December 1889 in History

Events in History

Dec 4 Explorer Henery Morton Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean

Event of Interest

Dec 9 US President Benjamin Harrison dedicates the Chicago Auditorium, designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, then largest building in the US

Dec 13 Belgium rules on women and child labor law
Dec 14 American Academy of Political & Social Science organized in Philadelphia
Dec 19 Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii

Birthdays in History

Dec 8 Hervey Allen, American writer and poet (Anthony Adverse), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1949)
Dec 11 Paul Kornfeld, Czech playwright, born in Prague (d. 1942)

Walter Knott (1889-1981)

Dec 11 American farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in California and introduced the boysenberry to America, born in San Bernardino, California

Dec 21 Sewall Wright, American geneticist, born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
Dec 22 Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, born in Baskinta, Lebanon (d. 1988)
Dec 30 Georg von der Vring, German painter and writer (Soldier Suhren), born in Brake, Lower Saxony, Germany (d. 1968)

Deaths in History

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889)

Dec 6 President of the Confederate States of America (1861-65), dies at 81

Dec 6 Jozef Neuhuys [Joseph Hendrikus Neuhuys], Dutch painter, dies at 48
Dec 10 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Dec 12 English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77

Dec 12 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1804)
Dec 21 Friedrich August Quenstedt, German geologist and paleontologist, dies at 80
Dec 21 J. B. Lightfoot, English theologist and bishop of Durham, dies at 61
Dec 24 Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)
Dec 31 Ion Creanga, Moldavian-born Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie) author, dies at 52