Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years: 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
Events and Trends
- About 300 000 Swedes emigrate to America.
- First Boer War
- First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings.
- Development and commercial production of electric lighting
- First steel frame construction "sky-scrapers"
World Leaders
- Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
- Emperor Wilhelm I (Germany)
- Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany)
- Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (Germany)
- King Umberto I (Italy)
- Pope Leo XIII
- Emperor Alexander II (Russia)
- Emperor Alexander III (Russia)
- Queen 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)
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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