What Happened in 1892

Wright Cycle Exchange Opens

The bicycle business of the Wright brothers, the Wright Cycle Company (originally the Wright Cycle Exchange) occupied five different locations in... Read more

Allison Harlan House Constructed; A "Bootleg House"

As with the residential projects for Adler & Sullivan, Wright designed his bootleg houses on his own time. Sullivan knew nothing of the independent... Read more

Frank Lloyd Wright Establishes His Own Practice

After leaving Louis Sullivan, Wright established his own practice on the top floor of the Sullivan designed Schiller Building (1892, demolished... Read more

General Electric is Established

By 1890, Thomas Edison had brought together several of his business interests under one corporation to form Edison General Electric. At about the... Read more

James Charnley Residence Completed

The James Charnley Residence is located in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, in the 1300 block of North Astor Street. The house is now called the... Read more

Mondrian Enters the Academy for Fine Art in Amsterdam

After a strictly Protestant upbringing, in 1892, Mondrian entered the Academy for Fine Art in Amsterdam, already qualified as a teacher. He... Read more

Robert G. Emmond House Completed; A "Bootleg House"

The Robert G. Emmond residence is a transitional work designed prior to the formation of Wright's mature Prairie style. With octagonal shaped bays... Read more

Robert P. Parker House Completed; A "Bootleg House"

The Robert P. Parker House is a house located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The house was designed by famous American... Read more

Thomas H. Gale House Completed; A "Bootleg House"

The Thomas H. Gale House, or simply Thomas Gale House, is a house located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The house was... Read more

First Immigrants Pass through Ellis Island on way to US Citizenship

On January 1, 1892, a fifteen-year old Irish girl named Annie Moore became the first of the more than twelve million immigrants who would pass... Read more

'A House of Pomegranates' Is Published

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and... Read more

J. R. R. Tolkien is Born

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known... Read more

Alexandre Levy Dies

(November 10, 1864 Sao Paulo , † 17 January 1892) was a Brazilian Composer and Pianist . His Jewish family came from France and was musically... Read more

'Lady Windermere's Fan' Is Produced in London

Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James Theatre in... Read more

Archibald MacLeish Is Born

Archibald MacLeish, poet, dramatist, and ninth Librarian of Congress, was born on May 7, 1892, in Glencoe, Illinois. He attended Yale University... Read more

Haile Selassie is Born

Haile Selassie I "Power of the Trinity";[1] 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and... Read more

The Pledge of Allegiance is First Published in 'The Youth's Companion' Magazine

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), a Baptist minister, a Christian socialist, and the cousin of socialist... Read more

Wreck of the SS Bokhara

The ship set off from Shanghai on 8 October, due to arrive at Hong Kong on the 11th and was then bound for Colombo and Bombay. On board were 148... Read more

'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' is Published

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney... Read more

Thirsk Rail Crash

One of the saddest stories in all railway history is that of the Thirsk disaster of November 2, 1892, when through the mistake of a signalman the... Read more