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January 1 - Total eclipse of the sun, seen over parts of California and Nevada.
January 4 An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States signed by Pres. Grover Cleveland. Establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers as a predecessor to the current US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine
January 15 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
January 22 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.
January 30 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder suicide) in Mayerling hunting lodge.
February 5 - First issue of Glasgow University Magazine is published.
February 11 - Meiji Constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890.
February 22 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

March - German naval force shells a village in Samoa, destroying some American property. Three American warships enter the Samoan harbor and prepare to fire on the three German warships found there. Before guns are fired, a hurricane blows up and sinks all the ships, American and German. A compulsory armistice is called because of the lack of warships.
March 4 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States (1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
March 9 - Yohannes IV is killed in the Battle of Metemma; Sudanese forces, who had been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army.
March 11 - North Carolina Legislature issues a charter for the creation of Elon College.
March 23 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.
March 31 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). Contemporary critics regard it aesthetically displeasing.

April 10 - Hammarby Roddförening founded, later to become [[Hammarby IF].
April 20 - Adolf Hitler is born.
April 22 - At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
May 2 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over what will become Eritrea.
May 6 - Eiffel Tower opens, in Paris.
May 15 - In Samoa, three US and three German ships sink in a typhoon because the captains refuse to leave before the others - almost 200 drown. British steamer Calliope saves itself by pushing into the wind with full speed.
May 31 - Johnstown Flood: South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
June 3 - The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
June 6 - The Great Seattle Fire ravages through the downtown area without any fatalities.
June 8 - The Wall Street Journal is established.
June 12 - 88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland.
June - Vincent Van Gogh paints Starry Night.

July 8 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
July 31 - Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife marries Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
August 14 - The Great London Dock Strike breaks out in England.
August - The Jewish Settlement of Moisés Ville is founded in Argentina.
September 10 - Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi becomes Reigning Prince Albert I of Monaco.
September 23 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

September 23: Nintendo is founded (then a playing cards manufacturer)

October 2 - In Washington, DC, the first International Conference of American States begins.
October 24 - Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration calling for the Federation of Australia.
November 2 - North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. state.
November 8 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
November 11 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.
November 14 - Inspired by Jules Verne pioneer woman Journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to beat travel around the world in less than 80 days (Bly finished the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes).
November 15 - Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca deposes Emperor Pedro II (the second, and last, emperor of Brazil) in a military coup.
November 23 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
November 27 - Clemson University is founded in Clemson, South Carolina.
December 4 - Official opening of Bayswater Railway Station Victoria Australia
December 14 - Wofford and Furman play the first intercollegiate football game in the state of South Carolina.
December 23 - Spanish football team Recreativo de Huelva is formed (currently oldest club in Spain).

The first West Virginia tornado is recorded.
North Carolina Legislature issues a charter for Elon College.
Moulin Rouge built and opened in Paris.
Wisden Cricketer's Almanac publishes its first Wisden Cricketers of the Year (actually titled Six Great Bowlers Of The Year). The cricketers chosen are George Lohmann, Bobby Peel, Johnny Briggs, Charles Turner, John Ferris and Sammy Woods.
Frederick Abel invents cordite.
Diet of Japan is founded.
French defense minister Georges Boulanger attempts a coup but is forced to flee the country.
First free elections held in Costa Rica.
Yellow fever interrupts the building of Panama Canal.
Huge locust swarm crosses the Red Sea and destroys crops in the Nile Valley.
Ghost Dance movement begins.
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi.
Capilano Suspension Bridge is opened, the longest suspension foot-bridge in the world.