1889
year
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1889th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 889th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1889, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s – 1880s – 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Years: | 1886 1887 1888 – 1889 – 1890 1891 1892 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1889 MDCCCLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2642 |
| Armenian calendar | 1338 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6639 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 45–46 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1810–1811 |
| Bengali calendar | 1296 |
| Berber calendar | 2839 |
| British Regnal year | 52 Vict. 1 – 53 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2433 |
| Burmese calendar | 1251 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7397–7398 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4585 or 4525 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4586 or 4526 |
| Coptic calendar | 1605–1606 |
| Discordian calendar | 3055 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1881–1882 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5649–5650 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1945–1946 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1810–1811 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4989–4990 |
| Holocene calendar | 11889 |
| Igbo calendar | 889–890 |
| Iranian calendar | 1267–1268 |
| Islamic calendar | 1306–1307 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 22 (明治２２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1818–1819 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4222 |
| Minguo calendar | 23 before ROC 民前23年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 421 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2431–2432 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 2015 or 1634 or 862 — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 2016 or 1635 or 863 |
Events
change- Brazil becomes a republic
- 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Paris Exhibition, where the Eiffel tower was first open to the public
- June 14 – the Treaty of Berlin (1889) is signed
Births
change- April 9 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist
- September 14 – Maria Esther de Capovilla, Worlds oldest woman (d. 2006)
- Alfonso Reyes
- April 20 – Adolf Hitler
- December 3 - Kshudiram Bose - Indian patriot against British Raj (d. 1908)