Table of Contents
422 relations: A. Philip Randolph, Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Abraham Hochmuth, Adolf Hitler, Adolf von Henselt, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Adolphe Pégoud, Adrian Boult, Ahmadiyya, Albert Hill (athlete), Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Albert Plesman, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Alexander Patch, Alexander Vertinsky, Alfredo Obviar, Amadeo Bordiga, André Michelin, Angelo Iachino, Anna Akhmatova, Anne Frank, António de Oliveira Salazar, Ante Pavelić, Apia, Argentina, Armagh, Armagh rail disaster, Arnold J. Toynbee, Association football, Atlanta, August Ahlqvist, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Édouard Michelin (industrialist), Émile Augier, Bangui, Bare-knuckle boxing, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Battle of Gallabat, Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Union, Battle of Toski, Belle Starr, Benjamin Harrison, Beno Gutenberg, Beulah Bondi, Bobby Peel, Brazil, Brazilian imperial family, British South Africa Company, Budapest, Bukhara, ... Expand index (372 more) »
A. Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist.
See 1889 and A. Philip Randolph
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Abelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez (12 May 1889 – 13 February 1967) was a Mexican military officer, businessman and politician who served as Substitute President of Mexico from 1932 to 1934.
See 1889 and Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Abraham Hochmuth
Abraham Hochmuth (December 14, 1816 at Bán, Hungary – June 10, 1889 at Veszprém) was a Hungarian rabbi.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
Adolf von Henselt
Georg Martin Adolf von Henselt (9 May 181410 October 1889) was a German composer and virtuoso pianist.
See 1889 and Adolf von Henselt
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines (30 December 1889 – 3 December 1973) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958.
See 1889 and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Adolphe Pégoud
Adolphe Célestin Pégoud (13 June 1889 – 31 August 1915) was a French aviator and flight instructor who became the first fighter ace in history during World War I.
Adrian Boult
Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was a British conductor.
Ahmadiyya
Ahmadiyya, officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ) is an Islamic messianic movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed as both the Promised Mahdi (Guided One) and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times and bring about, by peaceful means, the final triumph of Islam; as well as to embody, in this capacity, the expected eschatological figure of other major religious traditions.
Albert Hill (athlete)
Albert George Hill (24 March 1889 – 8 January 1969) was a British track and field athlete.
See 1889 and Albert Hill (athlete)
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
Albert I (Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; 13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death in 1922.
See 1889 and Albert I, Prince of Monaco
Albert Plesman
Albert Plesman (7 September 1889 – 31 December 1953) was a Dutch pioneer in aviation and the first administrator and later director of the KLM, the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name.
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 Scottish nobleman and peer who married Princess Louise, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
See 1889 and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
Alexander Patch
Alexander McCarrell Patch (November 23, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both world wars, rising to rank of general.
Alexander Vertinsky
Alexander Nikolayevich Vertinsky (Александр Николаевич Вертинский, – May 21, 1957) was a Russian and Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artistic singing.
See 1889 and Alexander Vertinsky
Alfredo Obviar
Alfredo María Obviar y Aranda (29 August 1889 – 1 October 1978) was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechists of Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus.
Amadeo Bordiga
Amadeo Bordiga (13 June 1889 – 25 July 1970) was an Italian Marxist theorist.
André Michelin
André Jules Michelin (16 January 1853 – 4 April 1931) was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859–1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company (Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) in 1888 in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand.
Angelo Iachino
Angelo Iachino (or Jachino; April 24, 1889 – December 3, 1976) was an Italian admiral during World War II.
Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreyevna Gorenkoa; Ánna Andríyivna Horénko,.
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (English:; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945)Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed.
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar (28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese statesman, academic, and economist who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.
See 1889 and António de Oliveira Salazar
Ante Pavelić
Ante Pavelić (14 July 1889 – 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the fascist ultranationalist organization known as the Ustaše in 1929 and was dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a fascist puppet state built out of parts of occupied Yugoslavia by the authorities of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, from 1941 to 1945.
Apia
Apia is the capital and only city of Samoa.
See 1889 and Apia
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
Armagh
Armagh (Ard Mhacha,, "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.
See 1889 and Armagh
Armagh rail disaster
The Armagh rail disaster happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, County Armagh, in Ireland, when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline; the steam locomotive was unable to complete the climb and the train stalled.
See 1889 and Armagh rail disaster
Arnold J. Toynbee
Arnold Joseph Toynbee (14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London.
See 1889 and Arnold J. Toynbee
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
See 1889 and Association football
Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
See 1889 and Atlanta
August Ahlqvist
Karl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist, who wrote as A. Oksanen (7 August 1826 – 20 November 1889), was a Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic.
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (7 November 1838 – 19 August 1889) was a French symbolist writer.
See 1889 and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Édouard Michelin (industrialist)
Édouard Michelin (23 June 185925 August 1940) was a French industrialist.
See 1889 and Édouard Michelin (industrialist)
Émile Augier
Guillaume Victor Émile Augier (17 September 182025 October 1889) was a French dramatist.
Bangui
Bangui (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic.
See 1889 and Bangui
Bare-knuckle boxing
Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle or bare-knuckle fighting) is a full-contact combat sport based on punching without any form of padding on the hands.
See 1889 and Bare-knuckle boxing
Baroness Mary Vetsera
Baroness Marie Alexandrine "Mary" von Vetsera (19 March 1871 – 30 January 1889) was an Austrian noblewoman and the mistress of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.
See 1889 and Baroness Mary Vetsera
Battle of Gallabat
The Battle of Gallabat, also known as the Battle of Metemma, was fought on 9–10 March 1889 during the Mahdist War between the Mahdist Sudanese and Ethiopian forces.
See 1889 and Battle of Gallabat
Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War.
See 1889 and Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Union
Battle of Toski
The Battle of Toski (Tushkah) was part of the Mahdist War.
Belle Starr
Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr (February 5, 1848 – February 3, 1889), better known as Belle Starr, was an American outlaw who gained national notoriety after her violent death.
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893.
See 1889 and Benjamin Harrison
Beno Gutenberg
Beno Gutenberg (June 4, 1889 – January 25, 1960) was a German-American seismologist who made several important contributions to the science.
Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1888 – January 11, 1981)According to the State of California.
Bobby Peel
Robert Peel (12 February 1857 – 12 August 1941) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire between 1883 and 1897.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
See 1889 and Brazil
Brazilian imperial family
The Imperial House of Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese: Casa Imperial Brasileira) is a Brazilian dynasty of Portuguese origin that ruled the Brazilian Empire from 1822 to 1889, from the time when the then ''Prince Royal'' Dom Pedro of Braganza (later known as Emperor Pedro I of Brazil) declared Brazil's independence, until Dom Pedro II was deposed during the military coup that led to the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889.
See 1889 and Brazilian imperial family
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 expected mineral wealth of Mashonaland but united because of common economic interests and to secure British government backing.
See 1889 and British South Africa Company
Budapest
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.
Bukhara
Bukhara (Uzbek; بخارا) is the seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 280,187 residents.
See 1889 and Bukhara
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama.
See 1889 and Cabaret
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.
Capilano Suspension Bridge
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in Upper Capilano, British Columbia, Canada, in the District of North Vancouver.
See 1889 and Capilano Suspension Bridge
Carl von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky (3 October 1889 – 4 May 1938) was a German journalist and pacifist.
See 1889 and Carl von Ossietzky
Carlo Braga
Carlo Braga (23 May 1889 – 3 January 1971) was a Salesian religious priest.
Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist)
Carlo Pellegrini (25 March 1839 – 22 January 1889), who did much of his work under the pseudonym of Ape, was an Italian artist who served from 1869 to 1889 as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine, a leading journal of London society.
See 1889 and Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist)
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
Cedric Holland
Cedric Swinton Holland CB (13 October 1889 – 11 May 1950) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the First and Second World Wars, rising to the rank of vice-admiral.
Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
Charles Leroux
Charles Leroux (born as Joseph Johnson; 31 October 1856 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States – 24 September 1889 in Reval, Estland Governorate, Russian Empire) was an American balloonist and parachutist.
Charles Reidpath
Charles Decker Reidpath (September 20, 1889 – October 21, 1975) was an American track and field sprinter and winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics, who later went on to have an outstanding military career.
Charles Turner (Australian cricketer)
Charles Thomas Biass Turner (16 November 1862 – 1 January 1944) was a bowler who is regarded as one of the finest ever produced by Australia.
See 1889 and Charles Turner (Australian cricketer)
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
Child abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, especially by a parent or a caregiver.
Claude Rains
William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British and American actor whose career spanned almost seven decades.
Clemson University
Clemson University is a public land-grant research university near Clemson, South Carolina.
See 1889 and Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
See 1889 and Clemson, South Carolina
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 147,284 (2020).
Clifton Webb
Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966), known professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, singer, and dancer.
Collett E. Woolman
Collett Everman Woolman (October 8, 1889 – September 11, 1966), commonly known as "Wooly" to his employees, was an airline entrepreneur best known as the founder of Delta Air Lines.
See 1889 and Collett E. Woolman
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.
Conrad Aiken
Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952.
Cordite
Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant.
See 1889 and Cordite
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.
See 1889 and Cornwall, New York
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.
Coup d'état
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904.
See 1889 and Dahomey
Daniel E. Barbey
Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey (23 December 1889 – 11 March 1969) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II.
December 31
It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day.
Deodoro da Fonseca
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (5 August 1827 – 23 August 1892) was a Brazilian politician and military officer who served as the first president of Brazil.
See 1889 and Deodoro da Fonseca
DeWitt Wallace
William Roy DeWitt Wallace (November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1981), publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher.
Double bass
The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass).
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor who appeared regularly in films from the early 1930s.
See 1889 and Douglass Dumbrille
Downtown Seattle
Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington.
Edgar Adrian
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (30 November 1889 – 4 August 1977) was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons.
Edith Tolkien
Edith Mary Tolkien (Bratt; 21 January 1889 – 29 November 1971) was an Englishwoman known as the wife of the academic, philologist, poet, and novelist J. R. R. Tolkien.
Eduardo Gutiérrez
Eduardo Gutiérrez (15 July 1851 – 2 August 1889) was an Argentine writer.
See 1889 and Eduardo Gutiérrez
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer.
Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
See 1889 and Egypt
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France.
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.
See 1889 and Electric power transmission
Elon University
Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina.
Emperor of Ethiopia
The emperor of Ethiopia (nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975.
See 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia
Enabling Act of 1889
The Enabling Act of 1889 (chs. 180, 276–284, enacted February 22, 1889) is a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America, as well as the splitting of Territory of Dakota into two states: North Dakota and South Dakota.
See 1889 and Enabling Act of 1889
Eritrea
Eritrea (or; Ertra), 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.
See 1889 and Eritrea
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories.
See 1889 and Erle Stanley Gardner
Ernest Marsden
Sir Ernest Marsden (19 February 1889 – 15 December 1970) was an English-New Zealand physicist.
Ernest Tyldesley
George Ernest Tyldesley (5 February 1889 – 5 May 1962) was an English cricketer.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.
Eugene Pallette
Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor who worked in both the silent and sound eras, performing in more than 240 productions between 1913 and 1946.
Exposition Universelle (1889)
The italic of 1889, better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889.
See 1889 and Exposition Universelle (1889)
Fascism
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.
See 1889 and Fascism
Father Damien
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai or Saint Damien De Veuster (Pater Damiaan or Heilige Damiaan van Molokai; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious institute.
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 Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.
See 1889 and Federation of Australia
Felice Varesi
Felice Varesi (1813 in Calais – 13 March 1889 in Milan) was a French-born Italian baritone with an illustrious singing career that began in the 1830s and extended into the 1860s.
Finno-Ugric languages
Finno-Ugric is a traditional grouping of all languages in the Uralic language family except the Samoyedic languages.
See 1889 and Finno-Ugric languages
First Lady of the United States
First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office.
See 1889 and First Lady of the United States
Flag of Brazil
The national flag of Brazil (bandeira do Brasil), is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress"), within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
See 1889 and France
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.
French Congo
The French Congo (Congo français) or Middle Congo (Moyen-Congo) was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo and parts of Gabon, and the Central African Republic.
Fritz Pfeffer
Friedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer (30 April 1889 – 20 December 1944) was a German dentist and Jewish refugee who hid with Anne Frank and her family and the Van Pels family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
Fusajiro Yamauchi
, originally born as, was a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Yamauchi Nintendo, later known as Nintendo.
See 1889 and Fusajiro Yamauchi
Gabriela Mistral
Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic.
Galerie des machines
The Galerie des machines (officially: Palais des machines) was a pavilion built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
See 1889 and Galerie des machines
Günther Lütjens
Johann Günther Lütjens (25 May 1889 – 27 May 1941) was a German admiral whose military service spanned more than 30 years and two world wars.
George H. Pendleton
George Hunt Pendleton (July 19, 1825November 24, 1889) was an American politician and lawyer.
See 1889 and George H. Pendleton
George Kenney
George Churchill Kenney (August 6, 1889 – August 9, 1977) was a United States Army general during World War II.
George Lohmann
George Alfred Lohmann (2 June 1865 – 1 December 1901) was an English cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time.
George McMillin
George Johnson McMillin (November 25, 1889 – August 29, 1983) was a United States Navy rear admiral who served as the 38th and final naval governor of Guam.
George S. Kaufman
George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic.
See 1889 and George S. Kaufman
Georges Ernest Boulanger
Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (29 April 1837 – 30 September 1891), nicknamed Général Revanche ("General Revenge"), was a French general and politician.
See 1889 and Georges Ernest Boulanger
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
See 1889 and Georgia (U.S. state)
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets.
See 1889 and Gerard Manley Hopkins
Ghost Dance
The Ghost Dance (Caddo: Nanissáanah, also called the Ghost Dance of 1890) is a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems.
Gillis Bildt
Baron Didrik Anders Gillis Bildt (16 October 1820 – 22 October 1894) was a Swedish parliamentarian, military officer, and baron who served as the prime minister of Sweden from 1888 to 1889.
Giovanni Bottesini
Giovanni Bottesini (22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889) was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso.
See 1889 and Giovanni Bottesini
Glele
Glele, or Badohou (died December 29, 1889), was the tenth King of Dahomey, ruling from 1858 until his suicide in 1889.
See 1889 and Glele
Gottfried Fuchs
Gottfried Erik Fuchs (3 May 1889 – 25 February 1972), also known as Godfrey Fuchs, was a German Olympic footballer.
Governor of Hawaii
The governor of Hawaii (Ke Kiaʻaina o Hawaiʻi) is the head of government of the U.S. state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6.
See 1889 and Governor of Hawaii
Great Seattle Fire
The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington, on June 6, 1889.
See 1889 and Great Seattle Fire
Great Spokane Fire
The Great Spokane Fire—known locally as The Great Fire—was a major fire which affected downtown Spokane, Washington (called "Spokane Falls" at the time) on August 4, 1889.
See 1889 and Great Spokane Fire
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.
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 of the Estates from 1859 to 1866 and the Andra kammar (Lower house) of the Riksdag from 1870 to 1900, a minister of finance from 1874 to 1875, a minister for foreign affairs in 1889, and a prime minister from 1889 to 1891.
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.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Guthrie is a city and county seat in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex.
See 1889 and Guthrie, Oklahoma
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 different sports.
Han van Meegeren
Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren (10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.
Hanafuda
(flower cards) are a type of Japanese playing cards.
Hannes Kolehmainen
Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (9 December 1889 – 11 January 1966) was a Finnish four-time Olympic gold medalist and a world record holder in middle- and long-distance running.
See 1889 and Hannes Kolehmainen
Hans Meyer (geographer)
Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (22 March 1858 – 5 July 1929) was a German geographer from Hildburghausen, who was the son of publisher Herrmann Julius Meyer (1826–1909).
See 1889 and Hans Meyer (geographer)
Hans-Jürgen von Arnim
Hans-Jürgen Bernard Theodor von Arnim (4 April 1889 – 1 September 1962) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several armies and was the last commander of Axis forces in North Africa.
See 1889 and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim
Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar is an American monthly women's fashion magazine.
Harry Nyquist
Harry Nyquist (February 7, 1889 – April 4, 1976) was a Swedish-American physicist and electronic engineer who made important contributions to communication theory.
Hawthorne C. Gray
Hawthorne Charles Gray (February 16, 1889 – November 4, 1927) was a captain in the United States Army Air Corps.
See 1889 and Hawthorne C. Gray
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Henry Yule
Colonel Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer.
Herman Bing
Herman Bing (March 30, 1889 – January 9, 1947) was a German-American character actor.
Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was an American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting.
High-voltage direct current
A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system uses direct current (DC) for electric power transmission, in contrast with the more common alternating current (AC) transmission systems.
See 1889 and High-voltage direct current
Hiroaki Abe
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Hofburg
The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria.
See 1889 and Hofburg
Homer S. Ferguson
Homer Samuel Ferguson (February 25, 1889December 17, 1982) was an American attorney, professor, judge, United States senator from Michigan, Ambassador to the Philippines, and later a judge on the United States Court of Military Appeals.
See 1889 and Homer S. Ferguson
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (translit, Ihor Ivanovych Sikorskyi; 25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972)Fortier, Rénald.
Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison
The inauguration of Benjamin Harrison as the 23rd president of the United States took place on Monday, March 4, 1889, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 26th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of Benjamin Harrison as president and Levi P.
See 1889 and Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison
Incorporation (business)
Incorporation is the formation of a new corporation.
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Information theory
Information theory is the mathematical study of the quantification, storage, and communication of information.
See 1889 and Information theory
International Workers Congresses of Paris, 1889
The first meetings of the Second International were held in Paris, beginning on July 14, 1889, on the centenary of the storming of the Bastille.
See 1889 and International Workers Congresses of Paris, 1889
Interurban
The interurban (or radial railway in Canada) is a type of electric railway, with tram-like electric self-propelled railcars which run within and between cities or towns.
Ioan Dumitrache
Ioan Dumitrache (25 August 1889 – 6 March 1977) was a Romanian major general during World War II, in command of the 2nd Mountain Division.
Isabel Randolph
Isabel Randolph (born Isabelle Elfreda Mair; December 4, 1889 – January 11, 1973) was an American character actress in radio and film from the 1940s through the 1960s and in television from the early 1950s to the middle 1960s.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
See 1889 and Islam
J. J. Ferris
John James Ferris (21 May 1867 – 17 November 1900), a left-arm swing bowler, was one of the few cricketers to play Test cricket for more than one country.
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist.
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.
James Prescott Joule
James Prescott Joule (24 December 1818 11 October 1889) was an English physicist, mathematician and brewer, born in Salford, Lancashire.
See 1889 and James Prescott Joule
January 1
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years).
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, author and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century.
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic.
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (2 February 1889 – 11 January 1952) was a French général d'armée during World War II and the First Indochina War.
See 1889 and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotegipe
João Maurício Vanderlei or Wanderley, first and only baron of Cotegipe (October 23, 1815 – February 13, 1889), was a Brazilian magistrate and politician of the Conservative Party.
See 1889 and João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotegipe
John Ericsson
John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American engineer and inventor.
John F. Hartranft
John Frederick Hartranft (December 16, 1830 – October 17, 1889) was an American politician and military officer who read the death warrant to the individuals who were executed on July 7, 1865, for conspiring to assassinate American President Abraham Lincoln.
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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.
John Morton-Finney
John Morton-Finney (June 25, 1889 – January 28, 1998) was an American civil rights activist, lawyer, and educator who earned eleven academic degrees, including five law degrees.
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Johnny Briggs (cricketer)
Johnny Briggs (3 October 1862 – 11 January 1902) was an English left arm spin bowler who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 and remains the second-highest wicket-taker in the county's history after Brian Statham.
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Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
See 1889 and Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Jukebox
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that plays a patron's selection from self-contained media.
See 1889 and Jukebox
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
Julia Gardiner Tyler
Julia Tyler (Gardiner; May 4, 1820 – July 10, 1889) was the first lady of the United States from June 26, 1844, to March 4, 1845, as the second wife of President John Tyler.
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June
June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars—the latter the most widely used calendar in the world.
See 1889 and June
Kanoko Okamoto
, born, was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhist scholar active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan.
Karel Doorman
Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman (23 April 1889 – 28 February 1942) was a Dutch naval officer who during World War II commanded remnants of the short-lived American-British-Dutch-Australian Command naval strike forces in the Battle of the Java Sea.
Kōichi Kido
Marquess (July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Hirohito throughout World War II.
Kermit Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt Sr. MC (October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943) was an American businessman, soldier, explorer, and writer.
La Solidaridad
La Solidaridad (The Solidarity) was an organization created in Spain on December 13, 1888.
Land Rush of 1889
The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the first land run into the Unassigned Lands of former Indian Territory, which had earlier been assigned to the Creek and Seminole peoples.
See 1889 and Land Rush of 1889
Leatherman (vagabond)
The Leatherman (born Jules Bourglay (unconfirmed)? 1839–1889) was a vagabond famous for his handmade leather suit of clothes who traveled through the northeastern United States on a regular circuit between the Connecticut River and the Hudson River from roughly 1857 to 1889.
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Lebanon
Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.
See 1889 and Lebanon
Lei Áurea
The Lei Áurea (Golden Law), officially Law No.
Leprosy
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.
See 1889 and Leprosy
List of Brazilian royal consorts
The consorts of Brazil were the spouses of the reigning monarchs, using the titles of Queen of Brazil or Empress of Brazil from the establishment of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in 1815 to the abolition of the Empire of Brazil in 1889.
See 1889 and List of Brazilian royal consorts
List of governors of Guam
The governor of Guam (I Maga'låhen / Maga'håga Guåhan) is the head of government of Guam and the commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard, whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Island (formerly the State of the Territory) addresses to the Guam Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that Guam's public laws are enforced.
See 1889 and List of governors of Guam
List of monarchs of Brazil
The monarchs of Brazil (Portuguese: monarcas do Brasil) were the imperial heads of state and hereditary rulers of Brazil from the House of Braganza that reigned from the creation of the Brazilian monarchy in 1815 as a constituent kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves until the republican coup d'état that overthrew the Empire of Brazil in 1889.
See 1889 and List of monarchs of Brazil
List of prime ministers of India
The prime minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of India and chair of the Union Council of Ministers.
See 1889 and List of prime ministers of India
List of tallest buildings and structures
The world's tallest human-made structure is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
See 1889 and List of tallest buildings and structures
London Prize Ring Rules
The London Prize Ring Rules were a list of boxing rules promulgated in 1838 and revised in 1853.
See 1889 and London Prize Ring Rules
Louis Faidherbe
Louis Léon César Faidherbe (3 June 1818 – 29 September 1889) was a French general and colonial administrator.
Louise, Princess Royal
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar; 20 February 1867 – 4 January 1931) was the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom; she was a younger sister of King George V. Louise was given the title of Princess Royal in 1905.
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Luís I of Portugal
Dom Luís I (31 October 1838 – 19 October 1889), known as the Popular (Portuguese: o Popular) was King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889.
See 1889 and Luís I of Portugal
Lucy Webb Hayes
Lucy Ware Hayes (née Webb; August 28, 1831 – June 25, 1889) was the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and served as first lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881.
Ludwig Purtscheller
Ludwig Purtscheller (6 October 1849 – 3 March 1900) was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.
See 1889 and Ludwig Wittgenstein
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (pen names, Corinne and Cornelia; July 13, 1825 – May 28, 1898) was an American writer, translator, and anti-suffragist.
See 1889 and Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren
Mahdist War
The Mahdist War (ath-Thawra al-Mahdiyya; 1881–1899) was a war between the Mahdist Sudanese, led by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah, who had proclaimed himself the "Mahdi" of Islam (the "Guided One"), and the forces of the Khedivate of Egypt, initially, and later the forces of Britain.
Manuel II of Portugal
Dom Manuel II (15 November 1889 – 2 July 1932), "the Patriot" ("o Patriota") or "the Unfortunate" ("o Desventurado"), was the last King of Portugal, ascending the throne after the assassination of his father, King Carlos I, and his elder brother, Luís Filipe, the Prince Royal.
See 1889 and Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche (21 April 1889 – 15 August 1967) was a Peruvian politician and banker who served twice as President of Peru.
See 1889 and Manuel Prado Ugarteche
María Capovilla
María Esther Heredia Lecaro de Capovilla, known internationally as María Capovilla (14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006), was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian, and, at the time of her death at age 116 years, 347 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person.
Margaret Chung
Margaret Jessie Chung (–), born in Santa Barbara, California, was the first known American-born Chinese female physician.
Margherita of Savoy
Margherita of Savoy (Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna; 20 November 1851 – 4 January 1926) was Queen of Italy by marriage to her first cousin King Umberto I of Italy.
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Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Burnet Rambeau (July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970) was an American film and stage actress.
Marshal of France
Marshal of France (Maréchal de France, plural Maréchaux de France) is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements.
See 1889 and Marshal of France
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union (Marshal sovetskogo soyuza) was the second-highest military rank of the Soviet Union.
See 1889 and Marshal of the Soviet Union
Martha Wentworth
Verna Martha Wentworth (June 2, 1889 – March 8, 1974) was an American actress.
Marthe Richard
Marthe Richard (Betenfeld; 15 August 1889 in Blâmont – 9 February 1982) was a French prostitute and spy.
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism.
Mary Dominis
Mary Lambert Jones Dominis (August 3, 1803 – April 25, 1889) was an American settler of Hawaii and the first mistress of Washington Place in Honolulu.
Mary Louise Booth
Mary Louise Booth (April 19, 1831March 5, 1889) was an American editor, translator, and writer.
See 1889 and Mary Louise Booth
Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer)
, was a Lieutenant General and commander in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
See 1889 and Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer)
Mayerling
Mayerling is a small village (pop. 200) in Lower Austria belonging to the municipality of Alland in the district of Baden.
Mayerling incident
The Mayerling incident is the series of events surrounding the apparent murder–suicide pact of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his lover, baroness Mary Vetsera.
See 1889 and Mayerling incident
Mayor of New Orleans
The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the 1803 acquisition by the U.S. of of the French province La Louisiane.
See 1889 and Mayor of New Orleans
Medal 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.
Meiji Constitution
The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國憲法; Shinjitai: 大日本帝国憲法), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (明治憲法, Meiji Kenpō), was the constitution of the Empire of Japan which was proclaimed on February 11, 1889, and remained in force between November 29, 1890, and May 2, 1947.
See 1889 and Meiji Constitution
Menelik II
Menelik II (ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ; horse name Abba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913.
Michel Eugène Chevreul
Michel Eugène Chevreul (31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work contributed to significant developments in science, medicine, and art.
See 1889 and Michel Eugène Chevreul
Michelin
Michelin, in full i ("General Company of the Michelin Enterprises P.L.S."), is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région of France.
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu (born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet from Moldavia, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet.
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (p; –), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name Nikolai Shchedrin (Николай Щедрин), was a major Russian writer and satirist of the 19th century.
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Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (12 January 1889 – 8 November 1965) was the second caliph (خليفة المسيح الثاني, khalīfatul masīh al-thāni), leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the eldest son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad from his second wife, Nusrat Jahan Begum.
See 1889 and Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam.
See 1889 and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Mississippi
Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Moisés Ville
Moisés Ville (מאָזעסוויל) is a small town (comuna) in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, founded on 23 October 1889 by Eastern European and Russian Jews escaping pogroms and persecution.
Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.
Montana
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
See 1889 and Montana
Moroni Olsen
Moroni Olsen (June 27, 1889November 22, 1954) was an American actor.
Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, on Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection of, and terminus of Rue Blanche.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania.
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Mount Pleasant Mail Centre
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.
See 1889 and Mount Pleasant Mail Centre
Murray Kinnell
Murray Kinnell (24 July 1889 – 11 August 1954) was a British-born American actor, recognized for playing smooth, gentlemanly, although rather shady characters.
National Diet
The is the national legislature of Japan.
Native Hawaiians
Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians; kānaka, kānaka ʻōiwi, Kānaka Maoli, and Hawaiʻi maoli) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands.
Natural History Museum, Vienna
The Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria.
See 1889 and Natural History Museum, Vienna
Naval Defence Act 1889
The Naval Defence Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 8) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
See 1889 and Naval Defence Act 1889
Neapolitan cuisine
Neapolitan cuisine has ancient historical roots that date back to the Greco-Roman period, which was enriched over the centuries by the influence of the different cultures that controlled Naples and its kingdoms, such as that of Aragon and France.
See 1889 and Neapolitan cuisine
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within.
Nevada
Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.
See 1889 and Nevada
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
New unionism
New unionism is a term used to describe moves to broaden the trade union agenda.
New York Military Academy
New York Military Academy (NYMA) is a college preparatory, co-ed boarding school in the suburban town of Cornwall, north of New York City, and one of the oldest military schools in the United States.
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Nezihe Muhiddin
Nezihe Muhiddin Tepedelengil (1889 – 10 February 1958) was a Turkish women's rights activist, suffragette, journalist, writer and political leader.
Nick LaRocca
Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca (April 11, 1889 – February 22, 1961), was an American early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band, who is credited by some as being "the father of modern jazz".
Nile
The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.
See 1889 and Nile
Nintendo
is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.
See 1889 and Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).
See 1889 and Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.
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Norman Scott (admiral)
Norman (Nicholas) Scott (August 10, 1889 – November 13, 1942) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.
See 1889 and Norman Scott (admiral)
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
North Dakota
North Dakota is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux.
November
November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Oei Hui-lan
Oei Hui-lan (21 December 1889 – 1992), known as Madame Wellington Koo, was a Chinese-Indonesian international socialite and style icon, and, from late 1926 until 1927, the First Lady of the Republic of China.
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Olave Baden-Powell
Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell (née Soames; 22 February 1889 – 25 June 1977) was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (the founder of Scouting and co-founder of Girl Guides).
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Oren E. Long
Oren Ethelbirt Long (March 4, 1889 – May 6, 1965) was an American politician who served as the tenth Territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1951 to 1953.
Otto Frank
Otto Heinrich Frank (12 May 1889 – 19 August 1980) was the father of Anne Frank.
Ouyang Yuqian
Ouyang Yuqian (May 12, 1889 – September 21, 1962) was a Chinese playwright, Peking opera actor and writer, film screenwriter and director, and drama educator.
Pan-American Conference
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.
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Panama Canal
The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.
Paul Karrer
Professor Paul Karrer FRS FRSE FCS (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins.
Pearl White
Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress.
Pedro II of Brazil
Dom PedroII (2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed the Magnanimous (O Magnânimo), was the second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
Philip Noel-Baker
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, (1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament.
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Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl
Major Pieter Voltelyn Graham "P.
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Pizza Margherita
Pizza Margherita or Margherita pizza is a typical Neapolitan pizza, roundish in shape with a raised edge (the cornicione) and garnished with hand-crushed peeled tomatoes, mozzarella (buffalo mozzarella or fior di latte), fresh basil leaves, and extra virgin olive oil.
Playing card
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.
President of Finland
The president of the Republic of Finland (Suomen tasavallan presidentti; republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland.
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President of Hungary
The President of Hungary, officially the President of the RepublicUnder the Basic Law, adopted in 2011, the official name of the state is simply Hungary; Before, the state was called the Republic of Hungary.
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President of Mexico
The president of Mexico (Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States (Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico.
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President of Peru
The President of Peru (Presidente del Perú), officially called the Constitutional President of the Republic of Peru (presidente constitucional de la República del Perú), is the head of state and head of government of Peru.
See 1889 and President of Peru
President of the Confederate States of America
The president of the Confederate States was the head of state and head of government of the Confederate States.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
See 1889 and President of the United States
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England.
See 1889 and Preston North End F.C.
Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act 1889
The Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act 1889, commonly known as the Children's Charter, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was).
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Prime Minister of Finland
The prime minister of Finland (Suomen pääministeri) is the leader of the Finnish Government.
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Prime Minister of Sweden
The prime minister of Sweden (statsminister literally translates as "minister of state") is the head of government of the Kingdom of Sweden.
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Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland
Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (Erik Gustav Ludvig Albert; 20 April 1889 – 20 September 1918) was a Swedish and Norwegian prince.
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Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa; 25 July 1797 – 6 April 1889) was the wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son, of George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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Priscilla Cooper Tyler
Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler (June 14, 1816 – December 29, 1889) was the official White House hostess and first lady of the United States from 1841 to 1844.
See 1889 and Priscilla Cooper Tyler
Punjab Province (British India)
The Punjab Province was a province of British India.
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R. G. Collingwood
Robin George Collingwood (22 February 1889 – 9 January 1943) was an English philosopher, historian and archaeologist.
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Raffaele Esposito
Raffaele Esposito was an Italian chef and owner of a tavern in Naples called Pizzeria di Pietro e basta così in the 19th century that had been founded in 1780 by Pietro Colicchio.
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Ralph Craig
Ralph Cook Craig (June 21, 1889 – July 21, 1972) was an American track and field athlete.
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year.
Recreativo de Huelva
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain.
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Red Sea
The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
See 1889 and Red Sea
Reggie Walker (sprinter)
Reginald Edgar Walker (16 March 1889 in Durban – 5 November 1951) was a South African athlete and the 1908 Olympic champion in the 100 metres.
See 1889 and Reggie Walker (sprinter)
René Thury
René Thury (7 August 1860 – 23 April 1938) was a Swiss pioneer in electrical engineering.
Richard O'Connor
General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, (21 August 1889 – 17 June 1981) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars, and commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of the Second World War.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Risto Ryti
Risto Heikki Ryti (3 February 1889 – 25 October 1956) was a Finnish politician who served as the fifth president of Finland from 1940 to 1944.
Robert A. Taft
Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family.
Robert Browning
Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets.
Robert Dunsmuir
Robert Dunsmuir (August 31, 1825April 12, 1889) was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman and politician.
Robert Maestri
Robert Sidney Maestri (December 11, 1899 – May 6, 1974) was mayor of New Orleans from 1936 to 1946 and a key ally of Huey P. Long Jr.
Rodrigo Augusto da Silva
Rodrigo Augusto da Silva (7 December 1833 — 17 October 1889), nicknamed "the diplomat", was a politician, diplomat, lawyer, monarchist and journalist of the Empire of Brazil.
See 1889 and Rodrigo Augusto da Silva
Ronald Fairbairn
William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn FRSE (11 August 1889 – 31 December 1964) was a Scottish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and a central figure in the development of the Object Relations Theory of psychoanalysis.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sisi).
See 1889 and Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence ("Saint-Rémy of Provence"; Provençal: Sant Romieg de Provença and Sant Roumié de Prouvènço) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.
See 1889 and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James Woods (13 April 1867 – 30 April 1931) was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain.
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.
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
Savoy Hotel
The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England.
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral (24 April 1823 – 21 April 1889) was a Mexican liberal politician and jurist who served as the 27th president of Mexico from 1872 to 1876.
See 1889 and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Second International
The Second International, also called the Socialist International, was an organisation of socialist and labour parties, formed on 14 July 1889 at two simultaneous Paris meetings in which delegations from twenty countries participated.
See 1889 and Second International
Sergei Bobokhov
Sergei Nikolaevich Bobokhov (Сергей Николаевич Бобохов; 1858 – 16 November 1889) was a Russian revolutionary, who committed suicide as a protest against the flogging of woman comrade in Siberia.
Sessue Hayakawa
, known professionally as, was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol.
Shōji Nishimura
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
See 1889 and Sheffield United F.C.
Shigeyoshi Inoue
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Shiro Kawase
was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889
A total solar eclipse occurred on January 1, 1889.
See 1889 and Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889
Solar eclipse of June 28, 1889
An annular solar eclipse occurred on June 28, 1889.
See 1889 and Solar eclipse of June 28, 1889
Solar Saros 125
Saros cycle series 125 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 eclipses, 40 of which are umbral (4 total, 2 hybrid, and 34 annular).
Solomon Bundy
Solomon Bundy (May 22, 1823 – January 13, 1889) was an American attorney and politician, a United States representative from New York.
South Dakota
South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.
South Fork Dam
The South Fork Dam was an earthenwork dam forming Lake Conemaugh (formerly Western Reservoir, also known as the Old Reservoir and Three Mile Dam, a misnomer), an artificial body of water near South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States.
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is the most populous city in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.
See 1889 and Spokane, Washington
Stanley Matthews (judge)
Thomas Stanley Matthews (July 21, 1824 – March 22, 1889), known as Stanley Matthews in adulthood, was an American attorney, soldier, judge and Republican senator from Ohio who became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from May 1881 to his death in 1889.
See 1889 and Stanley Matthews (judge)
Strike action
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike and industrial action in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.
See 1889 and Sudan
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian, sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian, is a person who is 110 years or older.
Susan Catherine Koerner Wright
Susan Catherine Koerner Wright (April 30, 1831 – July 4, 1889) was the mother of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright, and wife of Milton Wright.
See 1889 and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright
Suzanne Duchamp
Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (20 October 1889 – 11 September 1963) was a French Dadaist painter, collagist, sculptor, and draughtsman.
Swarm behaviour
Swarm behaviour, or swarming, is a collective behaviour exhibited by entities, particularly animals, of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
See 1889 and Sweden
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
The Symphony No.
See 1889 and Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
Tabulating machine
The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards.
See 1889 and Tabulating machine
Taha Hussein
Taha Hussein (طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was among the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a leading figure of the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab world.
Takeo Itō
was a war criminal in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Takeo Kurita
was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.
Tenterfield Oration
The Tenterfield Oration was a speech given by Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of the Colony of New South Wales at the Tenterfield School of Arts in Tenterfield, in rural New South Wales, Australia, on 24 October 1889.
See 1889 and Tenterfield Oration
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies
Dona Teresa Cristina (14 March 182228 December 1889), nicknamed "the Mother of the Brazilians", was Empress of Brazil as the consort of Emperor Dom Pedro II from their marriage on 30 May 1843 until 15 November 1889, when the monarchy was abolished.
See 1889 and Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies
Tetsuro Watsuji
was a Japanese historian and moral philosopher.
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational corporation founded in 1892.
See 1889 and The Coca-Cola Company
The Dakotas
The Dakotas, also known as simply Dakota, is a collective term for the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Starry Night
The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh, painted in June 1889.
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
See 1889 and The Wall Street Journal
Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker.
See 1889 and Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
Thomas Midgley Jr.
Thomas Midgley Jr. (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) was an American mechanical and chemical engineer.
See 1889 and Thomas Midgley Jr.
Tire
A tire (North American English) or tyre (Commonwealth English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which the wheel travels.
See 1889 and Tire
Tony Jannus
Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (July 22, 1889 – October 12, 1916), was an early American pilot whose aerial exploits were widely publicized in aviation's pre-World War I period.
Tram-train
A tram-train is a type of light rail vehicle that both meets the standards of a light rail system, and also national mainline standards.
Troy H. Middleton
Lieutenant General Troy Houston Middleton (12 October 1889 – 9 October 1976) was a distinguished educator and senior officer of the United States Army who served as a corps commander in the European Theatre during World War II and later as president of Louisiana State University (LSU).
See 1889 and Troy H. Middleton
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud
Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (12 September 1889 – 11 February 1942) was a Maltese politician, the 3rd Prime Minister of Malta under British home rule, and the first to serve a full term in power.
See 1889 and Ugo Pasquale Mifsud
Vasily Blyukher
Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (Vasiliy Konstantinovich Blyukher; 1 December 1889 – 9 November 1938) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Victor Fleming
Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer.
Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.
See 1889 and Vienna
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
Vision (spirituality)
A vision is something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy, especially a supernatural appearance that usually conveys a revelation.
See 1889 and Vision (spirituality)
Volney Howard
Volney Erskine Howard (October 22, 1809 – May 14, 1889) was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist.
Walter Baldwin
Walter Smith Baldwin Jr. (January 2, 1889 − January 27, 1977) was an American character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances.
Walton Walker
Walton Harris Walker (December 3, 1889 – December 23, 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying in a jeep accident.
Warner Baxter
Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
See 1889 and Washington (state)
Wham Paymaster robbery
The Wham Paymaster robbery was an armed robbery of a United States Army paymaster and his escort on May 11, 1889, in the Arizona Territory.
See 1889 and Wham Paymaster robbery
Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.
Willamette River
The Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow.
William Allingham
William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish poet, diarist and editor.
See 1889 and William Allingham
William S. Harney
William Selby Harney (August 22, 1800 – May 9, 1889), otherwise known among the Lakota as "Woman Killer" and "Mad Bear," was an American cavalry officer in the US Army, who became known during the Indian Wars and the Mexican–American War for his brutality and ruthlessness.
See 1889 and William S. Harney
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.
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season".
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, or simply Wisden, colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom.
See 1889 and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wovoka
Wovoka (– September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Paiute religious leader who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement.
See 1889 and Wovoka
Wright brothers
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.
Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.
Yohannes IV
Yohannes IV (Tigrinya: ዮሓንስ ፬ይ Rabaiy Yōḥānnes; horse name Abba Bezbiz also known as Kahśsai; born Lij Kahssai Mercha; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to his death in 1889 at the Battle of Gallabat, and king of Tigray from 1869 to 1871.
Youssef Bey Karam
Youssef Bey Karam (يوسف بك كرم, also Joseph Bey Karam; May 15, 1823 – April 7, 1889) was a Lebanese Maronite notable for fighting in the 1860 civil conflict and leading a rebellion in 1866–1867 against Ottoman rule in Mount Lebanon.
See 1889 and Youssef Bey Karam
Zoltán Tildy
Zoltán Tildy (18 November 1889 – 3 August 1961), was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1946 and president from 1946 until 1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed communists.
1800
As of March 1 (O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 (O.S. February 16), 1900.
See 1889 and 1800
1816
This year was known as the Year Without a Summer, because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in some locations.
See 1889 and 1816
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
See 1889 and 1830
1844
In the Philippines, this was the only leap year with 365 days, when Tuesday, December 31 was skipped as Monday, December 30 was immediately followed by Wednesday, January 1, 1845, the next day after.
See 1889 and 1844
1848
1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the political and philosophical landscape and had major ramifications throughout the rest of the century.
See 1889 and 1848
1888–89 Football League
The 1888–89 Football League was the first edition of the Football League, which ran from the autumn of 1888 until the spring of 1889.
See 1889 and 1888–89 Football League
1889 Apia cyclone
The 1889 Apia cyclone was a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific Ocean, which swept across Apia, Samoa on March 15, 1889, during the Samoan crisis.
See 1889 and 1889 Apia cyclone
1889 London dock strike
The 1889 London dock strike was an industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London.
See 1889 and 1889 London dock strike
1889–1890 pandemic
The 1889–1890 pandemic, often referred to as the "Asiatic flu" or "Russian flu", was a worldwide respiratory viral pandemic.
See 1889 and 1889–1890 pandemic
1915
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
See 1889 and 1915
1916
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
See 1889 and 1916
1918
The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year.
See 1889 and 1918
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
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1941
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million.
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1942
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million.
See 1889 and 1942
1943
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
See 1889 and 1943
1944
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
See 1889 and 1944
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.
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1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
See 1889 and 1947
1957
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
See 1889 and 1960
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
See 1889 and 1962
1969
1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
See 1889 and 1969
1971
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
See 1889 and 1971
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.
See 1889 and 1972
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal.
See 1889 and 1974
1975
It was also declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
See 1889 and 1975
1978
#.
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1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
See 1889 and 1983
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
See 1889 and 1992
1998
1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.
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2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
See 1889 and 2006
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