Congress advocates increase of U.S. naval powers, death of American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, death of US poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, death of Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi, death of English naturalist Charles Darwin, death of English novelist Anthony Trollope, death of French author and historian Count Gobineau, death of English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, death of Sir Charles W Thomson the Scottish naturalist, death of English economist and logician W.S. Jevons, death of French statesman Leon Gambetta, 50 lynchings begins a trend, US Congress passes Chinese Exclusion Act, Triple alliance against France, Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely in NYC, Prince Milan Obrenovich of Serbia proclaims self king, Kilmainham agreement between Parnel and British government – Feinans murder Lord Frederick Cavendish and TH Burke in Phoenix Park Dublin – terrorist massacres in Maamtrasne, US bans Chinese immigrants for 10 years, Triple Alliance between Italy Austria and Germany, Three-mile limit for territorial waters agreed upon at Hague Convention, British occupy Cairo, RL Stevenson writes “Treasure Island, Becque writes, Ibsen writes, F Anstey writes, Geroge Bernard Shaw writes, Sardou writes, Bakunin’s writing publishe posthumously, Besant writes, Nietzsche writes, Leslie Stephen writes about ethics, Cezanne paints self portrait, Manet paints, Millocker composes, Tchaikovsky writes 1812 Overture, Gounod composes, Rimsky-Korsakov composes, Gilbert and Sullivan create “Iolanthe”, Wagner composes, Berlin Philharmonic founded, Debussy composes, Viennese physician joseph Breuer uses hypnosis to treat hysteria – start of modern psychoanalysis, Edison designs first hydroelectric plant in WI, English engineer Hiram S Maxim patents recoil-operated machine gun, World Expo in Moscow, Queen Victoria gives Epping Forest to the nation, American Baseball Association founded, London Chamber of Commerce established, Charles U in Prague divided into German and Czech institutions, Bank of Japan founded, First issue of Berliner Tageblatt, Sullivan beats Paddy Ryan to win heavyweight boxing championship, Saints meet with Arthur, Arthur signs Edmunds Bill, Poet Longfellow dies, Germany, Italy and Austria form triple alliance, Chinese exclusion act passed, Rockefeller organizes Standard Oil Trust, First US Power plant opened, Edmunds Act passes in Congress, Polygamist arrests increase, disenfranchisement Mar 22, Koch discovers tuberculosis germs, Manet paints and Berlin Philharmonic founded, Edison's Electric Illuminating Co. Supplies power to New York, Attacks on Chinese miners in USA lead to Chinese Exclusion Act, Italy joins Dual Alliance, creating Triple Alliance, Triple alliance formed with Germany, Austria and Italy
1883 Deadly eruption and tsunami combination – Krakatoa kills 36,000 – skies around the world show red skies untiol Feb 1884, Edison invents marketable light bulb, earthquake in Anatolia Turkey, major landslide in Switzerland, Bill Cody (Buffalo Bill) starts performing “Wild West” show – not well received at first – took on new manager (Salisbury) and starts making money, BF Keith creates Boston Museum (Vaudeville) featuring "Baby Alice the Midget Wonder", Ladies Home Journal magazine started, Rebellion on HI leads to temporary occupation, death of English poet Edward Fitzgerald, death of German opera composer Friedrich von Flotow, death of German composer Richard Wagner, death of German composer Robert Volkmann, death of Karl Marx the German political philosopher and socialist, death of Russian author Ivan Turgenev, death of Comte de Chambord heir to French throne, death of French painter and book illustrator Gustave Dore, death of French impressionist painter Edouard Manet, death of English historian JR Green, George Washington Williams publishes “History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880”, HS Maxim invents machine gun, Carl Gustav de Laval develops impulse steam turbine, First steel skyscraper in Chicago, Nietzsche's "Thus Spake Zaratustra", mexican artist José Orozco born, Reform of US Civil Service begins, Paul Kruger named President of South African Republis, Franch gain control of Tunis, death of last male Bourbon Comte de Chambord, Britain evacuates the Sudan, death of English poet Edward Fitzgerald, Olive Schreiner writes, Bjornson writes, Maupassant writes, Renan writes, Berhaeren writes, Zola writes, Lester Ward writes, JR Seeley writes, FH Bradley writes, Nietzsche writes “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, Fabian Society founded in London, Cezanne paints, Renoir paints, Chabrier composes, Metropolitan Opera House in New York opened, Royal College of Music in London founded, Delibes composes in Paris, death of German composer Friedrich von Flotow, English scientist Sir joseph Swan produces synthetic fiber, British scientist William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) writes about the size of atoms, Robert Koch describes method of preventive inoculation against anthrax, Bismarck introduces sickness insurance in Germany, Northern Pacific Railroad Line completed, First skyscraper built in Chicago – 10 stories, Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul makes first run, World Expo in Amsterdam, Brooklyn Bridge NY opens for traffic, End of the Spoils System in US, Tsunamis hit Indonesia, drought hits US Northern Plains, Krakatau erupts August, Karl Marx dies, Composer Wagner dies, Supreme Court passes Dawes act, re: private ownership of Indian land, Pendleton Act establishes Civil Service, Brahms composes, Daimler patents auto motors, Nietzsche writes and Robert ouis Stevenson creates Treasure Island, French culture imposed on African colonies, France begins conquest of Madagascar, Orient Express brings rail travel between Paris and Constantinople, Treaty of Hué leads to creation of French protectorates in Annam and Tongking, Death of Richard Wagner, German composer; Germany passes laws providing worker's insurance; begin small depression in US economy (2 years); Pendleton Actt is liberal victory in US; France withdraws from Egypt, giving control to Britain in return for free hand in Morocco
1884 Bad year for tornadoes in US, Dowager Empress Cixi sacks grand council of China, End of War of the Pacific between Chile, Peru and Bolivia, Davidsboro GA cyclone, earthquake in Spain * Saints meet with Arthur, but he sends out harsh prosecutor, Annie Oakley and husband works for circus for the year – in Dec Annie Oakley meets Buffalo Bill but he refuses to have her in show, Mar - Two steamers crushed by ice in ND, U.S. adopts resolution to not interfere in HI, US – Butch Cassidy – age 18 leaves Circleville UT, death of German dramatist Heinrich Laube, death of German poet Emanuel Geibel, death of Gregor Mendel in Austria, death of Czech composer Bedrich Smetana, death of English poet CS Calvertey, death of English economist and statesman Henry Fawcett, death of Austrian painter Hans Makert, death of American women’s dress reformer Amelia Bloomer, Dowager Empress Cixi gains power in China, Britain Conference partitions colonial Africa, Parson's steam turbine in Britain, General CG Gordon reaches Khartoum – Mahdi refuses to negotiate and occupies Omdurman, London convention on Transvaal, Germans occupy SW Africa, French law excludes members of former dynasties from presidency, Grover Cleveland elected, Berlin conference of 14 nations on African affairs, D’Annunzio writes, Jean Moreas writes, Mark Twain writes Huckleberry Finn, Berlaine writes, Daudes writes, Ibsen writes, Sienkiewicz writes Polish historical novel, Divorce reestablished in France, Kropotkin writes, Herbert Spencer writes, Oxford English Dictionary begins publication, Beroge Bernard Shaw becomes member of the Fabian Society, Seurat paints, Burne-Jones paints, Rodin sculpts, death of Austrian painter Hans Makart, Sacconi creates monument to King Victor Emmanuel II in Rome, Brahms composes, Bruckner composes in Leipzig, Cesar Franck composes, Massenet composes, CV Stanford composes, Gustav Mahler composes, Viktor Nessler composes, Ilya Mechnikov writes phagocyte theory, German physicist Arthur Nicolaier discovers tetanus bacillus, Sir Charles Parsons invents practical steam turbine engine, English physicist Sir Oliver Lodge discovers electrocal precipitation, “Le Matin” in Paris issued, First deep tube (underground railroad) opens in London, Gold discovered in the Transcaal – rise of Johannesburg, Saints meet with Arthur, but he sends out harsh prosecutor, Greenwich Mean Time created, Huckleberry Finn published, Third Reform Act extends British Franchise, Grover Cleveland elected (first time) #22, Knights of Labor win Union Pacific strike, Navajo Reservation created, Skyscraper first started in Chicago May 1, Logan Temple dedicated May 17 (2nd), Pasteur inoculate against rabies, Rodin sculpts, Seurat paints and Twain writes Huckleberry Finn, Berlin Conference on Africa opens, Samori Toure proclaims Islamic theocracy in Africa, Germany annexes northern New Guinea and the Bismark Archipelago, Berlin conference divides Africa between European powers, Construction on first skyscraper in Chicago, Gold rush in Africa's Transvaal region and Boers prepare to fight to keep self-rule, Bismarck of Germany pursues imperialistic powers, french allow organization into trade unions; Germany passes provision in case of factory accidents; Democrat Cleveland first elected; End of Greenback Party's power in US; Huckleberry Finn published; Russia heads into Middle East; trade unions legalized in France; Statue of Liberty created
1885 End of last Burmese dynasty, Conference in Berlin regarding African colonization, Sudanese Muslim leader the Mahdi takes Khartoum from Egypt – General Gordon killed, Foundation of Indian National Congress (India), Third Burmese War begins, German Karl Benz is first to sell motor cars, Canadian Pacific railroad opens, Goldfields open in Papua New Guinea, Hurricane in Puerto Rico, Earthquake in Mexico, Earthquake in Granada Spain, Kashmir India earthquake * Grant writes his summary about belief regarding Mormons, Cleveland speaks about an end to polygamy, Church leaders meet with Cleveland to protest Edmunds Act, Apostles meet with Cleveland and friendships are developed – saints are friendly towards him, Cleveland wants to restrict Mormon Immigration, Sitting Bull joins Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show – but only stays one year, Buffalo Bill’s sharp-shooter loses guns in steamboat accident – Annie Oakley reapplies to work with Buffalo Bill and is hired Apr – Sitting Bull volunteers to adopt Annie Oakley after watching her shoot – dubs her “Watanya Cecilia” (Little Sure Shot), Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado debuts, Congregationalist minister Josiah Strong writes "Our Country" promoting Anglo-American expansion, UT – Actor John Gilbert born in Logan UT, death of Victor Hugo, death of German genre painter Karl Spitzweg, death of French author and journalist Edmond About, death of American poet and novelist Helen Hunt Jackson, death of German-American conductor Leopold Damrosch, death of British soldier Charles G Gordon at the fall of Khartoum, death of English writer of children’s books Juliana Horatia, Sarah Ann Henly tries to commit suicide by jumping off the Avon bridge but skirts slow down her descent died 62 years later, Cuban Giants becomes first African-American baseball team, Belgian King Leopold II claims the Belgian Congo as his personal possession, Karl Benz builds first practical auto, Indian National Congress founded, Daimler creates internal combustion engine and motorcycle, Shoes mass produced in MA, death of Alfonso XII King of Spain, The Mahdi takes Khartoum – General Gordon killed in fighting – British evacuate Sudan and death of the Mahdi, Congo becomes personal possession of King Leopold II of Belgium, Germany annexes Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Grover Cleveland inaugurated #22, Britain establishes protectorate over N Bechuanaland – Niger River region and S New Guiney – occupies Port Hamilton Korea, death of Ulysses S Grant, death of King Alfonso XII of Spain – Maria Christina the Queen becomes regent, Writers – Paul Bourget, Richard Burton writes the Arabian Nights, Mauoassant, George Meredith, George Moore, Walter Pater, Tolstoi , Zola, Becque, H Rider Haggard writes King Solomon’s Mines, death of Victor Hugo, Henry Maine writes about popular government, Karl Marx’s Das Kapital Part 2 published posthumously, Some splinter groups separate from LDS Church – they insist on polygamy, Albert Sorel writes, death of German painter Carl Spitzweg, Van Gogh paints “The Potato Eaters”, Cezanne paints, Brahms composes, Cesar Franck composes, Gilbert and Sullivan create “The Mikado”, Strauss composes, Karl Auer von Welsbach invents the incandescent gas mantle, Pasteur devises rabies vaccine to cure hydrophobia, Sir Francis Glaton proves individuality of fingerprints, Karl Benz builds single-cylinder engine for motor car, George Eastman manufactures coated photographic paper, Cape railroad reaches Kimberlry, First Leipzig Fair, First English electrical tram car in Blackpool, John M Fox of Philadelphia learns about golf and introduces game to America, Grant writes his summary about belief regarding Mormons, Cleveland speaks about an end to polygamy, Church leaders meet with Cleveland to protest Edmunds Act, Apostles meet with Cleveland and friendships are developed – saints are friendly towards him, Cleveland wants to restrict Mormon Immigration, Second part of Marx's Das Kapital published posthumously, Daimler and Benz independently develop gas engines, Pasteur treats boy for rabies, First skyscraper created, Grover Cleveland in office, Feb 21 Washington Monument completed, "test oath" administered in Idaho to prevent polygamists from voting, Feb 1 Pres. Taylor goes "underground", polygamists flee to Mexico, Cézanne paints, first American electric street cars, Brooklyn Bridge, Brahm, Home rule bill for Ireland introduced into British Parliament; decline of Knights of Labor membership as American Federation of Labor organizes; Widespread strikes in US for 8 hour day; Linotype printing introduced; death of Emily Dickinson; negotiation ends conflict between Russia and Afghanistan; Britain rules lower Burma; Primary education in France made compulsorys and Gilbert and Sullivan compose, Indian National Congress formed in Bombay, Métis revolt fails in Saskatchewan, Completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, Bell and others create American Telephone and Telegraph Company, British relieve Africa's Khartoum from Mahdist attack, Daimler and Benz develop automobile in Germany, Japanese migration to Hawaii Peru and USA, Chinese troops defeat French force at Langson, Tension between Austria and Russia over Bulgaria destroys League of Three Emperors, President Taylor goes into hiding, Salisbury replaces Gladstone as Prime Minister of Britain, Bulgarians unite, Alfonso XII of Spain dies and is succeeded next year by posthumous son Alfonso XIII - Queen Maria Christina serves as regent; upturn in US economy for 10 years; Great Britain declared protectorate over Nigeria; Berlin Conference on African Affairs; Congo Free State formed; Russia attacks Afghanistan
1886 Britain annexes Burma in end of Third Burmese War, Gold found in the Transvaal, AFL established, Gladstone’s Home Rule for Ireland bill defeated, Charleston SC earthquake kills 60 est 7.3, Storm in Cornwall England, New Zealand eruption
Apr- Massive tornado in MN, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show with Annie Oakley seen by PT Barnum and Twain and a million others in New York, death of German historian Leopold von Ranke, death of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, death of Russian dramatist Alexander Ostrovski, death of German poet Josef Viktor von Scheffel, death of Chester A Arthur #21, death of Scottish medium Daniel Douglas-Home, death of Hindu saint and teacher Ramakrishna, death of American architect Henry Hobson Richardson, Philippines – Mt Tarawera erupts killing 120, Knights of Labor balloons in membership, partially because of African-Americans joining, death of King Louis II of Bavaria, Mexican artist Diego Rivera born, General Georges Boulanger becomes French War Minister, British Prime Minister WE Gladstone introduces bill for Home Rule in Ireland, birth of King Alfonso III of Spain – his father died the previous year, Bonaparte and Orleans families banished from France, death of King Louis II of Bavaria- Otto I rules but uncle Luitpold becomes regent, Alexander of Bulgaria abdicates after coup d’etat – Stefan Stambulov becomes regent, First Indian National congress meets, Writers: Jenry James, Pierre Loti, Nitzsche, Rimbaud, August Stringberg, Ibsen, Marie Corelli, Andrew Carnegie, Adolf von Harnack, Auguste Fournier, RL Stevenson writes “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, Frances Hodgson Burnett writes “Little Lord Fauntleroy”, death of Russian dramatist Alexander Ostrovski, death of German historian Leopold von Ranke, death of Hindu Mystic Ramakrishna, Karl Marx’s Das Kapital published in English, Richard von Krafft-Ebing publishes “Psychopathia Sexualis”, JS Sargent paints, Seurat paints “Sunday Afternoon on the Grande Jatte”, Eighth and last Inpressionist Expo in Paris, Statue of Liberty dedicated, Max Klinger sculpts buts of Beethoven, Rodin sculpts “The Kiss”, Millais paints, Ferdinand Hodler paints, Charles Mustel of Paris invents the celesta, the element germanium discovered by German chemist Clemens Winkler, French chemist Henri Moissan produces fluorine, Aminopyrine and acitanelide discovered, Ernst von Bergmann uses steam to sterilize surgical instruments, Charles M Hall (USA) and PLT Heroult (FRA) each produce aluminum by electrolysis, hydroelectric installations begun at Niagara Falls, Pasteur Institute in Paris founded, American Federation of Labor founded, Canadian Pacific Railway completed, Severn Tunnel opened, British School of Archaeology opens at Athens, Amateur Golf Championship first played, English Lawn tennis Association founded, death of famed Scottish spiritualist Daniel Dunglas Home – the table mover and reported levitator, Gold discovered near Johannesburg, S Africa, Decade of drought on Great Plains, First Irish Home Rule Bill fails to pass, Gladstone resigns second reign as Prime Minister, Statue of Liberty completed Oct 2, Americans capture Geronimo, American Federation of Labor founded, Presidential Succession Act passed, Haymarket Riot occurs in Chicago protesting for 8 hour day, LDS women protest loss of vote, AFL created, Statue of Liberty created, Nietzsche and Rousseau (Henri) write. Upper Burma annexed by the British, world's first real oil-tanker launched in GER, Britain completes annexation of Burma, Discovery of gold in Transcaal initiates intensive mining in southern Africa
1887 Flat records invented, celluloid invented, Yellow River floods, Bulgaria elects Ferdinand of Coburg king and becomes leading Balkan state, Kaifeng China flood on Yellow River kills between 900 K and 2 million – 2nd deadliest, Attempted assassination of Tsar Alex III by Lenin’s brother * Edmunds-Tucker Act passes Congress – it becomes law without Cleveland’s signature, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show heads for England - During Royal Jubilee, Queen Victoria and other royalty go to see Buffalo Bill and Wild West Show – young Lillian Smith also joins show as sharpshooter – Annie Oakley starts lying about age, Oscar Wilde and crown heads of Europe attend, Annie Oakley gains favor with British which annoys Lillian Smith and Buffalo Bill, after months of conflict Annie Oakley parts company with Wild West Show, Jan - Snowflakes "as large as milk pans" fall in MT, May – Turtle encased in ice falls over Bovina, MS, Interstate Commerce Act, Hatch Act provides money for agricultural experimentation, Pearl Harbor naval base established in HI, death of German philosopher and poet F.T. Vischer, death of German arms manufacturer Alfred Krupp, death of Polish novelist Joseph Ignatius Kraszewski, death of Scottish physicist Balfour Stewart, death of German painter Hans von Marees, death of American poet and essayist Edward Rowland Hill, Ecuador – Cotopaxi erupts killing 1000, Theatre Royale fire in England kills possibly hundreds, Heinrich Hertz generates e-m wave, Earmuffs patented, First Colonial Conference opens in London, Queen Victoria celebrates Golden Jubilee, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg elected King of Bulgaria, Gen. Boulanger fails in coup in Paris, Union Indo-Chinoise organized by France, death of German author FT Vischer, Hall Caine writes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writes “A Study in Scarlet” – first Sherlock Holmes book, Strindberg writes, Thomas Hardy writes, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer writes, Herman Suderman writes, Sardou writes “La Tosca” play, Antoine founds Theatre Libre in Paris, Sir Thomas More beatified by Pope Leo XIII, I Donnelly writes regarding Shakespeare, Van Gough paints, death of Russian composer Aleksandr Borodin, Sir John Stainer composes, Chabrier composes, Richard Strauss composes, Verdi composes “Otello”, Gilbert and Sullivan create “Ruddigore”, Ignace Paderewski gives first recital in Vienna, Bruckner composes, Joseph Lockyer writes about the chemistry of the sun, Phenacetin – analgesic drug – discovered, Emil Berliner improves phonograph sound quality, Edison and Swan combine to produce Ediswan electrical lamps, HW Goodwin invents celluloid film, LL Zamenhof devises Esperanto, death of German undustrialist Alfred Krupp, Edmunds-Tucker Act passes Congress – it becomes law without Cleveland’s signature, In Banjos Spain two greenish children with metallic clothes found near a cave – the boy died and when the girl could learn Spanish she said they were pushed from their land of twilight through “something” and into the cave, Verdi composes, Huge flood hits China - 900,000 die, Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Independent Labor Party in England, Dawes Act promotes individual ownership of Indians, Interstate Commerce Commission is created, Hatch act is passed, Edmunds-Tucker Act passes Congress taking property from Church - Anti-Polygamy, Pres John Taylor dies in hiding Jul 25, Wilford Woodruff becomes leader of Church, LDS Women lose suffrage, Thomas A Edison receives patent for "kinetoscope" for motion pictures, Jun 3 Charles O Card heads to Alberta - establishes Cardston, Indo-Chinese unioncreated by France, German reinsurance Treaty with Russia, Holland (Netherlands) suffrage extended, Britain bans mines from hiring children; Germany passes legislation for industrial regulation; Interstate Commerce Commission formed to regulate railroads; Triple alliance with Italy and Germany stalls French expansion in N Africa; Naval base established at Pearl Harbor
1888 Princess-Regent Isabel abolishes slavery in Brazil , “Great blizzard” hits US East and TB, pneumonia and diarrhea follow and 400 die, “Schoolhouse Blizzard” kills 235, later subway and buried utilities are built to combat similar problems – NYC gets steam, Drought at horn of AFR for 5 years, deadliest hailstorm on record hits Moradabad India region, end creation of new Japanese legal code, end of rule of Antonio Guzman over Venezuela, Kaiser William II reigns in Germany until 1918, Slaves freed in Brazil, hailstorm hits India, Wilhelm II becomes Kaiser of Germany when father William I and then brother Frederick III dies – Hohenzollern dynasty * Cleveland gives anti-polygamy speech, Mormons are treated less harshly, and so turn themselves in., Harrison pledges to stamp out polygamy, Annie Oakley performs on Vaudeville but shooting wasn’t popular, Jan - "Snowhouse Blizzard" strands many children in the Dakotas. Over 200 die, Apr 30 - Hailstorm kills 200+ in India, Aug - Hurricane produces tornadoes in Chesapeake Bay, Nov - Late season hurricane hits Nantucket and cape Cod, up to Nova Scotia, death of German author Theodor Storm, death of FW Raiffeisen the German economist who proposed cooperative saving banks, death of German botanist Heinrich de Barry, death of author Louisa may Alcott in America, death of American bestselling novelist EP Roe, death of Dutch painter Anton Mauve, death of Russian explorer of Central Asia NM Przhevalski, Nikola Tesla invents induction electrical motor, Emile Berliner invents flat-disc recording, Princess Isabel of Brazil abolishes slavery, US National Geographic Society founded, Revolution in Brazil frees slaves, Eastman makes hand-held camera, Van Gogh's "Sunflowers", American dramatist O'Neill born, death of Prussian leader William I, Lobengula King of Matabele accepts British protection and grants Cecil Rhodes mining rights, Sarawak accepts status of British protectorate, Beneral Boulanger retired from French army and elected to French Chamber of Deputies, Suez Canal convention, Benjamin Harridon elected President of the US, Writers: Maurice Barres, Edward Bellamy, Kipling, Maupassant, Quiller-Couch, Mark Rutherford, Verlaine, Zola, AW Pinero, Oscar Wilde, Georges Courteling, Theodor Fontaine, death of English author Matthew Arnold, death of German novelist Theodor Storm, James Bryce writes about the American Commonwealth, Bernard Bosanquet writes, GJ Romanes writes about mental evolution in man, James Martineau writes “The Study of Religion”, James Ensor paints “The Entrance of Christ into Brussels”, Van Gogh paints “The Yellow Chair”, Toulouse-Lautrec paints “Place Chichy”, Gilbert and Sullivan write, Tchaikovsky composes, Rimsky-Korsakov composes, Fustav Mahler becomes musical director of Budapest opera, Nikola A Tesla constructs electric motor (manufactured by George Westinghouse), George Eastman perfects “Kodak” box camera, JB Dunlop invents pneumatic tire, Heinrich Hertz and Oliver Lodge independently identify radio waves as belonging to same family as light waves, Football League founded, Lawn Tennis Association founded, “Jack the Rupper” murders six women in London, Cecil Rhodes amalgamated Kimberley diamond companies, Aeronautical Exhibition in Vienna, “Financial Times” in London published, first beauty pagent held in Spa, Belgium, Fridjof Nansen leans an exploration party across Greenland on snowshoes, Ruins of Ikhnaton’s city discovered, Cleveland gives anti-polygamy speech, Mormons are treated less harshly, and so turn themselves in., Harrison pledges to stamp out polygamy, Ruins of Ikhnaton's city discovered, March NE US gets "Great White Hurricane" storm 10.7 degrees F, Kodak camera introduced, Benjamin Harrison elected #23, May 17 Temple: Manti temple dedicated 3rd, may 11 Blizzard of 88 killed 400 in E US,,Kaiser Wilhelm II crowned, Van Gogh paints Sunflowers Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky compose, Dawes Act authorizes president to terminate native American governments, Cuneiform tablets discovered in Egypt detailing reign of Ikhnaton, Brazilian emancipation of slaves complete, blizzard shuts down New York City; Republican Harrison elected; Australian (secret) ballot in US
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