1880s

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s
Years: 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

Contents

1 Events and Trends

1.1 Technology
1.2 Science
1.3 War, peace and politics
1.4 Other

2.1 World Leaders

Events and Trends

Technology

Development and commercial production of electric lighting
Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach
First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings.
First steel frame construction "sky-scrapers"

Science

Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect
Michelson-Morley experiment, showing that the speed of light is invariant
James-Lange theory of emotion

War, peace and politics

First Boer War
The New Imperialism

Other

Krakatoa, a volcano in Indonesia, erupts cataclysmically; 36,000 people are killed, the majority by the resulting tsunami
About 300,000 Swedes emigrate to the United States

People

World Leaders

Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada)
Guangxu Emperor (China)
Emperor Wilhelm I (Germany)
Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany)
Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (Germany)
King Umberto I (Italy)
Pope Leo XIII
Emperor Meiji (Japan)
Emperor Alexander II (Russia)
Emperor Alexander III (Russia)
Queen - Empress Victoria (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Lord Salisbury (United Kingdom)
President Rutherford B. Hayes (United States)
President Chester A. Arthur (United States)
President Grover Cleveland (United States)

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