1889: what happened around the world

Accidents and fires17

• Cristóbal ColónAccidents
• Armagh rail disasterAccidents
• Great Seattle FireFires & explosions
• The Great FireFires & explosions
• Chiltern FirehouseFires & explosions
• Council Chambers and Fire Station (Former)Fires & explosions
• Prahran Fire StationFires & explosions
• Scott Street FirehouseFires & explosions
• 1889 Antwerp disasterAccidents
• Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Arruda dos VinhosFires & explosions
• Beacon Engine Company No. 1 FirehouseFires & explosions
• East Side Fire StationFires & explosions
• Fontainebleau–Avon train collisionAccidents
• Mauricewood Colliery disasterAccidents
• The great fire of CochinFires & explosions
• East End Fire HallFires & explosions
• Templeton's carpet factor disasterAccidents

Revolts, massacres and attacks14

• Proclamation of the RepublicRevolts & coups
• National Shooting Range1889–1963 · Attacks
• Yngsjö murderMurders
• Kara tragedyRevolts & coups
• Wilcox Rebellion of 1889Revolts & coups
• Yakutsk massacreMassacres
• lynching of Orion AndersonMurders
• Navassa Island riotRevolts & coups
• 1889 Forrest City riotRevolts & coups
• Blue Fields MassacreMassacres
• Kelvin Grade MassacreMassacres
• November 17th massacreMassacres
• stand de tir de Saint-GeorgesAttacks
• Archer River massacreMassacres

Wars, battles and sieges6

• Battle of GallabatBattles
• Bashkale clashWars & conflicts
• Los Angeles National CemeteryWars & conflicts
• Battle of KhannourBattles
• Battle of New MoscowBattles
• Battle of NzoleBattles

Disasters4

• Johnstown FloodNatural disasters
• 1889 Kumamoto earthquakeNatural disasters
• Cyclone Mahina1889–1899 · Natural disasters
• Quebec rockslideNatural disasters

Expeditions2

• Plankton Expedition (1889)Expeditions
• United States Eclipse Expedition to West Africa1889–1890 · Expeditions

Treaties, councils and politics1

• Treaty of BerlinTreaties

Already under way in 188967

• Russo-Turkish Wars1568–1918 · Wars & conflicts
• American Indian Wars1609–1924 · Wars & conflicts
• Mahdist War1881–1899 · Wars & conflicts
• Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War1651–1986 · Wars & conflicts
• Chechen–Russian conflict1785–2017 · Wars & conflicts
• French conquest of Algeria1830–1904 · Wars & conflicts
• Abushiri Revolt1888–1889 · Revolts & coups
• Aceh War1873–1904 · Wars & conflicts
• third plague pandemic1855–1945 · Natural disasters
• Whitechapel murders1888–1891 · Murders
• Apache Wars1849–1924 · Wars & conflicts
• Concordat of 18011801–1905 · Treaties
• 1887 Yellow River flood1887–1899 · Natural disasters
• Treaty of Bardo1881–1956 · Treaties
• Caste War of Yucatán1847–1901 · Wars & conflicts

Came to an end in 18895

• Abushiri Revolt1888–1889 · Revolts & coups
• Emin Pasha Relief Expedition1886–1889 · Expeditions
• Nansen's Greenland expedition1888–1889 · Expeditions
• Padas Damit War1888–1889 · Wars & conflicts
• Ethiopian-Mahdist War1885–1889 · Wars & conflicts

Founded or built in 1889124

• OsakaTransport
• NagoyaTransport
• ChangchunSettlements
• KagoshimaSettlements
• KanazawaSettlements
• WakayamaSettlements
• TsuSettlements
• VelenjeMonuments
• YonezawaSettlements
• Mole AntonellianaTowers
• Museo Nazionale RomanoArchaeology
• Mayo ClinicUniversities
• County of LondonStates & realms
• Famine StelaMonuments
• New GateCastles & forts
• First Brazilian RepublicStates & realms
• Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa GiuliaArchaeology
• Palacio Episcopal de AstorgaPalaces
• Hull HouseMuseums & galleries
• Statue of Giordano BrunoMonuments
• Krasnodar-1 railway stationTransport
• Krasny Oktyabr Open Joint-Stock CompanyBuildings
• Casa de FierroBuildings
• Pankrác PrisonPrisons
• Corbin BuildingBuildings
• New York Times BuildingBuildings
• August Kestner MuseumArchaeology
• Bourbaki-PanoramaMuseums & galleries
• Fontaine BartholdiMonuments
• Galerie des MachinesBuildings

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