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For the board game, see 1889 (board game).
Year
1889 (
Roman numerals) was a
common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1889
: Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria &
Baroness Mary Vetsera at
Mayerling.
January - March
:
Land Run of 1889.
- March - Germany naval force shells a village in Samoa, destroying some United States property. Three American warships enter the Samoan harbor and were prepare to fire on the three German warships found there. Before guns are fired, a hurricane blows up and sinks all the ships, American and German. A compulsory armistice is called because of the lack of warships.
- March 4 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States of the United States (1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
- March 9 - Yohannes IV is killed in the Battle of Metemma; Sudanese forces, who had been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army.
- March 11 - North Carolina Legislature issues a charter for the creation of Elon College.
- March 31 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). Contemporary critics regard it aesthetically displeasing.
April - June
.
- April 22 - At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Guthrie, Oklahoma are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
- May 2 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over what will become Eritrea.
- May 6 - Eiffel Tower opens, in Paris.
- May 15 - In Samoa, three US and three German ships sink in a typhoon because the captains refuse to leave before the others - almost 200 drown. British steamer Calliope saves itself by pushing into the wind with full speed.
- May 31 - South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania; the Johnstown Flood.
- June 3 - The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette River and downtown Portland, Oregon.
- June 6 - The Great Seattle Fire ravages through the Downtown, Seattle, Washington without any fatalities.
- June 12 - 88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland.
July - September
October - December
: Nintendo is founded (then a
playing cards manufacturer)
- October 2 - In Washington, DC, the first international Conference of American States begins.
- October 3 - Sister Carrie (by Theodore Dreiser) goes to Chicago.
- October 24 - Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration calling for the Federation of Australia.
- November 2 - North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. state.
- November 8 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
- November 11 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.
- November 14 - Inspired by Jules Verne pioneer woman Journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to beat travel around the world in less than 80 days (Bly finished the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes).
- November 15 - Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil is deposed in a military coup (he was the second and last emperor of Brazil).
- November 23 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
- December 14 - Wofford and Furman play the first intercollegiate football game in the state of South Carolina.
- December 23 - Spanish football team Recreativo de Huelva was formed (current oldest club in Spain).
Undated
,
yellow fever.
.
- Glele, king of Dahomey, commits suicide.
- Yellow fever interrupts the building of Panama Canal.
- Huge locust swarm crosses the Red Sea and destroys crops in the Nile.
- Ghost Dance movement begins.
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi.
- Fabian Essays in Socialism, edited by George Bernard Shaw, is published.
- Capilano Suspension Bridge was opened. This is the longest suspension foot-bridge in the world, and the park is now a favourite attraction to tourists from all over the world. It is located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Sylvie and Bruno, by Lewis Carroll, is published.
- English football team Wimbledon F.C. was formed.
- Brook Trout introduced into the upper Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park
- The Celesta musical instrument is invented by Auguste Mustel.
- Children's Charter 1889 is passed.
Births
January - June
- January 20 - Leadbelly, American musician (d. 1949)
- January 21 - Edith Bratt, wife of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (d. 1971)
- January 31 - Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958)
- February 2 - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952)
- February 3 - Risto Ryti, Prime Minister of Finland and President of Finland (d. 1956)
- February 5 - Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
- February 7 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
- February 19 - Ernest Marsden, British physicist (d. 1970)
- February 22 - Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides (d. 1977)
- February 22 - R. G. Collingwood, British philosopher and historian. (d. 1943)
- February 24 - Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress (d. 1936)
- March 1
- Kanoko Okamoto, Japanese novelist, poet, and Buddhism scholar (d. 1939)
- Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960)
- March 4
- Oren E. Long, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawai'i (d. 1965)
- Pearl White, American silent film actress (d. 1938)
- March 6 - William D. Francis, Australian botanist (d. 1959)
- March 16 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
- March 21 - Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer and actor (d. 1957)
- March 24 - Albert Hill, British athlete (d. 1969)
- March 29 - Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
- April 7 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1957)
- April 8 - Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor (d. 1983)
- April 11 - Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
- April 15 - Thomas Hart Benton (painter), American painter (d. 1975)
- April 16 - Charlie Chaplin, English actor and film director (d. 1977)
- April 20 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
- April 21 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1971)
- April 23 - Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
- April 26 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
- April 28 - António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator(d. 1970)
- April 30 - Fritz Pfeffer, German-Dutch housemate of Anne Frank, (d. 1944)
- May 12 - Otto Frank, German publisher, businessman, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)
- May 18 - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944)
- May 25 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian developer of the helicopter (d. 1972)
- June 21 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)
- June 23 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
===July - December===
- July 5 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
- July 17 - Erle Stanley Gardner, American author (d. 1970)
- August 5 - Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
- August 12 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981)
- August 21 - Sir Richard O'Connor, English General in WWII (d. 1981)
- September 2 - George H. Plympton, American screenwriter (d. 1972)
- September 7 - Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer (d. 1953)
- September 8 - Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (d. 1953)
- September 11 - Suzanne Duchamp, French painter (d. 1963)
- September 14 - María Capovilla, Supercentenarian, the last surviving person verified as born in 1889. (d. 2006)
- September 18 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)
- September 20 - Charles Reidpath, American athlete (d. 1975)
- September 25 - C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930)
- September 26 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)
- October 3 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)
- October 8 - C. E. Woolman, American airline executive (d. 1966)
- October 13 - Douglass Dumbrille, Canadian-born actor (d. 1974)
- November 1 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982)
- November 12 - DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (d. 1981)
- November 14 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
- November 16 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)
- November 19 - Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (d. 1938)
- November 20 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953)
- November 30 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1977)
- December 9 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (d. 1966)
- December 11 - Walter Knott, farmer and creator of Knott's Berry Farm (d. 1981).
- date unknown
- Dr. Rai Rajeshwar Bali, Indian intellectual reformist (d.1945)
- James Alexander Allan, Australian poet (d. 1956)
- Marthe Richard, French prostitution, espionage, and politics (d. 1982)
See also :Category: 1889 births.
Deaths
- January 13 - Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
- January 30 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (suicide) (b. 1858)
- January 30 - Baroness Mary Vetsera (suicide) (b. 1871)
- February 3 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848)
- March 8 - John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (b. 1803)
- March 9 - Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia
- March 24 - Leatherman (vagabond) (b. 1833)
- April 23 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
- May 9 - William S. Harney, U.S. Army general (b. 1800)
- May 14 - Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
- May 12 - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
- June 8 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
- June 15 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850)
- July 10 - Julia Gardiner Tyler, First Lady of the United States (b. 1820)
- August 2 - Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
- August 19 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
- September 16 - Bob Younger, American outlaw and youngest of the Younger outlaws
- September 23 - Wilkie Collins, British novelist (b. 1824)
- October 10 - Adolf von Henselt, German composer
- October 11 - James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818)
- October 19 - King Luis I of Portugal (b. 1838)
- October 25 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820)
- November 18 - William Allingham, Irish author (b. 1824 or 1828)
- December 6 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- December 12 - Robert Browning, English poet (b. 1812)
- December 31 - Ion Creangă, Romanian writer (b. 1837 or 1839)
See also :Category: 1889 deaths.
Heads of State
- Argentina - Miguel Juárez Celman (1886-1890)
- China - Guangxu Emperor of China Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (1875-1908)
- Denmark - Christian IX of Denmark, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
- France - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-1894)
- Germany - Wilhelm II of Germany, Kaiser (1888-1918)
- Holy See - Pope Leo XIII, Pope (1878-1903)
- Japan - Meiji Emperor, Meiji period Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
- Norway - Oscar II of Sweden, King of Sweden and King of Norway (1872-1905)
- Ottoman Empire - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
- Russia - Alexander III of Russia, Tsar of Russia (1881-1894)
- Spain - Alfonso XIII of Spain, King of Spain (1886-1931)
- United Kingdom - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, (1886-1892)
- United States -
- Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885-1889)
- Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States (1889-1893)
For the board game, see 1889 (board game).
Year
1889 (
Roman numerals) was a
common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1889
:
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria &
Baroness Mary Vetsera at Mayerling.
January - March
: Land Run of 1889.
- March - Germany naval force shells a village in Samoa, destroying some United States property. Three American warships enter the Samoan harbor and were prepare to fire on the three German warships found there. Before guns are fired, a hurricane blows up and sinks all the ships, American and German. A compulsory armistice is called because of the lack of warships.
- March 4 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States of the United States (1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
- March 9 - Yohannes IV is killed in the Battle of Metemma; Sudanese forces, who had been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army.
- March 11 - North Carolina Legislature issues a charter for the creation of Elon College.
- March 31 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). Contemporary critics regard it aesthetically displeasing.
April - June
.
- April 22 - At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Guthrie, Oklahoma are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
- May 2 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over what will become Eritrea.
- May 6 - Eiffel Tower opens, in Paris.
- May 15 - In Samoa, three US and three German ships sink in a typhoon because the captains refuse to leave before the others - almost 200 drown. British steamer Calliope saves itself by pushing into the wind with full speed.
- May 31 - South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania; the Johnstown Flood.
- June 3 - The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette River and downtown Portland, Oregon.
- June 6 - The Great Seattle Fire ravages through the Downtown, Seattle, Washington without any fatalities.
- June 12 - 88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland.
July - September
October - December
:
Nintendo is founded (then a
playing cards manufacturer)
- October 2 - In Washington, DC, the first international Conference of American States begins.
- October 3 - Sister Carrie (by Theodore Dreiser) goes to Chicago.
- October 24 - Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration calling for the Federation of Australia.
- November 2 - North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. state.
- November 8 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
- November 11 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.
- November 14 - Inspired by Jules Verne pioneer woman Journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to beat travel around the world in less than 80 days (Bly finished the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes).
- November 15 - Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil is deposed in a military coup (he was the second and last emperor of Brazil).
- November 23 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
- December 14 - Wofford and Furman play the first intercollegiate football game in the state of South Carolina.
- December 23 - Spanish football team Recreativo de Huelva was formed (current oldest club in Spain).
Undated
,
yellow fever.
.
- Glele, king of Dahomey, commits suicide.
- Yellow fever interrupts the building of Panama Canal.
- Huge locust swarm crosses the Red Sea and destroys crops in the Nile.
- Ghost Dance movement begins.
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi.
- Fabian Essays in Socialism, edited by George Bernard Shaw, is published.
- Capilano Suspension Bridge was opened. This is the longest suspension foot-bridge in the world, and the park is now a favourite attraction to tourists from all over the world. It is located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Sylvie and Bruno, by Lewis Carroll, is published.
- English football team Wimbledon F.C. was formed.
- Brook Trout introduced into the upper Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park
- The Celesta musical instrument is invented by Auguste Mustel.
- Children's Charter 1889 is passed.
Births
January - June
- January 20 - Leadbelly, American musician (d. 1949)
- January 21 - Edith Bratt, wife of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (d. 1971)
- January 31 - Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958)
- February 2 - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952)
- February 3 - Risto Ryti, Prime Minister of Finland and President of Finland (d. 1956)
- February 5 - Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
- February 7 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
- February 19 - Ernest Marsden, British physicist (d. 1970)
- February 22 - Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides (d. 1977)
- February 22 - R. G. Collingwood, British philosopher and historian. (d. 1943)
- February 24 - Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress (d. 1936)
- March 1
- Kanoko Okamoto, Japanese novelist, poet, and Buddhism scholar (d. 1939)
- Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960)
- March 4
- Oren E. Long, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawai'i (d. 1965)
- Pearl White, American silent film actress (d. 1938)
- March 6 - William D. Francis, Australian botanist (d. 1959)
- March 16 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
- March 21 - Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer and actor (d. 1957)
- March 24 - Albert Hill, British athlete (d. 1969)
- March 29 - Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
- April 7 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1957)
- April 8 - Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor (d. 1983)
- April 11 - Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
- April 15 - Thomas Hart Benton (painter), American painter (d. 1975)
- April 16 - Charlie Chaplin, English actor and film director (d. 1977)
- April 20 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
- April 21 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1971)
- April 23 - Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
- April 26 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
- April 28 - António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator(d. 1970)
- April 30 - Fritz Pfeffer, German-Dutch housemate of Anne Frank, (d. 1944)
- May 12 - Otto Frank, German publisher, businessman, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)
- May 18 - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944)
- May 25 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian developer of the helicopter (d. 1972)
- June 21 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)
- June 23 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
===July - December===
- July 5 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
- July 17 - Erle Stanley Gardner, American author (d. 1970)
- August 5 - Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
- August 12 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981)
- August 21 - Sir Richard O'Connor, English General in WWII (d. 1981)
- September 2 - George H. Plympton, American screenwriter (d. 1972)
- September 7 - Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer (d. 1953)
- September 8 - Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (d. 1953)
- September 11 - Suzanne Duchamp, French painter (d. 1963)
- September 14 - María Capovilla, Supercentenarian, the last surviving person verified as born in 1889. (d. 2006)
- September 18 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)
- September 20 - Charles Reidpath, American athlete (d. 1975)
- September 25 - C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930)
- September 26 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)
- October 3 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)
- October 8 - C. E. Woolman, American airline executive (d. 1966)
- October 13 - Douglass Dumbrille, Canadian-born actor (d. 1974)
- November 1 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982)
- November 12 - DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (d. 1981)
- November 14 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
- November 16 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)
- November 19 - Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (d. 1938)
- November 20 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953)
- November 30 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1977)
- December 9 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (d. 1966)
- December 11 - Walter Knott, farmer and creator of Knott's Berry Farm (d. 1981).
- date unknown
See also :Category: 1889 births.
Deaths
- January 13 - Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
- January 30 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (suicide) (b. 1858)
- January 30 - Baroness Mary Vetsera (suicide) (b. 1871)
- February 3 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848)
- March 8 - John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (b. 1803)
- March 9 - Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia
- March 24 - Leatherman (vagabond) (b. 1833)
- April 23 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
- May 9 - William S. Harney, U.S. Army general (b. 1800)
- May 14 - Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
- May 12 - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
- June 8 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
- June 15 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850)
- July 10 - Julia Gardiner Tyler, First Lady of the United States (b. 1820)
- August 2 - Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
- August 19 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
- September 16 - Bob Younger, American outlaw and youngest of the Younger outlaws
- September 23 - Wilkie Collins, British novelist (b. 1824)
- October 10 - Adolf von Henselt, German composer
- October 11 - James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818)
- October 19 - King Luis I of Portugal (b. 1838)
- October 25 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820)
- November 18 - William Allingham, Irish author (b. 1824 or 1828)
- December 6 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- December 12 - Robert Browning, English poet (b. 1812)
- December 31 - Ion Creangă, Romanian writer (b. 1837 or 1839)
See also :Category: 1889 deaths.
Heads of State
- Argentina - Miguel Juárez Celman (1886-1890)
- China - Guangxu Emperor of China Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (1875-1908)
- Denmark - Christian IX of Denmark, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
- France - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-1894)
- Germany - Wilhelm II of Germany, Kaiser (1888-1918)
- Holy See - Pope Leo XIII, Pope (1878-1903)
- Japan - Meiji Emperor, Meiji period Emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
- Norway - Oscar II of Sweden, King of Sweden and King of Norway (1872-1905)
- Ottoman Empire - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
- Russia - Alexander III of Russia, Tsar of Russia (1881-1894)
- Spain - Alfonso XIII of Spain, King of Spain (1886-1931)
- United Kingdom - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, (1886-1892)
- United States -
- Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1885-1889)
- Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States (1889-1893)
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