1889

This page lists news articles and events for the year .

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

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Undated

• RPGs: Britain and the Great Colonial Powers compete for territory on Mars in the Steampunk Role-Playing Game Space 1889

January

• January 5:
  • Birth of Joseph Force Crater, whose disappearance in 1930 becomes one of the great unsolved mysteries of that era.

February

March

April

• April 20:
  • Event: Adolf Hitler is born.
  • Fiction?: Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary is knee-deep in time travelers attempting to prevent Hitler's birth. Sadly, they are all prevented by Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act.

May

June

• June 6
  • Event: The Great Seattle Fire destroys Seattle, Washington.

July

August

September

October

November

• November 14
  • Event: Reporter Nellie Bly begins her journey around the world to challenge Phileas Fogg's 80-day record.

December

• December 7:
  • Event: The Gondoliers; or The King of Baratiaria by Gilbert and Sullivan opens at the Savoy Theatre in London.