1889

1889

1889

Calendar year


1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1889th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 889th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1889, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Events

January–March

January 30: Rudolf & Maria at Mayerling.
The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated on March 31, thus becoming the tallest structure in the world

April–June

April 22: Land Run

July–September

September 23: Nintendo founded as a playing card manufacturer

October–December

Date unknown

Panama, yellow fever
Capilano Bridge.

Births

January

February

Ernest Tyldesley

March

Oren E. Long

April

Charlie Chaplin
Adolf Hitler
Manuel Prado Ugarteche

May

Ouyang Yuqian
Igor Sikorsky

June

Beno Gutenberg

July

Jean Cocteau
Ante Pavelić

August

September

October

Carl von Ossietzky

November

Claude Rains
Jawaharlal Nehru

December

Robert Maestri

Date unknown

  • Nezihe Muhiddin, Turkish women's rights activist, suffragette, journalist, writer and political leader (d. 1958)

Deaths

January–June

Belle Starr
Youssef Bey Karam
Father Damien

July–December

James Prescott Joule
August Ahlqvist

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Further reading and year books

  • 1889 Annual Cyclopedia online, Highly detailed global coverage

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