Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1889 - Events. 1889 - January-April. January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. January 30 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a d ...

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1889 - January-April 1889 - May-December 1889 - Unknown dates
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1889 - January-April. January 21 - Edith Bratt, wife of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (d. 1971) January 31 - Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958) February 3 - Risto Ryti, Prime Minister and President of Finland (d. 1956) February 5 - Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962) February 19 - Ernest Marsden, British physicist (d. 1970) February 22 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides (d. 1977) February 24 - Suzanne Bianchetti, F ...

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The Anglican Church of Korea is the province of the Anglican Communion in North and South Korea. Founded in 1889 there are at present over 100 parish and mission churches with roughly 50,000 members in the church. Anglican Church of Korea - History. Anglican Church of Korea - Birth of the Anglican Church of Korea. The birth of the Anglican Church of Korea can be traced back to the 1st of November 1889 when Bishop Charles John Corfe was ordained at Westminster Abbey and inaugurat ...

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Anglican Church of Korea - History
Anglican Church of Korea - Birth of the Anglican Church of Korea Anglican Church of Korea - Early missionary work Anglican Church of Korea - Japanese Colonial Rule Anglican Church of Korea - First native Bishop Anglican Church of Korea - Recent Expansion

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1889 - Events. January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine 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 Maye ...

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From 1889 to 1930, the government was a constitutional democracy, with the presidency alternating between the dominant states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. This period ended with a military coup that placed Getúlio Vargas, a civilian, in the presidency; Vargas remained as dictator until 1945. On November 15, 1889, Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca declared the Republic, and deposed the emperor, Dom Pedro II, assuming the govern of the country. The Brazilian republic was not a ideological offspring of the republics born of the Frenc ...

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History of Brazil 1889-1930, History of Brazil 1889-1930 - The Constitutionalist Revolution, History of Brazil 1889-1930 - Old Republic 1889-1930: rule of the landed oligarchies, History of Brazil 1889-1930 - The latifundia economies, History of Brazil 1889-1930 - Demographic changes, History of Brazil 1889-1930 - Economic social and political developments under the Old Republic, History of Brazil 1889-1930 - The struggle for modernization and social reform

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Eastern Alabama Railway - Summary of Operations. Anniston & Atlantic Railroad 1883 - 1889 Louisville and Nashville Railroad/Alabama Mineral Railroad: 1889 - 1982 Seaboard System Railroad: 1982 - July 1, 1986 CSX Corporation: July 1, 1986 - November 26, 1990 Alabama and Florida Railroad: November 26, 1990 - Present ...

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Pedro II was deposed on 15 November 1889 by a Republican military coup led by general Deodoro da Fonseca, who became the country's first president. The country's name became The United States of Brazil (which in 1967 was changed to Federative Republic of Brazil.) From 1889 to 1930, the government was a constitutional democracy, with the presidency alternating between the dominant states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. In the late 19th century coffee started to replace sugar as the country's main export crop. The coffee t ...

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History of Brazil, History of Brazil - The first Brazilians, History of Brazil - Colonial Brazil, History of Brazil - The Empire of Brazil, History of Brazil - The Old Republic 1889-1930, History of Brazil - Populism and development 1930-1964, History of Brazil - Modern Brazil: Military Rule and Redemocratization, History of Brazil - Military rule, History of Brazil - Redemocratization, History of Brazil - Present

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William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 - November 22, 1932) was a very important and influential figure in the early days of the New Thought Movement. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to William and Emma Atkinson, both of whom were born in Maryland also. He began his working life as a grocer at 15 years old, probably helping his father. He married Margret Foster Black of Beverley, New Jersey, on October 1889 and they had two children. The first prob ...

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William Allingham (March 19, 1824 or 1828 - November 18, 1889) was an Irish man of letters and poet. He was born at Ballyshannon, Donegal, and was the son of the manager of a local bank who was of English descent. He obtained a post in the custom-house of his native town and held several similar posts in Ireland and England until 1870, when he had retired from the service, and became sub-editor of Fraser's Magazine, which he edited from 1874 to 1879, in succession to James Froude. He had published a volume of Poems

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The Coat of Arms of Brazil was created in November 19, 1889, 4 days after Brazil became a republic. The coat of arms consists of the central emblem surrounded by coffee (at the left) and tobacco (at the right) branches, which are important crops in Brazil. In the blue circle in the center, the Southern Cross (also known as Crux) can be seen. The ring of 27 stars around it represents Brazil's 26 states and 1 federal district. The blue ribbon contains the official name of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil - Fe ...

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Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit ('Scholar, Teacher') Nehru, was one of the most important leaders of the Indian Independence Movement and the Indian National Congress, and became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its independence on August 15, 1947. Nehru's 17 years as Prime Minister are the most influential of any national leader in the post-independence history of India. An adherent of sociali ...

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Jawaharlal Nehru - 1947 to 1952 With Sardar Patel
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Jawaharlal Nehru - Legacy Jawaharlal Nehru - The Nehru Family in Indian Politics Jawaharlal Nehru - Books Quotes and Trivia Jawaharlal Nehru - See Also

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Japan's first modern legislature was the Imperial Diet (帝國議会; Teikoku Gikai) established by the Meiji constitution in force from 1889-1947. The Meiji Constitution was adopted on February 11, 1889 and the Imperial Diet first met on November 29, 1890 when the document entered into operation. The Diet consisted of a House of Representatives and a House of Peers (貴族院; Kizokuin). The House of Representatives was directly elected, if on a limited franchise; universal adult male suffrage was introduced in 1925. The House of Peers, much like the British House of ...

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Diet of Japan, Diet of Japan - Composition, Diet of Japan - Powers, Diet of Japan - Activities, Diet of Japan - History

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Only two leaders were recognized by both branches of the sect: 23 March 1889 - 26 May 1908 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founding Mahdi (b. 1835 - d. 1908) 27 May 1908 - 13 March 1914 Maulana Hakim Nur-ud-Din (b. 1841 - d. 1914), the first Khalifa, after whose death the movement was split: Leaders recognized by the Qadian Branch, referred to as Khalifas ('Successors'): 14 March 1914 - 7 November 1965 Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad (b. 1889 - d. 1965) 8 November ...

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Ahmadi, Ahmadi - History, Ahmadi - Ahmadis compared to mainstream Muslims, Ahmadi - Qadiani Ahmadis compared to Lahori, Ahmadi - Chronology with leaders, Ahmadi - Links, Ahmadi - Sources and References, Ahmadi - Ahmadiyya External links:

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1975 - Unknown date. Will Mastin, American vaudevillian 1975 - January. January 8 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913) January 19 - Thomas Hart Benton, American artist (b. 1889) January 24 - Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b. 1902) January 27 - Bill Walsh, American film produ ...

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In certain historical circumstances, a major power's Consular representation in a territory, especially if that thus not have a statehood-status warranting a full diplomatic mission (such as an embassy), may act in a rather gubernatorial role, not unlike the colonial use of a Resident (Minister) The following case lists are probably not exhaustive Consul representative - Protectorates and Consession Territories. in (Western) Samoa, a Polynesian Kingdom, since 7 November 1889 under the unique T ...

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Consul representative, Consul representative - Early history, Consul representative - Present consular system, Consul representative - Colonial and similar roles, Consul representative - Protectorates and Consession Territories, Consul representative - Occupied territories and similar control, Consul representative - Sources and References, Consul representative - External link

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Rains was born in London on November 10, 1889. He fought in World War I, and was involved in a gas attack that left him almost blind in one eye for the rest of his life. Rains' acting talents were recognized by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, founder of The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Tree paid for the elocution lessons that he needed to succeed as an actor. Later, Rains taught at the institution, working with John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, among others. Rains' first Hollywood role was the title character in James Whale's The Invisible Man (1933). His distinctive voice won him the role: his face was not ...

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Claude Rains, Claude Rains - Life, Claude Rains - Academy Award nominations, Claude Rains - Filmography

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Charles Lightoller was born in Chorley, Lancashire on 30 March 1874. At the age of 13, young Charles began a four year sea-faring apprenticeship onboard the Primrose Hill. On his second voyage, he set sail with the crew of the Holt Hill. During a storm in the South Atlantic, the ship was demasted and forced to put it at Rio de Janeiro — in the midst of a small pox epidemic and revolution — where repair were made. Another storm on 13 November 1889 in the Indian Ocean caused the ship to run aground an uninhabited, four and a ...

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Charles Lightoller, Charles Lightoller - Career, Charles Lightoller - Titanic, Charles Lightoller - Family, Charles Lightoller - Death

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In the 1880s the Wisconsin Central Railroad built its own line south to Chicago due to disputes with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, over which it ran to Chicago. The line was completed to Forest Park, west of Chicago, in early 1886. On July 19, 1886 trains began running over the new Chicago and Great Western Railroad, which had just built its own line to Chicago, junctioning with the WCRR at Forest Park. The C&GW began construction on the current Grand Central Station in 1888. On November 5, 1889 the Chicag ...

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Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad - History, Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad - Operations

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Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York, the second of the six children to William Avery Rockefeller (November 13, 1810 - May 11, 1906) and Eliza Davison (September 12, 1813 - March 28, 1889). William was a travelling salesmen of dubious products, such as "cancer cures," a philanderer and bigamist. As he was frequently gone for extended periods, Eliza struggled to maintain a semblance of stability at home. Young Rockefeller's contemporaries described him as articulate, methodical, and discreet. [see Chernow] When he was a boy, his family ...

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John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller - Early Life, John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller - Monopoly, John D. Rockefeller - Philanthropy, John D. Rockefeller - Legacy

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