1889
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Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s – 1880s – 1890s 1900s 1910s |
Years: | 1886 1887 1888 – 1889 – 1890 1891 1892 |
1889 Media
January 30: Rudolf & Maria at Mayerling.
The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated on March 31, thus becoming the tallest structure in the world
September 23: Nintendo founded as a playing card manufacturer
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1889th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 889th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1889, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Football clubs such as Sheffield United FC were founded in the year 1889.
Events
- Brazil becomes a republic
- 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Paris Exhibition, where the Eiffel tower was first open to the public
- June 14 – the Treaty of Berlin (1889) is signed
Births
- April 9 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist
- September 14 – Maria Esther de Capovilla, Worlds oldest woman (d. 2006)
- Alfonso Reyes
- April 20 – Adolf Hitler
- December 3 - Kshudiram Bose - Indian patriot against British Raj (d. 1908)