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== Events ==
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* [[January 15]] – [[The Coca-Cola Company]] is originally [[Incorporation (business)|incorporated]] as the Pemberton Medicine Company in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
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* [[January 30]] – [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria]] and his mistress [[Baroness Mary Vetsera]] commit a double suicide (or a murder-suicide) in the [[Mayerling]] hunting lodge.
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* [[February 11]] – The [[Meiji Constitution]] of Japan is adopted; the 1st [[Diet of Japan]] convenes in [[1890]].
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* [[March 4]] – [[Benjamin Harrison]] is [[Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison|sworn in]], as the 23rd President of the United States.
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* [[March 15]] – [[Samoan crisis]]: German and American warships keep each other at bay in a standoff in [[Apia]] Harbor, ending when a [[1889 Apia cyclone|cyclone]] blows in and sinks them all.
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* [[March 23]] – Claiming to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] founds the [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslim community in [[Punjab Province (British India)]].
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* [[March 31]] – The [[Eiffel Tower]] is inaugurated in Paris (opens [[May 6]]). At {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}}, its height exceeds the previous [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest structure in the world]] by {{convert|130|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Contemporary critics regard it as aesthetically displeasing.
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* [[April 1]] – Following a failed attempt at a coup, French defense minister [[Georges Boulanger]] is forced to flee the country.
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* [[April 10]] – The Hammarby Roddförening (later [[Hammarby IF]]) sports club is founded in [[Sweden]].
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* May – [[1889–1890 pandemic]] of influenza first reported in the city of [[Bukhara]] in the [[Central Asia]]n part of the Russian Empire.
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* [[May 2]] – [[Menelik II]], Emperor of [[Ethiopia]], signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over what will become [[Eritrea]].
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* [[May 6]] – The [[Exposition Universelle (1889)|Exposition Universelle]] opens in Paris, with the [[Eiffel Tower]] as its entrance arch. The [[Galerie des machines]], at {{convert|111|m|ft|abbr=on}}, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time.
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* [[May 28]] – Rubber [[tire]] company [[Michelin]] is registered by [[Édouard Michelin (industrialist)|Édouard]] and [[André Michelin]] in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[France]].
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* [[May 31]] - The [[Naval Defence Act 1889|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.
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* [[June 3]] – The first long distance [[electric power transmission]] line in the United States is completed, running {{convert|14|mi|km}} between a generator at [[Willamette River|Willamette Falls]] and downtown [[Portland, Oregon]].
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* [[June 12]] – The [[Armagh rail disaster]] near [[Armagh]] in Ireland kills 80 people.
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* [[July 8]] - The first issue of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' is published in New York City.
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* [[July 14]] – [[International Workers Congresses of Paris, 1889|International Workers Congresses of Paris]] open, and establish the [[Second International]].
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* [[August 3]] – [[Mahdist War]]: [[Battle of Toski]] – [[Egypt]]ian and British troops are victorious.
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* [[August 26]] &ndash; The [[Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act 1889|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]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/may/18/childrensservices2|</ref>
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* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Gustaf Åkerhielm]], previously Swedish Foreign Minister, replaces [[Gillis Bildt]] as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]].
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* [[October 29]] &ndash; The [[British South Africa Company]] receives a Royal Charter.
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* [[November 15]] &ndash; Field Marshal [[Deodoro da Fonseca]] organizes a military [[coup d'état|coup]], which deposes Emperor [[Pedro II of Brazil]] and abolishes the Brazilian [[monarchy]]. Deodoro da Fonseca proclaims Brazil a republic, and forms a provisional government.
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* [[November 17]] &ndash; The [[Brazilian Imperial Family]] is forced into exile in France.
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* [[December 1]] &ndash; The [[1889–1890 pandemic]] of influenza first peaks, in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia.
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Latest revision as of 07:22, 2 March 2021

1879 < 1880 < 1881 < 1882 < 1883 < 1884 < 1885 <1886 < 1887 < 1888 < 1889 > 1890 > 1891 > 1892 > 1893 > 1894 > 1895 > 1896 > 1897 > 1898 > 1899

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Victorian era18401901

 

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==A Quotation== 

Deaths

TitleBornDiedPlace of deathDescription
James Harris25 March 180717 May 1889
John Reith20 July 188920 July 1889Scotland
Edinburgh
First Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Árpád Plesch18891974LawyerHungarian-Jewish lawyer who became rich by fraud during World War 2. Huge collection of esoteric pornography. Mentor of Gianni Agnelli.
Leon Fraser1889US
Boston
Massachusetts
BankerPresident of the Bank of International Settlements 1933-35. Shot himself in April 1945.
H. L. Hunt17 February 1889Illinois
Ramsey
29 November 1974Gambler
Billionaire
Businessperson
Billionaire Texas oil tycoon who joined the US deep state through his involvement in the assassination of JFK.
Laureano Gomez20 February 1889Colombia
Bogotá
13 July 1965PoliticianPresident of Colombia, two of whose sons, Álvaro Gómez Hurtado and Enrique Gomez-Hurtado both were repeat visitors to Le Cercle.
Samuel Bronfman27 February 1889Bessarabia
Russia/Tsarist Russia
10 July 1971Smuggling
Businessperson
Liquor producer who made it big during the US Prohibition. Kept mobster ties afterwards, even while going respectable as a businessman
Clifton Webb8 March 18896 February 1962Diplomat
Politician
Attended the fourth Bilderberg as New Zealand High commissioner to the United Kingdom
Philip Randolph15 April 1889Florida
Crescent City
16 May 1979Activist
Labor unionist
American labor unionist and civil rights activist
Adolf Hitler20 April 1889Austria-Hungary
Braunau am Inn
30 April 1945Politician
War criminal
=Austrian painter turned German politician. Played a massive role in World War 2.
António de Oliveira Salazar28 April 1889Portugal
Vimieiro
Santa Comba Dão
27 July 1970Politician
Economist
Francis Spellman4 May 1889United States
Massachusetts
Whitman
2 December 1967ClergyArchbishop of New York 1939-1967 and protector of Ivan Illich.
W. Randolph Burgess7 May 1889US
Rhode Island
Newport
16 September 1978Diplomat
Lawyer
Attended two Bilderbergs in the 1950s as US Ambassador to NATO. Chairman of Atlantic Council.
Clifford Allen9 May 1889Wales
Newport
3 March 1939PoliticianProminent UK pacifist who died in March 1939
Harry Elmer Barnes15 June 1889New York
Auburn
25 August 1968HistorianUS historian
Fernand Van Langenhove30 June 1889Belgium
Moeskroen
29 July 1982
Theodor Max van der Beugel15 July 1889Netherlands
Amsterdam
BankerJewish-Dutch banker "tightly woven into the cobweb of transatlantic financial structures". Father of Ernst van der Beugel
John Reith20 July 1889Scotland
Stonehaven
Kincardineshire
20 July 1889First Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation
Robert A. Taft8 September 1889United States
Ohio
Cincinnati
31 July 1953Politician
Lawyer
Walter Lippmann23 September 1889New York14 December 1974Author
Journalist
Political commentator
A US journalism who coined the phrase "Cold War".
George Douglas Cole25 September 1889United Kingdom
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
14 January 1959
Keith Officer2 October 1889Melbourne
Toorak
21 June 1969DiplomatOne of the founders of the Australian Foreign Service. Single Bilderberg.
Hanford MacNider2 October 1889US
Iowa
Mason City
18 February 1968Soldier
Oreste Pinto9 October 1889Netherlands
Amsterdam
18 September 1961Spook
Jawaharlal Nehru14 November 1889India
North-Western Provinces
27 May 1964Author
Politician
Lawyer
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