1885 to 1895
Your Teenage Years
Under Construction
If you had been born in 1875, just as this the period covered by is course began, then you would have been in a teenager during this decade.
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course Decades of Biggest Change 1875 to 1945
Session 3 Topics
Topic 1 Randolph’s End
Topic 2 Germany’s Challenges
Topic 3 Colonialism
Topic 4 Age of Steel Begins
Topic 5 The Oriental Powers
Other Sessions
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Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 1886 | Rangoon: Britain Acquires Burma |
| 1886 | London: Gladstone Introduces Home Rule Bill for Ireland |
| 1886 | Niagara Falls: Hydro-electric Installations Begins |
| 1886 | London: “Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson Published |
| 1887 | Vietnam: France Organizes Union of Indo-China |
| 1887 | London: Arthur Conan Doyle Writes First Sherlock Holmes Story |
| 1888 | Berlin: New Kaiser William II Coronated (Emperor) |
| 1888 | New York City: Nikola Tesla Constructs Electric Motor |
| 1888 | London: “Jack the Ripper” Murders Six Women |
| 1889 | Hartford, Connecticut: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” by Mark Twain Written |
| 1889 | Paris: Eiffel Tower Built |
| 1890 | Berlin: Kaiser Fires Bismarck |
| 1890 | Japan: First General Election |
| 1890 | New York City: First Movie Shown Commercially |
| 1890 | Newport, Rhode Island: “The Influence of Seapower on History” by Alfred Thayer Mahan Written |
| 1891 | Vladivostok, Russia: Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad Began |
| 1892 | London: Labor Party Gets First Member of Parliament |
| 1892 | Paris: Toulouse-Latrec Paints “At the Moulin Rouge” |
| 1892 | Saint Petersburg: Tchaikovsky Composes “The Nutcracker” (ballet) |
| 1893 | Honolulu: USA Annexes Hawaii |
| 1893 | Saint Petersburg: French-Russia Alliance Signed |
| 1893 | Detroit: Henry Ford Builds His First Car |
| 1894 | New York City: Edison Opens His First Movie Theater |
| 1894 | Dummerston, Vermont: Rudyard Kipling Wrote “The Jungle Book” |
| 1895 | Cuba: Cuba’s Rebellion from Spain Began |
| 1895 | Woking, Surry: H.G. Wells Wrote “The Time Machine” |
| 1895 | Paterson, New Jersey: Stephen Crane Wrote “The Red Badge of Courage” |
| 1895 | Würzburg, Germany: X-Rays Discovered |
| 1895 | Bologna, Italy: Marconi Invented Radio |
| 1895 | Latrobe, Pennsylvania: First Pro Football Game Played |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1048 | Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy | Ferdinand Gregorovius| |Joseph Darras |
| 1054 | Orthodox, Catholics Split | Henry F. Tozer| |Joseph Deharbe |
| 1066 | Battle of Hastings | Sir Edward Creasy |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |