Great Bowlers Of The Year''). The cricketers chosen are George_Lohmann, Bobby_Peel, Johnny_Briggs, Charles Turner, John_Ferris and Sammy_Woods. * Frederick_Abel invents cordite * Diet_of_Japan founded * French defense minister Georges_Boulanger attempts a coup but is forced to flee the country * First free elections in Costa_Rica * Glele, king of Dahomey, commits suicide * Yellow_fever interrupts the building of Panama_Canal * Huge locust Swarm crosses the Red_Sea and destroys crops in the Nile Valley * Ghost_Dance movement * Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. * Fabian_Essays_in_Socialism, edited by George_Bernard_Shaw, is published. * Capilano_Suspension_Bridge was founded. This is the longest suspension bridge in the world, and the park is now a favourite attraction to tourists from all over the world. It is located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ==Births== ===January-April=== * January_21 - Edith_Bratt, wife of John_Ronald_Reuel_Tolkien (d. 1971) * January_31 - Frank_Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958) * February_3 - Risto_Ryti, Prime Minister and President_of_Finland (d. 1956) * February_5 - Ernest_Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962) * February_19 - Ernest_Marsden, British physicist (d. 1970) * February_22 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides (d. 1977) * February_24 - Suzanne_Bianchetti, French actress (d. 1936) * March_1 - Kanoko_Okamoto, Japanese novelist, poet, and Buddhism scholar (d. 1939) * March_1 - Watsuji_Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960) * March_4 ? Pearl_White, American silent film actress (d. 1938) Image:Baby-hitler.jpg]] * March_16 - Reggie_Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951) * March_24 - Albert_Hill, British athlete (d. 1969) * March_29 - Warner_Baxter, American actor (d. 1951) * April_7 - Gabriela_Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) * April_8 - Sir Adrian_Boult, English conductor (d. 1983) * April_11 - Nick_LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961) * April_15 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (d. 1975) * April_16 - Charlie_Chaplin, English actor and film director (d. 1977) * April_20 - Adolf_Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (d. 1945) * April_21 - Paul_Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) * April_23 - Karel_Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942) * April_26 - Ludwig_Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951) ===May-December=== * May_12 - Otto_Frank, German writer, father of Anne_Frank (d. 1980) * May_18 - Thomas_Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944) * May_25 - Igor_Sikorsky Russian developer of the helicopter (d. 1972) * June_21 - Ralph_Craig, American athlete (d. 1972) * June_23 - Anna_Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966) * July_5 - Jean_Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963) * July_17 - Erle_Stanley_Gardner, American author (d. 1970) * August_5 - Conrad_Aiken, American writer (d. 1973) * September_8 - Robert_Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (d.1953) * September_11 - Suzanne_Duchamp, French painter (d. 1963) * September_14 - Maria_Esther_Capovilla, Oldest Living Person (as of 12/9/2005) * September_18 - Doris_Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970) * September_20 - Charles_Reidpath, American athlete (d. 1975) * September_26 - Martin_Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976) *October_3 - Carl_von_Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize (d. 1938) * October_8 - C._E._Woolman, American airline executive (d. 1966) * October_13 - Douglass_Dumbrille, Canadian-born actor (d. 1974) *November_1 - Philip_Noel-Baker,_Baron_Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize (d. 1982) * November_14 - Jawaharlal_Nehru, Prime_Minister_of_India (d. 1948) * November_20 - Edwin_Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953) *November_30 - Edgar_Douglas_Adrian,_1st_Baron_Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977) * December_9 - Hannes_Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (d. 1966) ===Unknown dates=== * James_Alexander_Allan, Australian poet (d. 1956) ==Deaths== * January_30 - Crown_Prince_Rudolf_of_Austria (suicide) (b. 1858) * January 30 - Baroness Mary_Vetsera (suicide) (b. 1871) * February_3 - Belle_Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848) * March_8 - John_Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (b. 1803) * March_9 - Emperor Yohannes_IV_of_Ethiopia * April_23 - Jules_Barbey_d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808) * May_9 - William_S._Harney, U.S. Army general (b. 1800) * May_14 - Volney_E._Howard, American politician (b. 1809) * May_12 - Mikhail_Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826) * June_8 - Gerard_Manley_Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844) * June_15 - Mihai_Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850) * July_10 - Julia_Gardiner_Tyler, First_Lady_of_the_United_States (b. 1820) * August_19 - Auguste_Villiers_de_l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838) * September_16 - Bob_Younger, American outlaw and youngest of the Younger outlaws * September_23 - Wilkie_Collins, British novelist (b. 1824) * October_11 - James_Prescott_Joule, English physicist (b. 1818) * October_25 - Émile_Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820) * November_18 - William_Allingham, Irish author (b. 1824 or 1828) * December_6 - Jefferson_Davis, President_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America (b. 1808) * December_12 - Robert_Browning, English poet (b. 1812) * December_31 - Ion_Creangă, Romanian writer (b. 1837 or 1839) ==Heads of State== * China - Guāngxù Emperor_of_China, Qing_Dynasty (1875-1908) * Denmark - Christian IX, King_of_Denmark (1863-1906) * France - Marie_François_Sadi_Carnot, President_of_France (1887-1894) * Germany - Wilhelm II, German Kaiser (1888-1918) * Holy_See - Pope_Leo_XIII, Bishop of Rome (1878-1903) * Japan - Mutsuhito, Meiji emperor (1867-1912) * Norway - Oscar II, King_of_Sweden and Norway (1872-1905) * Ottoman_Empire - Abdul_Hamid_II, Sultan_of_the_Ottoman_Empire (1876-1909) * Russia - Alexander III, Tsar_of_Russia (1881-1894) * Spain - Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain, King_of_Spain (1886-1931) * United_States - *# Grover_Cleveland, President_of_the_United_States (1885-1889) *# Benjamin_Harrison, President of the United States (1889-1893) Category:1889 Af:1889 Ar:1889 Ast:1889 Bg:1889 Be:1889 Bs:1889 Ca:1889 Cv:1889 Cs:1889 Cy:1889 Da:1889 De:1889 Et:1889 El:1889 Es:1889 Eo:1889 Eu:1889 Fa:۱۸۸۹_(میلادی) Fo:1889 Fr:1889 Fy:1889 Ga:1889 Gl:1889 Ko:1889년 Hr:1889 Io:1889 Id:1889 Ia:1889 Is:1889 It:1889 He:1889 Ka:1889 Csb:1889 La:1889 Lt:1889 Lb:1889 Hu:1889 Mk:1889 Ms:1889 Nl:1889 No:1889 Nn:1889 Os:1889 Pl:1889 Pt:1889 Ro:1889 Ru:1889 Sq:1889 Scn:1889 Simple:1889 Sk:1889 Sl:1889 Sr:1889 Fi:1889 Sv:1889 Tt:1889 Th:พ.ศ._2432 Tr:1889 Uk:1889 Wa:1889 Zh:1889年