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| Battle of Dogali Crispi, Francesco |  |
| 26th Jan Dogali An Italian force of 500 is destroyed |
| Birth Wittgenstein, Ludwig |  |
| 26th April Vienna Birth of Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| Birth Heidegger, Martin |  |
| Messkirch Birth of Martin Heidegger |
| Birth Hitler, Adolf | |
| 20th April Birth of Adolf Hitler, Brannau, Austria, son of Alois Hitler & Klara Polz |
| Birth Sano, Tadayoshi |  |
| Okayama Birth of Tadayoshi Sano |
| Capture of Somaliland Crispi, Francesco | |
| Menelik II cancels the protectorate agreement & Crispi annexes Italian Somaliland |
| Commission Parnell Asquith, Henry Herbert |  |
| Junior Counsell for Charles Parnell before the Parnell Commission |
| Composition Mahler, Gustav | |
| Composes, "Symphony No 1" |
| Composition Cilea, Francesco | |
| Composes, "Gina" |
| Constitution Fonseca, Deodoro de |  |
| 15th Nov A military Coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca overthrows Emperor Pedro II and declares Brazil a republic |
| Constitution Itagaki, Taisuke | |
| Helps draft the Meiji Constitution |
| Constitution Ito | |
| Introduces the Meiji Constitution |
| Coup d'Etat Fonseca, Deodoro de | |
| 15th Nov A military Coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca overthrows Emperor Pedro II and declares Brazil a republic |
| Coup d'Etat Pedro II | |
| 15th Nov A military Coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca overthrows Emperor Pedro II and declares Brazil a republic |
| 15th Nov Planters & Liberals to unite & overthrow the monarchy |
| Death Franz Josef I | |
| Mayerling Death of Rudolf, Franz Josef's only son & successor commits suicide |
| Death Rudolf | |
| Mayerling Death of Rudolf, Franz Joseph's only son & heir commits suicide |
| Death Bright, John | |
| Death of John Bright |
| Declaration of War Crispi, Francesco | |
| Menelik II cancels the protectorate agreement & Crispi annexes Italian Somaliland |
| Drama Chekhov, Anton |  |
| The death of Chekhov's brother Nikolai from tuberculosis in 1889 influenced A Dreary Story, finished that September, about a man who confronts the end of a life which he realises has been without purpose |
| Exile of Guzman Blanco Guzman Blanco, Antonio |  |
| Paris Ousted in a Coup & forced into exile in Paris |
| Governor Hope | |
| Victoria Appointed Governor of Victoria, Australia |
| Invention Tabulator Hollerith, Herman |  |
| 8th Jan New York Patents an electrical computer for processing data |
| Leader Opposition Ballance Ballance, John |  |
| Wellington Zealand Appointed Leader of the Opposition |
| Marriage Sophia | |
| Berlin Marries Constantine, King of the Hellenes |
| Marriage Louise | |
| 27th July Fife Marries the 1st Duke of Fife |
| Marriage Constantine I |  |
| Athens Marries Sophia, sister of Kaiser William II |
| Minister of Britain Lincoln, Robert Todd | |
| Appointed Minister to Britain |
| President Fonseca, Deodoro de | |
| 15th Nov Appointed President of Brazil |
| President Harrison, Benjamin | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 23rd President |
| Press Dow, Charles Henry | |
| New York Founds the Wall St Journal which includes daily USAstock prices in the Dow-Jones index |
| Publication Bergson, Henri |  |
| Publication of, "Time & Free Will" |
| Reform Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Passes the Old Age & Disability Insurance Law |
| Retirement T'zu Hsi |  |
| Retires when the Emperor comes of age |
| Rule of Ethiopia Menelik II |  |
| Signs a Treaty with Italy making Abyssinia a protectorate |
| SDP Branting, Karl Hjalmar |  |
| Co-founder of the Social Democratic Party |
| South Shields Shipping Company Runciman, Walter | |
| Founds the South Shields Shipping Company, based in the port of South Shields |
| Strike Wilhelm II | |
| Berlin Criticises coal producers & demands an end to the strike on miners' terms |
| Berlin Receives striking miners in Berlin |
| Succession Menelik II | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Ethiopia |
| Succession Taisho | |
| Succeeds as Crown Prince |
| Succession Ferdinand I |  |
| Succeeds as King of Romania, Adopted as crown Prince of Romania by his uncle Carol i |
| Succession Alexander I |  |
| Belgrade Succeeds as a minor to his father Milan I who has abdicated |
| Sucide of Rudolf Franz Josef I | |
| Mayerling Franz Josef's only son & successor commits suicide |
| Sucide of Rudolf Rudolf | |
| Mayerling Franz Josef's only son & successor commits suicide |
| Treaty of Wachile Menelik II | |
| Wachile Signs the Treaty of Wachile with Italy used by Italy for the subjugation of Ethiopia |
| Under Secretary Milner, Alfred | |
| Appointed Under Secretary of Finance in Egypt |
| Vice President Morton, Levi P | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
