1889 CE

American "Professor" Baldwin makes the first balloon ascent in New Zealand at Dunedin. President Grover Cleveland signs the Enabling Act of 1889, admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. Rubber tire company Michelin is registered by Édouard and André Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

In the 1880s, the 19th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

February 11 – The Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the 1st Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.source
February 22 – President Grover Cleveland signs the Enabling Act of 1889, admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.source
March 2 – The United States Congress proclaims the entire Bering Sea to be under US control.source
March 13 – The Potchefstroom treaty is signed by Paul Kruger and F.W. Reitz, the respective Presidents of the South African Republic (ZAR) and the Orange Free State. The treaty binds each state to assist the other whenever either is unjustly attacked.South Africa source
March 31 – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris (opens May 6). At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m. Contemporary critics regard it as aesthetically displeasing.source
April 22 – At high noon in Oklahoma Territory, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed, with populations of at least 10,000.source
May 2 – Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over what will become Eritrea.source
2 May – Signing of the Treaty of Wuchale between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy after the Italian occupation of Eritrea in the small Ethiopian town of Wuchale. King Menelik II had just won the imperial crown with the aid of Italian money and weapons. The purpose of the treaty was to promote friendship and trade among the two countries. Article 17 of the treaty was translated and interpreted differently by Ethiopia and Italy. Italy claimed the article imposed a protectorate over Ethiopia.Italy source
May 19 – A law is passed to adopt the gold standard aligned with the Latin Monetary Union. The law comes into force on 17 March 1890.Romania source
May 31 – The Naval Defence Act dictates that the fleet strength of the British Royal Navy must be equal to that of at least any two other countries.source
14 June – Treaty of Berlin over SamoaGermany source
June 26 – Bangui is founded in the French Congo.source
June 29–30 – First Inter-Parliamentary Conference held.source
August 12 – The Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 of the British Parliament expands Ontario's boundaries west to the Lake of the Woods and north to the Albany River.Canada source
October 2 – In Washington, D.C., the first International Conference of American States begins.source
October 12 – Gustaf Åkerhielm, previously Swedish Foreign Minister, replaces Gillis Bildt as Prime Minister of Sweden.source
20 October – Portuguese legislative election, 1889Portugal source
October 24 – Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration, calling for the Federation of Australia.source
November 2 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states, respectively.source
November 8 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.source
November 11 – Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.source
November 17 – The Brazilian Imperial Family is forced into exile in France.source
November 18 – Elisha P. Ferry is inaugurated as first governor of Washington.source
November 19 – The modern-day flag of Brazil is adopted by the Provisional Government of the Republic.source
November 20 – Argentina is the first country to recognize the abolition of the monarchy in Brazil.source
20 November – Argentina becomes the first nation to recognize the new government of Deodoro da Fonseca.Brazil source
November – The first free elections are held in Costa Rica.source
Men's doubles – Richard Harman and Frederick WildingNew Zealand source

Conflict & Security

27 January – Former defense minister General Georges Boulanger contemplates a coup.France source
March – A 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 in and sinks all the ships, American and German. A compulsory armistice is called because of the lack of warships.United States source
April 1 – Following a failure on January 27 to launch a coup, former French defense minister General Georges Boulanger flees to Brussels to avoid arrest for treason.source
April 20 – Birth of Adolf Hitler at Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary, the son of customs official Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara.source
29 June – Gustav Christian Gjøs, politician (born 1810)Norway source
July 15 – The Emperor of Brazil, Pedro II, survives an assassination attempt in Rio de Janeiro.source
August 3 – Mahdist War: Battle of Toski – Egyptian and British troops are victorious.source
3 August – Mahdist War: Egyptian and British victory at the Battle of Toski.United Kingdom source
11 November – Republicans meet at the home of Rui Barbosa to plan a coup. The chief organizers are Benjamin Constant, Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, Quintino Bocaiuva and Aristides Lobo.Brazil source
November 15 – Field Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca organizes a military coup which deposes Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and abolishes the Brazilian monarchy. Deodoro da Fonseca proclaims Brazil a republic, and forms a provisional government.source
6-25 May – Subversion trial in Mons reveals activity of security service agents provocateurs in the Parti socialiste républicainBelgium source
Langelandsgade Kaserne is completed and opens as a military barracks.Denmark source
The Great Scottish National Panorama (Battle of Bannockburn) is opened in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.Scotland source

Exploration & Expansion

23 April – Namaqualand – Braakpits Junction to Flat Mine, Concordia, 9 mi.South Africa source
4 September – Natal – Ladysmith to Glencoe Junction, 41 mi 5 ch.South Africa source
October 6 – Mount Kilimanjaro's summit is first reached, by German geologist Hans Meyer with Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller.source
19 October – Jacob Kielland, naval officer and politician (born 1825)Norway source
14 November — Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90, offensive on the tribes of the Chin and Lushai HillsIndia source
December 30 – Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, introduces the Kanunname of 1889 against the slave trade.source
W. B. Yeats published The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (including Down by the Salley Gardens) and Crossways.Ireland source
100 yards – T. Lewis (Hawkes Bay)New Zealand source
880 yards – P. Cox (Southland)New Zealand source
Owen Morgan Edwards – O'r Bala i GenevaWales source

Religion & Belief

6 January – the Faroese Society is formed.Denmark source
28 February – Gustava Kielland, author and missionary (born 1800)Norway source
March 23 – Claiming to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founds the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Punjab Province (British India).source
9 June – The Monument to Giordano Bruno, created by Ettore Ferrari, was erected at Campo de' Fiori square in Rome, Italy, to commemorate the italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, who was burned there in 1600 after being tried for heresy by the Roman Inquisition on charges of denial of several core Catholic doctrines. Since its inception the idea of a monument dedicated to the executed heretic located in Rome, once the capital of the Papal States, has generated controversy between anti-clerical and those more aligned with the Roman Catholic church.Italy source
August – The Jewish settlement of Moisés Ville is founded in Argentina.source
James Ensor, Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889Belgium source
Osório Duque-Estrada – A Aristocracia do EspíritoBrazil source
Hallgrímur Sveinsson became the fifth Bishop of Iceland, succeeding Pétur Pétursson in the position.Iceland source
The Indian Religious Code is created, which forbids Native Americans to practice their religions.United States source
Chair – Evan Rees, "Y Beibl Cymraeg"Wales source

Economy & Finance

13 April – German company Rheinmetall was founded.Germany source
May 28 – Rubber tire company Michelin is registered by Édouard and André Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand, France.source
28 May – The Michelin rubber tire company is registered by Édouard and André Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand.France source
In June 1889 inspections of the Banca Romana by a government commission revealed serious irregularities in its administration and accounts and that 91 percent of the assets of the bank were illiquid. Prime Minister Francesco Crispi and his Treasury Minister Giovanni Giolitti knew of the 1889 government inspection report, but feared that exposure might undermine public confidence and suppressed the report. The inspections followed the suspension of payments of three banks in Turin, that were seriously involved in building speculation in Rome.Italy source
August 14–September 15 – London Dock Strike: Dockers strike for a minimum wage of sixpence an hour ("The dockers' tanner"), which they eventually receive, a landmark in the development of New Unionism in Britain.source
September 23 – The Nintendo Koppai (later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded in Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi, to produce and market Hanafuda playing cards.source
October 29 – The British South Africa Company receives a Royal Charter.source
29 October – British South Africa Company receives a Royal Charter.United Kingdom source
24 December – The former royal family receive official notice that they will never be allowed to return to Brazil.Brazil source
founding of Falabella (retail store)Chile source
founding of S.A.C.I. FalabellaChile source
Ketil Motzfeldt, politician and Minister (born 1814)Norway source

Technology & Infrastructure

January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States.source
25 January – Johan Lauritz Sundt, industrialist (born 1828).Norway source
March 12 – Almon B. Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, files a patent in the United States for an automatic telephone exchange using the Strowger switch.source
April – British chemists Frederick Abel and James Dewar file their first patent for the smokeless propellant cordite.source
May 6 – The Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The Galerie des machines, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time. The Exposition, which marks the centenary of the French Revolution, runs until October 31.source
June 3 – The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 mi between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.source
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.United States source
June 11 – A Neapolitan baker named Raffaele Esposito invents the Pizza Margherita, named after the queen consort of Italy Margherita of Savoy. This is the forerunner of the modern pizza.source
3 July – FN Herstal arms manufactory foundedBelgium source
August 6 – The Savoy Hotel in London opens.source
26 August – Act of incorporation of the Barry Railway Company#Vale of Glamorgan Railway.Wales source
August 30 – The Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office officially opens in London.source
October 6 – The Moulin Rouge cabaret opens in Paris.source
21 October – Cape Western – Eerste River to Somerset West, 8 mi 79 ch.South Africa source
November 2 – English Association football team Wimbledon F.C. plays their first match.source
November 23 – The first jukebox goes into operation, at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.source
2 December – The S.S. Alice, the first mechanically powered vessel on the Rotorua Lakes, is launched.New Zealand source
December 28 – The first interurban tram-train to emerge in the United States is the Newark and Granville Street Railway in Ohio.source
Yellow fever interrupts the building of the Panama Canal.source
The Capilano Suspension Bridge (the longest suspension foot-bridge in the world) is opened in British Columbia.source
An early method of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission, as developed by the Swiss engineer René Thury, is implemented commercially in Italy by the Acquedotto de Ferrari-Galliera Company. This system transmits 630 kW at 14 kV DC over a distance of 120 km.source
The company Dampskibsselskabet Torm is established by Ditlev Torm and Christian Schmiegelow in Copenhagen.Denmark source
Víðidalstungukirkja is constructed in Húnaþing vestra.Iceland source

Science & Discovery

January 1 – The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada.source
January 1 – A total solar eclipse is seen over parts of California and Nevada.United States source
21 January – American "Professor" Baldwin makes the first balloon ascent in New Zealand at Dunedin.New Zealand source
June 28 – The annular solar eclipse of June 28, 1889 is visible across the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and Indian Ocean, and is the 47th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 125.source
October 21 – Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder is recorded by Adelbert Theodor Wangemann, a German associate of Thomas Edison, on wax cylinders via phonograph. The two surviving wax cylinders that are produced make von Moltke, who was born in 1800, the earliest-living human whose voice has been recorded, and the only person born in the 18th century whose voice will be heard into the 21st.source
November 14 – Pioneer American woman journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, inspired by Jules Verne; she finishes the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes.source
November 14 – Pioneer woman journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to beat travel around the world in less than 80 days, inspired by Jules Verne; she finishes the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes.United States source
November – Bravo wins the Melbourne CupAustralia source
Interpretation Act 1889 (British statute)India source
Oscar Wilde published his dialogue, The Decay of Lying, and his story The Portrait of Mr. W. H..Ireland source
250 yards – H. Reeves (Canterbury)New Zealand source
The metric system was introduced in Norway (the actual law having been passed in 1875).Norway source

Health & Medicine

January 1 – Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas.source
January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.source
January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia.source
January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company, at this time known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.United States source
May – The first case of the 1889–1890 pandemic of is reported in the city of Bukhara in the Central Asian part of the Russian Empire.source
26 August – Official Secrets Act for the first time imposes criminal penalties to deter officials from disclosing confidential information.United Kingdom source
26 August – Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act ("Children's Charter") for the first time imposes criminal penalties to deter child abuse.United Kingdom source
17 November – Emperor Dom Pedro II and his family are sent into exile in Europe.Brazil source
November - King's Cross Hospital opens in Dundee.Scotland source
Old Age and Disability Insurance Bill of 1889Germany source
Commissioners For Oaths Act (British statute)India source
Trowbridge supersedes Wilton as the county town of Wiltshire.United Kingdom source

Crime & Justice

January 30 – Mayerling incident: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder-suicide) at the Mayerling hunting lodge in the Vienna Woods.source
February 25 – The landmark court decision in the case of The Moorcock establishes the concept of implied terms in English contract law.source
25 February – The landmark court decision in the case of The Moorcock establishes the concept of implied terms in English contract law.United Kingdom source
11 March – baby farmer Jessie King is the last woman to be hanged in Edinburgh, for infanticide.Scotland source
May 11 – Wham Paymaster robbery: An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort in the Arizona Territory results in the theft of over $28,000, and the award of two Medals of Honor.source
June – Vincent van Gogh paints The Starry Night at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.source
June – The Volpini Exhibition is staged by Paul Gauguin and other "peintures du Groupe impressioniste et synthétiste" in Paris.France source
June – A lion escapes from a travelling menagerie at Llandrindod Wells.Wales source
July 6 – Several aristocrats are implicated in the Cleveland Street scandal after police raid a male brothel in London.source
17 August – The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, featuring works by Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder, was opened in Melbourne.Australia source
August 26 – The Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act, commonly known as the Children's Charter, is passed in the United Kingdom; for the first time it imposes criminal penalties to deter child abuse.source
Arthur Wharton signs for Rotherham Town F.C. in England for the 1889/90 season, becoming probably the world's first black professional Association football player.source
Rémy Cogghe, Cockfights in FlandersBelgium source
Long jump – Leonard Cuff (Canterbury)New Zealand source
Plattsburgh Normal School (Plattsburgh, New York)United States source

Disasters & Accidents

8 February – Nine people drown in a ferry accident at Pembroke Dock.Wales source
March 15 – Samoan crisis: German and American warships keep each other at bay in a standoff in Apia Harbor, ending when a cyclone blows in and sinks them all.source
May 15 – In Samoa, 3 U.S. and 3 German ships sink in a typhoon because the captains refuse to leave before the others; almost 200 drown. The British steamer Calliope saves itself by pushing into the wind with full speed.United States source
May 31 – Johnstown Flood: The South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania.source
June 6 – The Great Seattle Fire ravages through the downtown area without any fatalities.source
June 12 – The Armagh rail disaster: runaway carriages from a Sunday school excursion collide with an oncoming train near Armagh in the north of Ireland, killing 80, leading to rapid passage of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 on railway signalling and brakes in the United Kingdom.source
12 June – Armagh rail disaster: runaway carriages from a Sunday school excursion collide with an oncoming train near Armagh in the north of Ireland, killing 80, leading to rapid passage of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 on railway signalling and brakes in the UK.United Kingdom source
July 7 – Great Bakersfield Fire of 1889 devastates Bakersfield, California, destroying 196 buildings and killing one person.United States source
August 4 – The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington, destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.source
5 September – Mauricewood Colliery disaster: a fire at the pit near Penicuik kills 63 of the 70 men and boys working underground.Scotland source
September 19 – A rockslide in Quebec City kills 45Canada source
1 November – Portrush life-boat The Robert and Agnes Blair, going to the aid of the schooner Dryad, capsized off the coast at Portballintrae with the loss of three of her thirteen crew.Ireland source
1 November – new building under construction at Templeton's Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green collapses killing 29 women in adjacent weaving sheds.Scotland source

Climate & Environment

May 30 – A tornado crossing West Virginia kills two.United States source
31 October – Exposition Universelle closes.France source
December 1–31 – With 15.80 in of rainfall, Los Angeles has its wettest calendar month since records began in 1877.United States source
A huge locust swarm crosses the Red Sea and destroys crops in the Nile Valley.source
The first West Virginia tornado is recorded.United States source
Arthur Wharton signs for Rotherham Town F.C. for the 1889/90 season, becoming probably the world's first black professional football player.United Kingdom source

Culture & Society

January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.source
25 January – Johan Jeremiassen, ship-owner, consul and politician (born 1843)Norway source
February 15 – The first issue of the Filipino liberal newspaper La Solidaridad is published in Spain.source
February 17 – The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is founded in Manchester (England), originally known as "The Plumage League" to campaign against the use of plumage in women's clothing.source
26 February – Akademisk Boldklub is founded.Denmark source
March 11 – The North Carolina Legislature issues a charter for the creation of Elon College.source
March 22 – English Association football team Sheffield United F.C. is formed at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. They play their first match on September 7.source
March 30 – Preston North End F.C. win the 1889 FA Cup final in England. Having on January 5 won the first Football League title with no defeats all season, they complete the double in Association football.source
April 10 – The Hammarby Roddförening (later Hammarby IF) sports club is founded in Sweden.source
11 June – According to popular contemporary legend the archetypal pizza Margherita was invented by the Neapolitan pizzaiolo ("pizza maker") Raffaele Esposito to create a pizza in honor of the visiting Queen Margherita. The Queen strongly preferred a pizza swathed in the colors of the Italian flag — red (tomato), green (basil), and white (mozzarella).Italy source
July 8 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published in New York City.source
July 8 – The last official bare-knuckle boxing title fight is held (under London Prize Ring Rules): Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan, the Boston Strong Boy, defeats Jake Kilrain in a world championship bout, lasting 75 rounds, in Mississippi.source
July 14 – International Workers Congresses of Paris open, and establish the Second International.source
July 31 – Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, marries Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, at Buckingham Palace in London.source
July – Emperor Dom Pedro II travels to Minas Gerais, demonstrating both that he is still actively engaged in government and the depth of support for the monarchy in the province.Brazil source
August 10 – At the Vienna Hofburg, the grand opening ceremony is held for the Imperial Natural History Museum (K.k. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum), begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors.source
September 10 – Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi becomes Albert I, Prince of Monaco.source
September 17 – American Civil War veteran Charles Jefferson Wright founds New York Military Academy, with 75 students on 30 acres of land in Cornwall, New York.source
8 November – Higher Institute of Philosophy founded at Catholic University of LeuvenBelgium source
November 20 – Gustav Mahler premieres his Symphony No. 1, in Budapest.source
November 27 – Clemson University is founded in Clemson, South Carolina.source
November 30 - Princeton wins the Consensus College Football National ChampionshipUnited States source
December 14 – In U.S. college football, Wofford and Furman play the first intercollegiate football game in the state of South Carolina, starting the Furman–Wofford football rivalry.source
21 December – The poem "Clancy of the Overflow", by Banjo Paterson, is first published in The Bulletin magazine.Australia source
December 23 – The Spanish Association football team Recreativo de Huelva is formed (the oldest club in Spain by the 21st century).source
The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 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.source
Consort Jin, probably received the Jadeite Cabbage as part of her dowry for her wedding to Emperor Guangxu.China source

Births

19 January – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, artist (died 1943)Switzerland source
February 2 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (died 1952)source
3 April – Grigoraș Dinicu, composer (died 1949).Romania source
April 14 – Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian (died 1975)source
April 16 – Charlie Chaplin, English comic actor, film director (died 1977)source
April 20 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born dictator of Nazi Germany (suicide 1945)source
April 26 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (died 1951)source
April 28 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator (died 1970)source
May 25 – Günther Lütjens, German admiral (died 1941)source
July 14 – Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator (died 1959)source
September 8 – Robert A. Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (died 1953)source
September 26 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (died 1976)source
October 10 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, art forger (died 1947)source
October 12 – Troy H. Middleton, American general and educator (died 1976)source
November 14 – Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister of India (died 1964)source
2 December – Anita Malfatti, artist (died 1964)Brazil source
December 30 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 47th President of Mexico (died 1973)source
? – Avetis Sultan-Zade, Persian-born ethnic Armenian communist and economist.Iran source

Deaths

14 January – Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, politician (born 1813)Switzerland source
March 8 – John Ericsson, Swedish inventor, engineer (born 1803)source
March 9 – Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia (born 1837)source
March 9 – Battle of Metemma: Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia, is killed; Sudanese forces, who have been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army. Yohannes is probably the world's last ruler ever to die in battle; on March 25 Menelik II proclaims himself as his successor.source
29 March – Teófilo Dias, poet, journalist and lawyer (born 1854)Brazil source
April 7 – Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese nationalist leader (born 1823)source
April 15 – Father Damien, Belgian Roman Catholic priest, missionary to Hawaiians with leprosy, and saint (born 1840)source
May 10 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (born 1826)source
June 8 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (born 1844)source
June 15 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (born 1850)source
June 25 – Lucy Webb Hayes, First Lady of the United States (born 1831)source
18 October – Antonio Meucci, inventor (born 1808).Italy source
19 October – Luís I of Portugal, king (born 1838)Portugal source
December 6 – Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (born 1808)source
December 12 – Robert Browning, English poet (born 1812)source
December 20 – George F. Durand, Canadian architect (born 1850)source
December 28 – Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress consort of Brazil (born 1822)source
December 31 – Ion Creangă, Romanian writer (born 1837 or 1839)source