1889 Timeline

1889 Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Completed
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio at 951 Chicago Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois, has been restored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust to its appearance in 1909, the last year...
1889 Jane Addams and Ellen Starr opens the Hull House in Chicago
Hull House, the most well known settlement house in the United States, was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located in the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, Hul...
1889 Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski Discover the Role of the Pancreas in Diabetes
The discovery of a role for the pancreas in diabetes is generally ascribed to Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, who in 1889 found that dogs whose pancreas was removed developed all t...
1889 Mark Twain Publishes "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Some early editions are entitled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. The nove...
1889 Mar 4 Benjamin Harrison is inaugurated as the 23rd president of the United States
Nominated on the 8th ballot of the Republican convention, the Civil War veteran, jurist, and Senator from Indiana was the only grandson of a President to be elected to the office, as wel...
1889 Mar 31 Eiffel Tower Opens
The Eiffel Tower is an 1889 iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world....
1889 Apr 16 Charlie Chaplin is Born
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a not...
1889 Apr 20 Adolf Hitler born in Austria
At 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 20, 1889, he was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria. Adolf Hitler would one day lead a...
1889 May Blind Tom Wiggins rumored to be killed by Johnstown Flood
Tom was on tour in western Pennsylvania in May 1889 on the day of the Johnstown Flood, and rumor spread that he was among the casualties. Despite his continued appearances on the U.S. con...
1889 May 7
to 1895 May 5
 Theodore Roosevelt Appointed United States Civil Service Commissioner
In the 1888 presidential election, Roosevelt campaigned in the Midwest for Benjamin Harrison. President Harrison appointed Roosevelt to the United States Civil Service Commission, where h...
1889 May 11 Wham Paymaster Robbery
One of the most notorious crimes of the Southwest, possibly the only instance of an attack by white men upon American soldiery, since has been known as the Wham robbery. On May 11, 1889, ...
1889 May 31 The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood disaster (or Great Flood of 1889 as it became known locally) occurred on May 31, 1889. It was the result of the failure of the South Fork Dam situated 14 miles (23 km)...
1889 Jun 1 Frank Lloyd Wright Marries Catherine Tobin
On June 1, 1889, Wright married his first wife, Catherine Lee "Kitty" Tobin (1871–1959). The two had met around a year earlier during activities at All Souls Church. Sullivan did his part...
1889 Jun 12 Armagh Rail Disaster
The Armagh rail disaster happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, Ireland when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline, the steam locomotive was unable to co...
1889 Jul 1 Douglass is Appointed Chargé d'Affaires, Santo Domingo
One of the most controversial positions Frederick Douglass took in his later career was to support the annexation of Santo Domingo (today’s Dominican Republic) as a state in the United St...
1889 Jul 1 Douglass is Appointed U.S. Minister Resident and Consul General, Republic of Haiti
Frederick Douglass arrived in Port-au-Prince on this day to serve as U.S. Minister to Haiti. Appointed by President William Henry Harrison, Douglass was minister to Haiti until 1891. Dou...
1889 Sep 23 Nintendo Founded
Nintendo Company Ltd. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha) is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade ha...
1889 Oct 10 Kermit Roosevelt Is Born
Kermit was born at the Roosevelt residence Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, New York, the second child born to Theodore Roosevelt and his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Kermit's o...
1889 Nov 2 North Dakota And South Dakota are the 39th and 40th States Admitted to the Union
On November 2, 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th states. The first European explorers, Louis Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, entere...
1889 Nov 8 Montana is the 41st State Admitted to the Union
Before Montana was a state, it was a territory. During those early years, the President of the United States appointed territorial governors, justices, and other officials to govern Mont...
1889 Nov 11 Washington is the 42nd State Admitted to the Union
On November 11, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison declared Washington the forty-second state in the Union. Less than fifty years after pioneers began entering the Pacific Northwest via th...
1889 Nov 16 Oahu Railway and Land Company Opens First Railroad in Hawaiian Islands
On November 16, 1889, the Oahu Railway and Land Company (OR&L) began operating on Hawai`i's third largest island, Oahu. The brainchild of Massachusetts native Benjamin Franklin Dillingha...
1889 Dec 6 Death of Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis died between 12:30AM and 1:00AM on December 6, 1889. The news of his death hit the front page of many Southern newspapers. The praises and tributes read similar to that of...