Events
January–March
*
January 1
** The total
solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of
California and
Nevada.
** Paiute spiritual leader
Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the
Ghost Dance
The Ghost Dance ( Caddo: Nanissáanah, also called the Ghost Dance of 1890) was a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. According to the teachings of the Northern Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka (renamed Jack Wilso ...
movement in the Dakotas.
*
January 4
Events Pre-1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
* 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1601–1900
*1649 – Engli ...
– An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President
Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
*
January 5 –
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...
is declared the winner of the
inaugural Football League in England.
*
January 8
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
* 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
–
Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric
tabulating machine in the United States.
*
January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
–
The Coca-Cola Company is originally
incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
*
January 22
Events Pre-1600
* 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
* 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...
–
Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
*
January 30
Events Pre-1600
*1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
*1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1601–1900
*1607 – An estimated ...
–
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his mistress
Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder-suicide) in the
Mayerling hunting lodge.
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– The first issue of ''
Glasgow University Magazine
The ''Glasgow University Magazine (GUM)'' was first published on 5 February 1889, aiming to keep students informed of news and events within the university, and to provide an outlet for student writing and illustrations.
It is the oldest cont ...
'' is published in Scotland.
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
– The first issue of ''
La Solidaridad
''La Solidaridad'' (The Solidarity) was an organization created in Spain on December 13, 1888. Composed of Filipino liberals exiled in 1872 and students attending Europe's universities, the organization aimed to increase Spanish awareness of th ...
'' is published in Spain.
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– The
Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the 1st
Diet of Japan
The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paralle ...
convenes in
1890
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa.
** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River.
* January 2
** The steamship ...
.
*
February 22 –
President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting
North Dakota,
South Dakota,
Montana and
Washington as
U.S. states.
*
March 4 –
Benjamin Harrison is
sworn in
Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon ', also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who conscientiously object to making sacred oaths is to giv ...
, as the 23rd President of the United States.
*
March 9 –
Battle of Metemma:
Yohannes IV,
Emperor of Ethiopia
The emperor of Ethiopia ( gez, ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse ( am, ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century ...
, is killed;
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
ese forces, who have been almost defeated, rally and destroy the
Ethiopian army. Yohannes is probably the world's last ruler ever to die in battle; on
March 25
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
* 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
Menelik II proclaims himself as his successor.
*
March 11 – The
North Carolina Legislature issues a charter for the creation of
Elon College.
*
March 15 –
Samoan crisis
The Samoan Crisis was a standoff between the United States, the German Empire, and the British Empire from 1887 to 1889 over control of the Samoan Islands during the First Samoan Civil War.
Background
In 1878, the United States acquired a fuelli ...
: German and American warships keep each other at bay in a standoff in
Apia Harbor, ending when a
cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
blows in and sinks them all.
*
March 22 – English
Association football team
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...
is formed at the Adelphi Hotel,
Sheffield.
*
March 23 – Claiming to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi,
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founds the
Ahmadiyya Muslim community in
Punjab Province (British India).
*
March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– The
Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris (opens
May 6). At , its height exceeds the previous
tallest structure in the world by . Contemporary critics regard it as aesthetically displeasing.
April–June
*
April 1 – Following a failed attempt at a coup, French defense minister
Georges Boulanger is forced to flee the country.
*
April 10 – The Hammarby Roddförening (later
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
) sports club is founded in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
.
*
April 22 – At high noon in Oklahoma Territory, thousands rush to claim land in the
Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of
Oklahoma City and
Guthrie are formed, with populations of at least 10,000.
* May –
1889–1890 pandemic
The 1889–1890 pandemic, often referred to as the "Asiatic flu" or "Russian flu", was a worldwide respiratory viral pandemic. It was the last great pandemic of the 19th century, and is among the deadliest pandemics in history. The pandemic ...
of influenza first reported in the city of
Bukhara
Bukhara (Uzbek language, Uzbek: /, ; tg, Бухоро, ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 280,187 , and the capital of Bukhara Region.
People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...
in the
Central Asian part of the Russian Empire.
*
May 2 –
Menelik II, Emperor of
Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over what will become
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
.
*
May 6 – The
Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, with the
Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The
Galerie des machines, at , spans the longest interior space in the world at this time.
*
May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
–
Wham Paymaster robbery: An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort in the Arizona Territory results in the theft of over $28,000, and the award of two
Medals of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. Th ...
.
*
May 28 – Rubber
tire company
Michelin
Michelin (; ; full name: ) is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ''région'' of France. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world behind Bridgestone and la ...
is registered by
Édouard and
André Michelin in
Clermont-Ferrand,
France.
*
May 31
**
Johnstown Flood: The
South Fork Dam collapses in western
Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in and around
Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
** The
Naval Defence Act dictates that the fleet strength of the British
Royal Navy must be equal to that of at least any two other countries.
*
June –
Vincent van Gogh paints ''
The Starry Night'' at
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
*
June 3 – The first long distance
electric power transmission
Electric power transmission is the bulk movement of electrical energy from a generating site, such as a power plant, to an electrical substation. The interconnected lines that facilitate this movement form a ''transmission network''. This is ...
line in the United States is completed, running between a generator at
Willamette Falls and downtown
Portland, Oregon.
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
– The
Great Seattle Fire ravages through the
downtown area without any fatalities.
*
June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
* 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
– The
Armagh rail disaster near
Armagh
Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...
in Ireland kills 80 people.
*
June 19 – A
Neapolitan
Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to:
Geography and history
* Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city
* Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...
baker named
Raffaele Esposito
Raffaele Esposito () was an Italian chef and owner of a tavern called ''Pizzeria di Pietro e basta così'' ("Pietro's Pizzeria and that's enough") in the 19th century that had been founded in 1780 by Pietro Colicchio. Esposito is considered by som ...
invents the
Pizza Margherita, named after the queen consort of Italy
Margherita of Savoy. This is the forerunner of the modern pizza.
*
June 26 –
Bangui is founded in the
French Congo.
*
June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
– The annular
solar eclipse of June 28, 1889
An annular solar eclipse occurred on June 28, 1889. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moo ...
is visible in Atlantic Ocean, Africa and Indian Ocean, and is the 47th solar eclipse of
Solar Saros 125.
*
June 29–
30 – First Inter-Parliamentary Conference held.
July–September
*
July 8
Events Pre-1600
* 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
* 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
** The first issue of ''
The Wall Street Journal'' is published in New York City.
** The last official
bare-knuckle boxing title fight is held (under
London Prize Ring Rules): Heavyweight Champion
John L. Sullivan
John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918), known simply as John L. among his admirers, and dubbed the "Boston Strong Boy" by the press, was an American boxer recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing ...
, the ''Boston Strong Boy'', defeats
Jake Kilrain
John Joseph Killion (February 9, 1859 – December 22, 1937), more commonly known as Jake Kilrain, was a famous American bare-knuckle fighter and glove boxer of the 1880s.
Early life
Kilrain found employment as a teenager in Somerville, Mas ...
in a world championship bout, lasting 75 rounds, in
Mississippi.
*
July 14 –
International Workers Congresses of Paris open, and establish the
Second International.
*
July 15 – The
Emperor of Brazil,
Pedro II, survives an assassination attempt in
Rio de Janeiro.
*
July 31
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
* 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
–
Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, marries
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, (10 November 1849 – 29 January 1912) styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879 and known as the Earl Fife between 1879 and 1889, was a British peer who married Princess Louise, the third c ...
.
*
August 3 –
Mahdist War
The Mahdist War ( ar, الثورة المهدية, ath-Thawra al-Mahdiyya; 1881–1899) was a war between the Mahdist Sudanese of the religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, who had proclaimed himself the "Mahdi" of Islam (the "Guided On ...
:
Battle of Toski –
Egyptian and British troops are victorious.
*
August 4 –
The Great Fire of
Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
*
August 6
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
– The
Savoy Hotel in London opens.
*
August 10 – At the
Vienna Hofburg
The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty. Located in the centre of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century and expanded several times afterwards. It also served as the imperial winter residence, as Schönbrunn ...
, the grand opening ceremony is held for the
Imperial Natural History Museum
The Imperial Natural History Museum or Imperial-Royal Natural History Court Museum of Austria-Hungary was created by (Kaiser) Emperor Franz Joseph I during an extensive reorganization of the museum collections, from 1851 to 1876, and opened to th ...
(), begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors.
*
August 14
Events Pre-1600
* 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
–
September 15
Events Pre-1600
* 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
*1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...
–
London Dock Strike
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major se ...
: Dockers
strike for a minimum wage of sixpence an hour (''The dockers' tanner''), which they eventually receive (a landmark in the development of
New Unionism in Britain).
*
August 26 – The
Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act, commonly known as the ''Children's Charter'', is passed in the United Kingdom; for the first time it imposes criminal penalties to deter
child abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...
.
*
August 30 – The
Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office
The Mount Pleasant Mail Centre (often shortened as Mount Pleasant, known internally as the Mount and officially known as the London Central Mail Centre) is a mail centre operated by Royal Mail in London, England. The site has previously operated ...
officially opens in London.
* August – The Jewish settlement of
Moisés Ville is founded in
Argentina.
*
September 10 – Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi becomes
Albert I, Prince of Monaco.
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
– Civil War veteran
Charles Jefferson Wright founds
New York Military Academy, with 75 students on of land in
Cornwall, New York
Cornwall is a town in Orange County, New York, United States, approximately north of New York City on the western shore of the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was at 12,884. Cornwall has become a bedroom community for area t ...
.
*
September 23
Events Pre-1600
* 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
* 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
– The
Nintendo
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles.
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded in Japan by
Fusajiro Yamauchi
, born , was a Japanese entrepreneur who founded the company that is now known as Nintendo. Yamauchi lived in Kyoto, Japan and had a wife and a daughter, Tei Yamauchi, who later married Sekiryo Kaneda.
Before Nintendo
Fusajiro Fukui was bo ...
, to produce and market
Hanafuda playing cards.
October–December
*
October 2
Events Pre-1600
* 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
* 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ot ...
– In Washington, D.C., the first
International Conference of American States
The Conferences of American States, commonly referred to as the Pan-American Conferences, were meetings of the Pan-American Union, an international organization for cooperation on trade. James G. Blaine, a United States politician, Secretary ...
begins.
*
October 6
**
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...
's summit is first reached, by German geologist
Hans Meyer with Austrian mountaineer
Ludwig Purtscheller
Ludwig Purtscheller (6 October 1849 – 3 March 1900) was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher.
Purtscheller pioneered climbing without a mountain guide, who in the 19th century did all the route finding and lead climbing. By the end of his life ...
.
** The ''
Moulin Rouge''
cabaret opens in Paris.
*
October 12 –
Gustaf Åkerhielm
Baron Johan Gustaf Nils Samuel Åkerhielm af Margaretelund (24 June 1833 – 2 April 1900) was a Swedish politician, a baron, a landowner, member of the Riksdag from 1859 to 1866 and from 1870 to 1900, a minister of finance from 1874 to 1875, a ...
, previously Swedish Foreign Minister, replaces
Gillis Bildt as
Prime Minister of Sweden.
*
October 24 – Sir
Henry Parkes, Premier of
New South Wales, delivers the
Tenterfield Oration
The Tenterfield Oration was a Speech (public address), speech given by Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of the Colony of New South Wales at the Tenterfield School of Arts in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Tenterfield, in rural New South Wales, Australia ...
, calling for the
Federation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western A ...
.
*
October 29 – The
British South Africa Company
The British South Africa Company (BSAC or BSACo) was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed to capitalize on the expecte ...
receives a Royal Charter.
[
* ]November
November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. No ...
– The first free elections are held in Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
.
* November 2
** North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states, respectively.
** English Association football team Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon Football Club was an English football club formed in Wimbledon, south-west London, in 1889 and based at Plough Lane from 1912 to 1991. Founded as Wimbledon Old Centrals, the club were a non-League team for most of their history. ...
plays their first match.
* November 8 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
* November 11
Events Pre-1600
* 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, ''Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the T ...
– Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.
* November 14 – Inspired by Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
, pioneer American woman journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to beat travel around the world in less than 80 days (Bly finishes the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes).
* November 15
Events Pre-1600
* 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
*1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...
– Field Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca organizes a military coup, which deposes Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
Don (honorific), Dom PedroII (2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed "the Magnanimity, Magnanimous" ( pt, O Magnânimo), was the List of monarchs of Brazil, second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. ...
and abolishes the Brazilian monarchy. Deodoro da Fonseca proclaims Brazil a republic, and forms a provisional government.
* November 17 – The Brazilian Imperial Family
The Brazilian Imperial Family (Brazilian Portuguese: ''Família Imperial Brasileira'') is a Brazilian Dynasty of Portuguese origin that ruled the Empire of Brazil from 1822 in Brazil, 1822 to 1889 in Brazil, 1889, after the proclamation of indepe ...
is forced into exile in France.
* November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...
– The modern-day flag of Brazil is adopted by the Provisional Government of the Republic.
* November 20
Events Pre-1600
* 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.
* 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.
*1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...
** Argentina is the first country to recognize the abolition of the monarchy in Brazil.
** Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...
premieres his '' Symphony No. 1'', in Budapest.
* November 23 – The first jukebox goes into operation, at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
* November 27
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
* 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of " Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the ...
– Clemson University is founded in Clemson, South Carolina.
* December 1 – The 1889–1890 pandemic
The 1889–1890 pandemic, often referred to as the "Asiatic flu" or "Russian flu", was a worldwide respiratory viral pandemic. It was the last great pandemic of the 19th century, and is among the deadliest pandemics in history. The pandemic ...
of influenza first peaks, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
* December 4 – The Bayswater Railway Station (Victoria, Australia) officially opens.
* December 14 – Wofford and Furman play the first intercollegiate football game, in the state of South Carolina.
* December 23 – The Spanish football team Recreativo de Huelva is formed (the oldest club in Spain by the 21st century).
* December 28 – The first interurban tram-train to emerge in the United States is the Newark and Granville Street Railway in Ohio.
Date unknown
* Yellow fever interrupts the building of the Panama Canal.
* A huge locust swarm crosses the Red Sea and destroys crops in the Nile Valley
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest rive ...
.
* Frederick Abel
Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (17 July 18276 September 1902) was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British authority on explosives. He is best known for the invention of cordite as a replacement for gunpowder in f ...
invents cordite.
* An early method of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission, as developed by the Swiss engineer René Thury
René Thury (7 August 1860 – 23 April 1938) was a Swiss pioneer in electrical engineering. He was known for his work with high voltage direct current electricity transmission and was known in the professional world as the "King of DC."
Bio ...
, is implemented commercially in Italy by the ''Acquedotto de Ferrari-Galliera'' Company. This system transmits 630 kW at 14 kV DC over a distance of .
* The Capilano Suspension Bridge
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(the longest suspension foot-bridge in the world) is opened in British Columbia.
* Schools founded include:
** Plattsburgh Normal School
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(Plattsburgh, New York
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)
** Riverside Elementary School ( Wichita, Kansas)
** Battle Ground Academy
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Franklin, Tennessee.
* Samuel Marinus Zwemer co-founds the American Arabian Mission.
* The Indian Religious Code is created, which forbids Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans to practice their religions.
* The first West Virginia tornado is recorded.
* Brook trout introduced into the upper Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park.
* The ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' 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 (cricketer), Johnny Briggs, Charles Turner (Australian cricketer), Charles Turner, John Ferris (cricketer), John Ferris and Sammy Woods.
Births
January
* January 2 – Walter Baldwin, American actor (d. 1977)
* January 12 – Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, 2nd Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam (d. 1965)
* January 21 – Edith Bratt, English wife of J. R. R. Tolkien (d. 1971)
* January 26 – Jeanne de Salzmann, Russian pupil of G. I. Gurdjieff (d. 1990)
* January 31 – Frank Foster (cricketer), Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958)
February
* February 2 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952)
* February 3 – Risto Ryti, Prime Minister of Finland, Prime Minister and President of Finland (d. 1956)
* February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
* February 7 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
* February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– Mills Brothers, John H. Mills Sr., African-American singer, one of the ''Mills Brothers'' (d. 1967)
* February 12 – Edward Hanson, 28th Governor of American Samoa (d. 1959)
* February 16 – Hawthorne C. Gray, record-setting American balloonist (d. 1927)
* February 19 – Ernest Marsden, British physicist (d. 1970)
* February 21 – Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, South African politician (d. 1975)
* February 22
** Olave Baden-Powell, Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides (d. 1977)
** R. G. Collingwood, British philosopher, historian (d. 1943)
* February 23 – Victor Fleming, American motion picture director (d. 1949)
* February 24 – Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress (d. 1936)
* February 25 – Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (d. 1982)
March
* March 1
** Kanoko Okamoto, Japanese novelist, poet and Buddhist scholar (d. 1939)
** Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960)
* March 4
** Oren E. Long, American politician, 10th Governor of Hawai'i (d. 1965)
** Pearl White, American silent film actress (d. 1938)
* March 6 – William D. Francis, Australian botanist (d. 1959)
* March 7 – Godfrey Chevalier, American naval aviation pioneer (d. 1922)
* March 15 – Hiroaki Abe, Japanese admiral (d. 1949)
* March 16 – Reggie Walker (sprinter), Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
* March 21 – Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer, actor (d. 1957)
* March 24 – Albert Hill (athlete), Albert Hill, British athlete (d. 1969)
* March 29 – Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
* March 30 – Herman Bing, German-American character, voice actor (d. 1947)
* March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– Muriel Hazel Wright, Oklahoma author, historian (d. 1975)
April
* April 4
** Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, German general (d. 1962)
** Angelo Iachino, Italian admiral (d. 1976)
* April 7 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
* April 8
** Adrian Boult, English conductor (d. 1983)
** Tomoshige Samejima, Japanese admiral (d. 1966)
* April 11
** Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
** Aketo Nakamura, Japanese general (d. 1966)
* April 14
** James Stephenson, British actor (d. 1941)
** Arnold J. Toynbee, British historian (d. 1975)
* April 15
** Thomas Hart Benton (painter), Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (d. 1975)
** A. Philip Randolph, African-American civil rights activist (d. 1979)
* April 16 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, film director (d. 1977)
* April 18 – Harold Saxton Burr, American scientist (d. 1973)
* April 20 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born dictator of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
* April 21
** Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
** Manuel Prado Ugarteche, President of Peru (d. 1967)
* April 23 – Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
* April 26 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
* April 28
** Takeo Kurita, Japanese admiral (d. 1977)
** António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator (d. 1970)
* April 30 – Fritz Pfeffer, German-Dutch housemate of Anne Frank (d. 1944)
May
* May 3
** Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
** Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (d. 1972)
* May 9 – Constantin S. Constantin, Romanian general (d. 1948)
* May 12
** Otto Frank, German publisher, businessman, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)
** Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Mexican professional baseball player, general and substitute President of Mexico, 1932-1934 (d. 1967)
** Ouyang Yuqian, Chinese playwright, director and Peking opera performer (d. 1962)
* May 18 – Thomas Midgley Jr., American chemist, inventor (d. 1944)
* May 21 – Bernard Rawlings (Royal Navy officer), Bernard Rawlings, British admiral (d. 1962)
* May 23 – Carlo Braga, Filipino Roman Catholic priest, archbishop and servant of God (d. 1971)
* May 25
** Günther Lütjens, German admiral (d. 1941)
** Igor Sikorsky, Russian developer of the helicopter (d. 1972)
* May 31 – Charles Gordon Bell, British pilot (d. 1918)
June
* June 2
** Margaret Theadora Allan , Australian community worker and organizing secretary for the Traveller' Aid Society of New South Wales (d. 1968)
** Martha Wentworth, American actress (d. 1974)
* June 4
** Henry F. Phillips, American businessman, inventor (d. 1958)
** Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (d. 1960)
* June 10 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, film director (d. 1973)
* June 13
** Amadeo Bordiga, Italian Marxist theorist, politician (d. 1970)
** Adolphe Pégoud, French acrobatic pilot, World War I fighter ace (d. 1915)
* June 21 – Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)
* June 23 – Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
* June 25 – John Morton-Finney, American civil rights activist, lawyer and educator (d. 1998)
* June 27 – Moroni Olsen, American actor (d. 1954)
* June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
– Frank Mayo (actor), Frank Mayo, American actor (d. 1963)
July
* July 3 – Richard Cramer, American actor (d. 1960)
* July 5 – Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
* July 6 – Takeo Itō, Japanese general (d. 1965)
* July 7 – Shiro Kawase, Japanese admiral (d. 1946)
* July 8
Events Pre-1600
* 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
* 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
– Eugene Pallette, American actor (d. 1954)
* July 13 – Emma Asson, Estonian politician (d. 1965)
* July 14 – Ante Pavelić, Croatian Fascism, fascist dictator (d. 1959)
* July 15 – Marjorie Rambeau, American actress (d. 1970)
* July 17 – Erle Stanley Gardner, American author (d. 1970)
* July 18 – Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician (d. 1977)
* July 19 – William Andrew Paton, American accountancy scholar (d. 1991)
* July 22 – Tony Jannus, American aviator, aircraft designer (d. 1916)
* July 24 – Murray Kinnell, English actor (d. 1954)
* July 30 – Dr. Rajeshwar Bali, Indian intellectual reformist (d. 1945)
August
* August 5 – Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
* August 6
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
– George Kenney, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (d. 1977)
* August 10 – Norman Scott (Medal of Honor), Norman Scott, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)
* August 11 – William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn Scottish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and a central figure in the development of the object relations theory of psychoanalysis (d. 1942)
* August 15 – Marthe Richard, French prostitution, prostitute, espionage, spy and politics, politician (d. 1982)
* August 21 – Sir Richard O'Connor, British general in World War II (d. 1981)
* August 25 – Ioan Dumitrache, Romanian general (d. 1977)
* August 29
** Joseph Egger, Austrian character actor (d. 1966)
** Alfredo Obviar, Filipino Roman Catholic bishop and Servant of God (d. 1978)
September
* September 2 – George H. Plympton, American screenwriter (d. 1972)
* September 7 – Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer (d. 1953)
* September 8 – Robert A. Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (d. 1953)
* September 11 – Suzanne Duchamp, French painter (d. 1963)
* September 12 – Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1942)
* September 13 – Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer), Masao Maruyama, Japanese general (d. 1957)
* September 14 – María Capovilla, Ecuadorian supercentenarian, the last surviving person verified as born in 1889 (d. 2006)
* 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
* October 1 – Dutch Sterrett, Charles Hurlbut "Dutch" Sterrett, American professional baseball player (d. 1965)
* October 2
Events Pre-1600
* 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
* 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ot ...
– Margaret Chung, Chinese-American physician (d. 1959)
* 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 10
** Kermit Roosevelt, American explorer, author (d. 1943)
** Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, art forger (d.1947)
* October 12 – Troy H. Middleton, American general, educator (d. 1976)
* October 13
** Douglass Dumbrille, Canadian-born actor (d. 1974)
** Cedric Holland, British admiral (d. 1950)
November
* November 1 – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982)
* November 5 – Petre Cameniță, Romanian general (d. 1962)
* November 10 – Claude Rains, English-born American actor (d. 1967)
* November 12 – DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (''Reader's Digest'') (d. 1981)
* November 14
** Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer and intellectual (d. 1973)
** Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
* November 15
Events Pre-1600
* 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
*1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...
– King Manuel II of Portugal (d. 1932)
* November 16 – George S. Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)
* November 18 – Zoltán Tildy, President of Hungary (d. 1961)
* November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...
** Corneliu Calotescu, Romanian general (d. 1970)
** Clifton Webb, American actor, dancer and singer (d. 1966)
* November 20
Events Pre-1600
* 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.
* 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.
*1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...
– Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953)
* November 23
** Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator (d. 1964)
** Alexander Patch, American general (d. 1945)
* November 25 – George McMillin, American admiral, last Naval Governor of Guam (d. 1983)
* November 30
** Edgar Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
** Reuvein Margolies, Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar (d. 1971)
** Shōji Nishimura, Japanese admiral (d. 1944)
December
* December 1 – Vasily Blyukher, Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1938)
* December 2 – Oei Hui-lan (Madame Wellington Koo), Chinese-Indonesian socialite and First Lady of the Republic of China (d. 1992)
* December 3 – Walton Walker, American general (d. 1950)
* December 4 – Isabel Randolph, American actress (d. 1973)
* December 9
** Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish Olympic athletic (d. 1966)
** Shigeyoshi Inoue, Japanese admiral (d. 1975)
* December 11
** Walter Knott, American farmer, creator of Knott's Berry Farm (d. 1981)
** Robert Maestri, 53rd Mayor of New Orleans (d. 1974)
* December 18 – Juho Heiskanen, Finnish general (d. 1950)
* December 23 – Daniel E. Barbey, American admiral (d. 1969)
* December 30 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican politician and president (1952-1958) who granted women the right to vote. (d. 1973)
Date unknown
* Nezihe Muhiddin, Turkish women's rights activist, suffragette, journalist, writer and political leader (d. 1958)
* Reşit Süreyya Gürsey, Turkish intellectual, MD and physicist (d.1962)
* Nellie Yu Roung Ling, Chinese dancer, former lady-in-waiting in Qing imperial court
Deaths
January–June
* January 13 – Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
* January 22
Events Pre-1600
* 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
* 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...
– Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist), Carlo Pellegrini, Italian caricaturist (b. 1839)
* January 30
Events Pre-1600
*1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
*1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1601–1900
*1607 – An estimated ...
** Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (suicide) (b. 1858)
** Baroness Mary Vetsera (suicide) (b. 1871)
* February 3 – Belle Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848)
* February 13 – João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, João Maurício Vanderlei, Brazilian magistrate and politician (b. 1815)
* March 5 – Mary Louise Booth, American editor-in-chief of ''Harper's Bazaar'' (b. 1831)
* March 8 – John Ericsson, Swedish inventor, engineer (b. 1803)
* March 9 – Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia (b. 1837)
* March 13 – Felice Varesi, French-born Italian baritone (b. 1813)
* March 22 – Stanley Matthews (judge), Stanley Matthews, American jurist and politician (b. 1824)
* March 24 – Leatherman (vagabond), The Leatherman, possibly French-Canadian vagabond in the U.S. (b. c. 1839)
* April 6 – Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1797)
* April 7 – Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanon, Lebanese nationalist leader (b. 1823)
* April 12 – Robert Dunsmuir, Scottish-born Canadian industrialist and politician (b. 1825)
* April 15 – Father Damien, Belgian Roman Catholic priest, missionary to Native Hawaiians, Hawaiians with leprosy and saint (b. 1840)
* April 21 – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican jurist, 27th President of Mexico (b. 1823)
* April 25 – Mary Dominis, Mary Dominus, American settler of Hawaii (b. 1803)
* May 9 – William S. Harney, U.S. Army general (b. 1800)
* May 10 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
* May 14 – Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
* May 28 – Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, American translator and anti-suffragist (b. 1825)
* June 8 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
* June 10 – Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi (b. 1816)
* June 15 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850)
* June 25 – Lucy Webb Hayes, First Lady of the United States (b. 1831)
July–December
* July 7 – Giovanni Bottesini, Italian conductor, composer and virtuoso double bass player (b. 1821)
* July 10 – Julia Gardiner Tyler, First Lady of the United States (b. 1820)
* August 2 – Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
* August 19 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
* September 23
Events Pre-1600
* 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
* 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
– Wilkie Collins, British novelist (b. 1824)
* September 24 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist, parachutist (b. 1856)
* September 29 – Louis Faidherbe, French general and colonial administrator (b. 1818)
* October 10 – Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (b. 1814)
* October 11 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818)
* October 17 – Rodrigo Augusto da Silva, Brazilian Senator, author of the Golden Law (b. 1833)
** John F. Hartranft, Union Army military officer and Medal of Honour recipient (b. 1830)
* October 19 – King Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838)
* October 25 – Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820)
* November 16 – Sergei Bobokhov, Russian revolutionary, who committed suicide as a protest against the flogging of woman comrade in Siberia. (b. 1858)
* November 18 – William Allingham, Irish author (b. 1824)
* November 20
Events Pre-1600
* 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.
* 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.
*1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...
– August Ahlqvist, Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic (b. 1826)
* November 24 – George H. Pendleton, American politician (b. 1825)
* December 6 – Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
* December 12 – Robert Browning, English poet (b. 1812)
* December 28 – Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, List of Brazilian consorts, Empress consort of Brazil (b. 1822)
* December 29
** Glele, King of Dahomey (suicide)
** Priscilla Cooper Tyler, ''de facto'' First Lady of the United States (b. 1816)
* December 30 – Henry Yule, Sir Henry Yule, Scottish orientalist (b. 1820)
* December 31 – Ion Creangă, Romanian writer (b. 1837 or 1839)
References
Further reading and year books
* ''1889 Annual Cyclopedia'
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