What happened in 1889?
399 recorded events in 1889, including 179 in people, 96 in economy & trade and 49 in architecture & engineering.
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Major Events 1
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Eiffel Tower completed
The Eiffel Tower opens as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair, becoming an engineering landmark.
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Wars & Conflicts 2
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Battle of Gallabat
Battle between Ethiopian force and Mahidist Sudanese soldiers in 1889
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Battle of Khannour
Armed conflict in the United Arab Emirates
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Berlin
1889 treaty between the United Kingdom, United States, and Germany
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People 179
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James Prescott Joule died
English physicist and brewer (1818–1889)
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Johann Jakob von Tschudi died
Swiss naturalist and explorer (1818–1889)
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Mihai Eminescu died
Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850-1889)
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Maria Mitchell died
American astronomer
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Michel Eugène Chevreul died
French chemist (1786-1889)
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Antonio Meucci died
Italian inventor and telephone pioneer (1808–1889)
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John Ball died
British politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller. (1818-1889)
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Samuel Hirsch died
German rabbi (1815-1889)
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Wilhelm Tempel died
German astronomer (1821–1889)
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John Ericsson died
Swedish-US engineer (1803-1889)
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Eugène Flandin died
French scholar, artist and politician (1809-1889)
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Leo Lesquereux died
Swiss-American botanist (1806-1889)
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Peter Egerton-Warburton died
British military officer, Commissioner of Police for South Australia and Australian explorer (1813–1889)
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Hans Hendrik died
Danish explorer (1832–1889)
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Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus died
German-born U.S. botanist (1810-1889)
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Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov died
Russian admiral (1832-1889)
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Julian Tenison Woods died
Australian priest and geologist (1832-1889)
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A. B. Rogers died
American engineer (1829–1889)
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Henry William Bristow died
English geologist and naturalist (1817–1889)
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Hans Tappenbeck died
German explorer (1861–1889)
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William Hann died
British explorer and botanical collector (1837 - 1889)
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Thomas Holliday Barker died
English temperance advocate and vegetarian
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Priscilla Cooper Tyler died
First Lady of The United States from 1842 to 1844
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Ludwig Anzengruber died
Austrian dramatist (1839-1889)
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Gaston Planté died
French physicist
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Warren De la Rue died
British astronomer, chemist and photographer (1815–1889)
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Viktor Bunyakovsky died
Russian mathematician (1804-1889)
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John Hughes died
Welsh businessman, founder of Donetsk
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Ole Jacob Broch died
Norwegian scholar and politician (1818-1889)
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Paul du Bois-Reymond died
German mathematician (1831-1889)
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Eugen von Keyserling died
Baltic German arachnologist (1832-1889)
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Karl Bötticher died
German archaeologist (1806-1889)
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Angelo Genocchi died
Italian mathematician (1817-1889)
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Elias Loomis died
American science writer (1811–1889)
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Daniel Gooch died
British railway engineer (1816-1889)
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Lorenzo Respighi died
Italian mathematician (1824–1889)
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Samuel Morton Peto died
British politician, building contractor, railway contractor (1809-1889)
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Georges Henri Halphen died
French mathematician (1844-1889)
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Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard died
American academic administrator (1809–1889)
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Wilhelm Michler died
German chemist (1846-1889)
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William Brooke O'Shaughnessy died
Irish physician and polymath (1809–1889)
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Joseph-Émile Barbier died
French astronomer (1839–1889)
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Stephen Joseph Perry died
English Jesuit (1833-1889)
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Philo Remington died
American businessman (1816–1889)
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Josef Werndl died
Austrian entrepreneur and inventor (1831-1889)
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Wawrzyniec Żmurko died
Polish mathematician (1824-1889)
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Horatio Allen died
American civil engineer and inventor
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Mikhail Britnev died
Russian shipowner (1822–1889)
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Johann Gustav Fischer died
German herpetologist and ichthyologist (1819–1889)
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Ioan Mire Melik died
Romanian mathematician
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Rudolf Leuckart died
German chemist (1854-1889)
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Roberto Duarte Silva died
Portuguese chemist (1837–1889)
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Hermann Paucker died
Baltic German politician and mechanician (1822-1889)
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Charles K. Graham died
General in the Union Army (1824-1889)
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Louis-Guillaume Perreaux died
French motorcycle designer (1816–1889)
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Carl Leverkus died
German chemist (1804–1889)
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Jenő Hunyady died
Hungarian mathematician (1838-1889)
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James Densmore died
American inventor (1820–1889)
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Christen Thomsen Barfoed died
Danish chemist (1815–1889)
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Johann Georg Anton Geuther died
German chemist (1833-1889)
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John Frederic Bateman died
British civil engineer (1810-1889)
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Jean-Gustave Bourbouze died
French engineer
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Hippolyte Stepanovich Gromeka died
Russian mechanic and fluid dynamics (1851-1889)
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Adolphe d'Assier died
French mathematician and linguist
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Nathalie Micas died
French painter (1824-1889)
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Thomas Savin died
British civil engineer
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Ignatius Carbonnelle died
Jesuit and mathematician (1829-1889)
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Richard Peacock died
Engineer and politician from United Kingdom
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Louis Curchod died
Swiss engineer
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Stephen Parkinson died
British mathematician (1823–1889)
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Samuel W Hill died
American mining engineer (1815-1889)
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Sergey Yuriev died
Russian literary critic (1821-1889)
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Benjamin T. Babbitt died
American businessman and inventor (1809–1889)
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William Crichton died
Scottish-Finnish industrialist (1827-1889)
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George Hammell Cook died
American geologist
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Adolf Ferdinand Duflos died
German chemist and pharmacist (1802–1889)
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Lucien Stephen Crandall died
American inventor
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Melville Reuben Bissell died
American entrepreneur
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Robert Stirling Newall died
Scottish engineer and astronomer (1812-1889)
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Witold Milewski died
Polish mathematician and physicist
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Walter Montgomerie Neilson died
Scottish locomotive engineer and manufacturer (1819-1889)
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Nikolaos Nikolaidis died
Greek soldier, mathematician and university professor
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Gustave-Augustin Quesneville died
French chemist and publisher
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Adna Anderson died
Engineer-in-Chief of the Northern Pacific Railroad
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Stephen Meek died
American pioneer (1807–1889)
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Ludwig Wolf died
German doctor and anthropologist (1850–1889)
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Henry Stuart Russell died
Pastoralist, explorer and politician in Queensland, Australia (1818–1889)
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George Ura died
French geologist and explorer in Algeria (1812–1889)
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William McNair died
British surveyor and explorer
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Henry Lewis died
New Zealand surveyor
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Jessie Donaldson died
Teacher and anti-slavery activist (1799-1889)
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James Burn died
Autobiographer (1800x03–1889)
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Eugène Disdéri died
French photographer (1819–1889)
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Carl Rosa died
German-British opera manager
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Émile de Najac died
Playwright and opera librettist
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Maria Francisca Bia died
Dutch actress (1809-1889)
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Jacques Damala died
Greek military officer, playboy and actor
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Francis Hueffer died
German-English writer on music, music critic, and librettist
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John Weeks Moore died
American editor (1807-1889)
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Edvard Fredin died
Swedish translator and actor (1857–1889)
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Auguste Mermet died
French composer
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Mathilda Gelhaar died
Swedish actress
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Isabella Glyn died
British actress (1823-1889)
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Friedrich Dahn died
Actor and director (1811-1889)
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Christian died
French actor and singer in operetta
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Sofia Akimova died
Russian actor
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Clara Ursin died
Danish actress and singer (1827–1889)
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Anna de Wahl died
Swedish actress
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John Gibbs Gilbert died
American actor (1810-1889)
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Alojzy Żółkowski died
Polish actor
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Elise Bethge-Truhn died
German author (1838-1889)
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Henry Vannoy died
Actor
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Wilhelm Neuland died
German musician
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Anna Maria Klemming died
Swedish opera singer (1864-1889)
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Fanny Stål died
Swedish musician
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Henry Brougham Farnie died
British writer (1836-1889)
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Harriet Catherine Fiddes died
English singer and actress
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Frank Ramza died
English actor and minstrel
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Adolf Hitler born
Born in Braunau am Inn. Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945).
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Charlie Chaplin born
Born in Walworth. English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977).
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Jawaharlal Nehru born
Born in Prayagraj. Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein born
Born in Neuwaldegg. Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951).
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Martin Heidegger born
Born in Messkirch. German philosopher (1889–1976).
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Gabriela Mistral born
Born in Vicuña. Chilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957).
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Jean Cocteau born
Born in Maisons-Laffitte. French writer and film director (1889–1963).
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António de Oliveira Salazar born
Born in Freguesia de Vimieiro. Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970).
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Arnold J. Toynbee born
Born in London. British historian (1889–1975).
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Edgar Douglas Adrian born
Born in Hampstead. English electrophysiologist (1889-1977).
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Gabriel Marcel born
Born in 8th arrondissement of Paris. French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist (1889-1973).
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Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker born
Born in Hendon. British athlete, politician, Cabinet minister, life peer and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1889–1982).
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Ante Pavelić born
Born in Bradina. Croatian fascist general and military dictator (1889–1959).
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Walter Lippmann born
Born in New York City. American journalist and political commentator (1889–1974).
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Pitirim Sorokin born
Born in Turya. Russian sociologist (1889-1968).
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Risto Ryti born
Born in Huittinen. President of Finland (1889–1956).
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Taha Hussein born
Born in Minya Governorate. Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973).
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Zalman Shazar born
Born in Mir. 3rd President of Israel (1963–1973).
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Pierre Reverdy born
Born in Narbonne. French poet (1889-1960).
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Conrad Aiken born
Born in Savannah. American novelist and poet (1889–1973).
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R. G. Collingwood born
Born in Cartmel Fell. British historian and philosopher (1889–1943).
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny born
Born in Mouilleron-en-Pareds. French army general, Marshal of France (1889-1952).
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Li Dazhao born
Born in Laoting County. Co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1889–1927).
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Philippe Thys born
Born in Anderlecht. Belgian cyclist; three-time champion of the Tour de France (1889–1971).
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Hans-Jürgen von Arnim born
Born in Dzierżoniów. German general (1889-1962).
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Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi born
Born in Kokand. Uzbek screenwriter and poet (1889-1929).
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Mikhail Naimy born
Born in Baskinta. Lebanese writer (1889–1988).
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Alma Karlin born
Born in Celje. Slovenian academic and poet (1889–1950).
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Walter Gerlach born
Born in Wiesbaden. German physicist (1889-1979).
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Abelardo L. Rodríguez born
Born in Heroica Guaymas. President of Mexico (1932-1934).
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Ki Hajar Dewantara born
Born in Yogyakarta. Indonesian educator, activist (1889-1959).
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Gunnar Gunnarsson born
Born in Fljótsdalshreppur. Icelandic author (1889–1975).
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Pavel Dybenko born
Born in Novozybkov. Soviet admiral (1889-1938).
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Maria Bochkareva born
Born in Novgorod Governorate. Russian counter revolutionary (1889–1920).
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Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro born
Born in Piura. Peruvian politician (1889-1933).
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Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg born
Born in Richmond. Military leader, viceroy, Victoria Cross (1889-1963).
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Alfonso Reyes born
Born in Monterrey. Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat (1889-1959).
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Dietrich von Hildebrand born
Born in Florence. German Catholic philosopher and theologian (1889–1977).
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Takeo Kurita born
Born in Mito. Japanese admiral.
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Charles Kay Ogden born
Born in Fleetwood. English linguist, philosopher, writer (1889–1957).
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Prince Xavier, Hereditary Duke of Parma born
Born in Camaiore. Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma (1974–1977).
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Eberhard von Mackensen born
Born in Bydgoszcz. German general (1889–1969).
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Abbas el-Akkad born
Born in Aswan. Egyptian writer (1889-1964).
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Richard O'Connor born
Born in Srinagar. British Army general (1889-1981).
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Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke born
Born in Schleswig. German general (1889-1968).
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G. D. H. Cole born
Born in Cambridge. British historian, economist, writer (1889-1959).
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Recep Peker born
Born in Istanbul. Turkish military officer and statesperson (1889–1950).
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Edmond Privat born
Born in Geneva. Francophone Swiss Esperantist, historian, university professor, author, journalist and peace activist (1889-1962).
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Ludwig Renn born
Born in Dresden. German writer (1889-1979).
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Erhard Raus born
Born in Olbramovice. German general (1889–1956).
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Otto Tief born
Born in Uusküla. Estonian politician, military personnel and lawyer (1889-1976).
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Łucja Frey born
Born in Lviv. Polish neurologist (1889–1942).
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Karel Doorman born
Born in Utrecht. Dutch admiral (1889–1942).
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Vasiliy Ulrikh born
Born in Riga. Soviet jurist of Baltic German origin (1889–1951).
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Nuri Killigil born
Born in Constantinople. Turkish general and statesperson (1889–1949).
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Otto Deßloch born
Born in Bamberg. Luftwaffe general (1889–1977).
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Christopher Dawson born
Born in Hay-on-Wye. British historian (1889–1970).
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Maximilian de Angelis born
Born in Budapest. German general (1889–1974).
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Angelo Iachino born
Born in Sanremo. Naval officer (1889–1976).
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Hans Felber born
Born in Wiesbaden. German general (1889–1962).
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Shigeyoshi Inoue born
Born in Sendai. Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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Science & Technology 34
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Zagreb Botanical Garden
Botanical garden
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National Museum of Natural History
National museum of natural history in Bulgaria
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Boyden Observatory
Observatory
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Western Carolina University
Coeducational public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States
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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
University in the United States
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Eastern Connecticut State University
University in the USA
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Elon University
Private liberal arts university in Elon, North Carolina, United States
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Martin University Hospital
Hospital in Martin, Slovakia
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Slippery Rock University
University in Pennsylvania, United States
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Bir Hospital
Hospital in Nepal
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Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Indian research facility in the field of the field of veterinary medicine
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East Texas A&M University
University in Commerce, Texas
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Valley City State University
Public university in North Dakota
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Mayville State University
Public university in Mayville, North Dakota, United States
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State University of New York at Oneonta
University in New York, U.S.
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Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester
Hospital of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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Dearborn Observatory
Astronomical observatory in Evanston, Illinois
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Cuttington University
University in Liberia
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State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Public university in northern New York
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Georgia College & State University
Public university in Milledgeville, Georgia, US
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Webb Institute
Private engineering college in New York, USA
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Institute for Technological Research
Institute for Technological Research (Science & Technology).
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Howard Payne University
Private university in Brownwood, Texas, United States
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Madura College
One of the oldest academic institutions in Madurai, India
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Murray College
College in Sialkot, Pakistan
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Koyama Fukusei Hospital
Hospital in Japan
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Hôpital du Valdor
Hospital in Belgium
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Kajang Hospital
Public hospital in Malaysia
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Erlanger Health System
Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Lerdsin Hospital
Healthcare organization in Bangkok, Thailand
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Alderney Hospital
Hospital in Alderney, Poole, Dorset, England, UK
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Plankton Expedition (1889)
German marine research expedition (1889)
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Reeves-Reed Arboretum
Arboretum and garden in Summit, New Jersey, United States
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Exploration & Discovery 3
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Famine Stela
Hieroglyphic inscription on Sehel Island in Egypt
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Cristóbal Colón
1898 Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser
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Moncks Cave
Cave located in Redcliffs, Christchurch
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Religion & Belief Systems 17
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Cathedral of Jesus' Heart
Cathedral in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Andalas Grand Mosque
Mosque in West Sumatra, Indonesia
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Satu Mare Synagogue
Synagogue
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First Roumanian-American congregation
Demolished church building in Manhattan, United States of America
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cathedral Saint-Joseph
Church in Wuhu, China
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St. Ann's Cathedral
Church in Montana, United States
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Chewra Nosim Synagogue in Lublin
Chewra Nosim Synagogue in Lublin (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Synagogue in Bielsko-Biała
Synagogue in Bielsko-Biała (Religion & Belief Systems).
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St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Church in Östermalm, central Stockholm, Sweden
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Moniales de Wisques
Abbey located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Synagogue in Cieszanow
Synagogue in Cieszanow (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Synagogue in Rawicz
Synagogue
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Al-Tawfeqi Mosque
Mosque in Helwan
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Synagoge (Winterswijk)
Synagoge (Winterswijk) (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Sacro Cuore di Gesù
Shrine in Sanremo, Italy
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4 Sokoła Street in Sieraków
4 Sokoła Street in Sieraków (Religion & Belief Systems).
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St. Gabriel's Priory
Benedictine monastery
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Economy & Trade 96
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FN Herstal
Belgian firearms manufacturer
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Exposition Universelle of 1889
World's Fair held in Paris, France
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Asahi Breweries
Japanese food and beverage company
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Washington Mutual
Former American bank holding company
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Irizar
Spanish bus and coach manufacturing company
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Lanvin
French multinational high fashion house
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Lee
American brand of denim jeans
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Carhartt
American brand of sturdy work clothing
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K+S
Joint-stock company
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Drägerwerk
German company based in Lübeck
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Kabuki-za
Kabuki theatre in Tokyo
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Bovril
Meat extract
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Sweco
Swedish engineering and architecture company
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German Arms and Ammunition Factory
Former arms company located in Imperial Germany
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A. O. Smith
American manufacturer of residential and commercial water heaters and boilers
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Northern Trust
American financial services company
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Heidenhain
Company
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Graflex
American camera manufacturer
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Hongkong Land
Hong Kong real estate company
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Graham Holdings Company
Diversified American conglomerate
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AGERPRES
National news agency of Romania
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Great Northern Railway
Defunct American Class I railway company (1889–1970)
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Imperial Bank of Persia
Former British bank in Iran
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Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Former American engineering company
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Mentholatum
Company
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Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
Former commercial bank in Finland
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Deutsch-Asiatische Bank
German bank in China
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Hazama Ando Corporation
Japanese construction corporation
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Dunlop Rubber
British multinational company manufacturing natural rubber goods
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TORM
Company
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HSBC Bank Middle East
Bank
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Bavaria Brewery
Colombian brewery company
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Megger Group Limited
British manufacturing company
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Amadeo Rossi S.A.
Brazilian firearms manufacturing company
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Banca Agricola Popolare di Sicilia
Italian cooperative bank
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Stone & Webster
Former American engineering company
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Bostik
French industrial company
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C. A. Parsons and Company
Former British engineering firm
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FN Browning Group
Belgium defence company
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Enel Américas
Energy company
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ABB Oy
Finnish subsidiary of ABB
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Edison Manufacturing Company
Company organized in 1889 by Thomas Edison
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CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.
Chinese railway rolling stock manufacturing company
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Falabella
Chilean retail company
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KAMET-STEEL
Metallurgical company in Ukraine
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Farmec
Largest cosmetic manufacturer in Romania
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CAMP
Italian manufacturer of climbing equipment
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Trayal Corporation
Serbian manufacturing company
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Svetlana
Electrical and electronics plant in Saint Petersburg
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Unitika
Japanese company
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DN Media Group
Norwegian media conglomerate
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PTW Architects
Best known for designing the Beijing National Aquatics Center
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Carpenter Technology Corporation
American metals manufacturer
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Midland Uruguay Railway
Former railway company in Uruguay
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Puhl & Wagner
German glass production company
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Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG
German manufacturer of mass market audio equipment
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Shasta
Soft drink manufacturer in the United States
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Duke and Sons
Defunct Indian manufacturer of soft drinks
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First American Corporation
Financial services company
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Avista
US energy utility company
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Cornell Club of New York
Private club in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
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Zatarain's
American Grocery Company
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Lenox
Manufacturer of china and other tableware
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Aalborg Portland
Danish company producing cement
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American Metal Company
Defunct American metal trader and producer
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Alsco Inc.
American cleaning, linen, and uniform-rental company
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Transport company
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Stabila
German company
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Halifax Shipyard
Canadian shipbuilding company in Nova Scotia, Canada
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The Crescent
Defunct American department store chain
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HSBC Bank Bermuda
HSBC Bank Bermuda (Economy & Trade).
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Mahala Problem Cigarettes
Cigarette company in Berlin, Germany
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Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard
Australian wine company
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Crittall Windows Ltd
English manufacturer of steel-framed windows
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Cameron Coca-Cola
Bottling company
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Foss Maritime
Shipping company, mainly tugs, based in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
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Law Debenture
British investment trust
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Illinois Steel Co.
Late 19th-century American steel producer in Illinois and Wisconsin
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Wyandotte Municipal Services
Not-for-profit service provider in Michigan
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JCI Limited
Business
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Sattler's
Former department store chain in Buffalo, NY
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Paul Pietzschke
German corporation
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Herbert Johnson
Hatters and cap makers
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W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.
American manufacturer of knives
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Cunningham Drug
Drug company
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Delhi Cloth Mills
Conglomerate companies of India
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Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Organization
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Conrad Schmitt Studios
Architectural arts studio located in New Berlin, Wisconsin
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Hyposwiss Private Bank
Business
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Jones Dairy Farm
American Food Company
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F. Schumacher & Co.
Textile manufacturer
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New York Trust Company
Business
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Midland News Association
Newspaper publishing company
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Walter Wright Hats
English hat manufacturer
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Markham & Co.
Defunct ironworks and steelworks company which was near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon
American law firm
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Disasters & Pandemics 2
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Johnstown Flood
Massive flood of Johnstown, Pennsylvania caused by the collapse of the South Fork Dam
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1889 Kumamoto earthquake
Earthquake in Japam
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Social Movements & Revolutions 4
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Fasci Siciliani
Popular movement in Sicily
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Kara tragedy
Kara tragedy (Social Movements & Revolutions).
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Wilcox Rebellion of 1889
Revolt led by Robert Wilcox
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Navassa Island riot
1889 worker rebellion on Navassa Island
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Architecture & Engineering 49
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Mole Antonelliana
Major landmark building in Turin, Italy
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Acireale Cathedral
Church building in Acireale, Italy
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Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
Church in Ostrava-město District of Moravian Silesian region
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basilique Saint-Donatien-et-Saint-Rogatien
Catholic church in Nantes, France
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St. Francis Church
Church in Riga, Latvia
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Tumski Bridge
Pedestrian bridge in Wrocław, Poland built in 1889
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Pokrovsky Monastery
Monastery in Ukraine
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St. James United Church
Church in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Ponte San Michele
Bridge over Paderno d'Adda
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Resurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Hillesøy Church
Church in Tromsø, Norway
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Valberg Church
Church in Vestvågøy, Norway
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Ilen Church
Church in Trondheim, Norway
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Jokkmokk New Church
Church building in Jokkmokk Municipality, Sweden
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St. Joseph Parish Church
Catholic church in Malta
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Wa Naa's Palace
Palace in Wa, Upper West Region of Ghana
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Skålvær Church
Church in Alstahaug, Norway
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Lillesand Church
Church building in Lillesand, Agder, Norway
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Asolo Duomo
Church in Asolo, Italy
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St Edmund Church, Southampton
Grade II listed church in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
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Church of St Nikola (Dobrelja)
Church in Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bethesda-by-the-Sea
Church building in Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America
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St. Mary of Perpetual Help's Church
Church in Illinois, United States
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Oscar's Bridge
Bridge across the Göta River near the Trollhättan Waterfalls in Sweden
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All Saints Church, Hove
Grade I listed church in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
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Christ Church
Church in Wyresdale Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK
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Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs, St Leonards-on-Sea
Church in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
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Church of St Dunstan, Liverpool
Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Church of the Transfiguration
Saluda, North Carolina
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First Congregational Church
Church building in Colorado, United States of America
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Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Young's High Bridge
Bridge in United States of America
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Parkhurst Memorial Presbyterian Church
Church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America
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The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Edale
Grade II listed church in Edale, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK
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First Unitarian Church
Church building in Ohio, United States of America
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Welsh Church of Central London
Welsh Baptist church on East Castle Street, in the City of Westminster in London, England, UK
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Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church building in Milwaukee, United States of America
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church of Santa Maria Assunta
Church building in Orzinuovi
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Church building in Wyoming, United States of America
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Church of St Michael
Church in Colyford, Devon, England, UK
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Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Wallasey
Grade II listed church in Seacombe, Merseyside, England, UK
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St Matthew's Church, Abernant
Church in Rhondda Cynon Taf, United Kingdom
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Church in Port Chester, New York
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Dalmatinska Lazarica
Serbian orthodox monastery in Zvjerinac, Croatia
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Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church
Church building in Auckland, New Zealand
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All Saints Anglican Church
Church building in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Christ Church, Walshaw
Church in Walshaw, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel
Church building in Manhattan, United States of America
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All Hallows Church, Clixby
Church in West Lindsey, UK
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Sports & Entertainment 7
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Arena Theatre
Theater in Bratislava, Slovakia
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Wheeler Opera House
Theater and movie theater in Aspen, Colorado, United States
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Théâtre des Capucines
Théâtre des Capucines (Sports & Entertainment).
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Auditorium Theatre
Theater and music venue inside the Auditorium Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Woodstock Opera House
Opera house in Illinois, United States of America
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Tremont Theatre, Boston
Former theater (1889-) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Opera House Theatre, Blackpool
Theatre in Blackpool, England
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Empires & Countries 4
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Empire of Brazil dissolved
Empire of Brazil ceased to exist, having been centered at Rio de Janeiro.
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Sultanate of Maguindanao dissolved
Sultanate of Maguindanao ceased to exist, having been centered at Cotabato City.
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First Brazilian Republic founded
First Brazilian Republic was founded, with its capital at Rio de Janeiro.
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Kingdom of Baluba dissolved
Kingdom of Baluba ceased to exist.
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