Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1893 - Events. January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 - The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. January 17 - Intervention by the ...

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1893 in art - Paintings. Edward Burne-Jones - Love Among the Ruins Peder Severin Krøyer - Sommeraften ved Skagen Sønderstrand med Anna Ancher og Marie Krøyer Edvard Munch - The Scream 1893 in art - Sculptures. 1893 in art - Other. Political cartoons in January 1893 ...

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(Conte pencil on paper, 51.8 x 36.5 cm, The Picasso Estate) Etude académique (1893-1894) (Charcoal on paper, 54 x 27 cm, The Picasso Estate) ...

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The British Ambassador to the United States is in charge of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to the USA. His official title is Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America. The Ambassador's residence is on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C.. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built in 1928. List of British Ambassadors to the United States - Work. The position of Ambassador to the United States is considered to be one of the three most important jobs in the ...

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Devanagari/Hindi: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी; Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી; October 2, 1869–January 30, 1948) was the spiritual and political leader of India who led the struggle for Indian independence from the British Empire, empowered by tens of millions of Indians. Throughout his life, he rejected any form of terrorism or violence. His philosophy of nonviolence, for which he coined the term satyagraha, has influenced national and inter ...

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1893 in rail transport - November births. November 5 - Raymond Loewy, industrial designer who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad designing the shape of equipment such as the GG1 (d. 1986). ...

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1893 in rail transport - January events. January - Under the direction of James J. Hill the third transcontinental railway in the United States is completed to the Pacific Northwest. January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America. See Railroad chronometers 1893 in rail transport - February events. February 23 - Rudolf Diese ...

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1893 Atlantic hurricane season - Storm 1. The season began early with its first storm forming on June 12 in the Bay of Campeche. The storm moved northeastward throughout its life, and hit the Florida Panhandle on June 16 as a strong tropical storm. After weakening over the Southeast United States, the storm emerged over the Atlantic Ocean near Norfolk, Virginia. After briefly strengthening to a hurricane, the storm succumbed to cold water and shear and became extratropical on June 20. < ...

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Prior to 1887, the monarchs of Hawaii ruled the kingdom as executive monarchs. Following the writing of the 1887 "Bayonet Constitution," however, the monarch was reduced to a mere figurehead. Most native Hawaiians and other Hawaiian citizens opposed these changes and wanted the monarch to return to its original, executive role. During the 1890 legislature, the Hawaiian king, Kalakaua, backed a number of proposals to amend or rewrite the 1887 constitution. Howev ...

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The hurricane was first observed on September 27, 1893, in the northwest Caribbean Sea. Its previous history is unknown; possibly it formed from a trough of low pressure in the area, a similar method of formation for two other storms this season. The storm moved to the northwest, quickly stregthening into a hurricane on September 28. It continued to intensify to 95 mph winds before hitting near Cancún of the Yucatan Peninsula on the 29th. While crossing the peninsula, the hurricane weakened to 90 mph, but restrengthened over the warm ...

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As a strengthening hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, the Chenier Caminanda Hurricane brought a strong storm surge that flooded much of southeast Louisiana. 779 people died out of the town's 1500 residents from the high winds and flooding from the storm surge. The surge was up to 16 feet, with heavy surf above it. The hurricane caused about 2000 fatalities in total, making it among the deadliest American hurricanes. The Gulf States were greatly affected by the hurricane. The orange and rice crop were greatly damaged, and combined with destruction of the wind, the hurricane caused about $ ...

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Modern analysis of historical records has allowed the history of this storm to be pieced together, although the analysis is only estimations since few accurate meteorological records were taken. On 15 August, a tropical storm formed east of the Cape Verde Islands. It likely passed directly though islands on the 16th, leaving their vicinity during the evening of the 17th. It become a hurricane on the 19th, while crossing the Atlantic between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles. The hurricane continued to strengthen, attainin ...

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With the inevitable increases in fishing power enabled by steam power in the latter part of the 19th Century, pressure was exerted on boat owners and skippers to exploit new grounds. Large catches in Icelandic waters meant voyages across the North Atlantic became more regular. As a result, in 1893, the Danish Government, who governed Iceland and the Faroe Islands, claimed a fishing limit of 13 nautical miles (24 km) around their shores. British trawler owners disputed this claim and continued to send their ships to Icelandic waters. Danish gunboats patrolled the area escorted a number of vessels t ...

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The hurricane carried with it a heavy storm surge (16 feet, according to Clara Barton), which caused great destruction along the coastline and offshore Sea Islands in Georgia and South Carolina. An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 people were killed (mostly by drowning). 30,000 or more were left homeless as nearly every building along the barrier islands was damaged beyond repair. Although the hurricane had been devestating, the American Red Cross did not arrive until 1 Oct, possibly because of ongoing efforts because of another hurricane tha ...

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In 1893, the city of Chicago hosted the World Columbian Exposition, an early world’s fair. So many people were coming to Chicago from all over the world that many smaller conferences, called Congresses and Parliaments, were scheduled to take advantage of this unprecedented gathering. One of these was the Parliament of the World’s Religions. The 1893 Parliament had marked the first formal gathering of representatives of Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. The eloquence of Swami Vivekananda and his introduction of Hindu thought to the USA are particularly remembered. Today it is recognized a ...

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1. Edward Quintal (1838-1839) 2. Arthur Quintal I (1840-1841) 3. Fletcher Christian II (1842) 4. Matthew McCoy (1843) 5. Thursday October Christian II (1844) 6. Arthur Quintal II (1845-1846) 7. Charles Christian III (1847) 8. George Adams (1848) 9. Simon Young (1849) -- Arthur Quintal II (1850) -- Thursday October Christian II (1851) 10. Abraham Blatchly Quintal (1852) --- Matthew McCoy (1853) --- Arthur Quintal II (1854) --- George Martin Frederick Young (1855-3 ...

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1. James Russell McCoy (1893-1896) 2. William Alfred Young (1897) -- James Russell McCoy (1897-1904) -- William Alfred Young (1904) ...

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1. Fletcher Christian (23 January 1790-3 October 1793) 2. Edward Young (3 October 1793-25 December 1800) 3. John Adams (25 December 1800-5 March 1829) (The death of John Adams led to a power vacuum. An important leader was Thursday October Christian the first child born on the island. In the ensuing period, the islanders tried to relocate to Tahiti, until the arrival of Joshua Hill). ...

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Grover Cleveland - Supreme Court appointments. Cleveland appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States during his first term. Lucius Quintus C. Lamar - 1888 Melville Weston Fuller - Chief Justice - 1888 Cleveland appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court during his second term. Edward Douglass W ...

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