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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

Years: 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 - 1895 - 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Events

January 5 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island
February 6 - Babe Ruth, Baseball Hall of Famer (+ 1948)
February 9 - W.G. Morgan invents volleyball.
February 14 - First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest (St. James' Theatre in London).
April 14 - a major earthquake severely damages Ljubljana, Slovenia
September or October - C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat demonstrate their Phantoscope, a motion picture projector, in Atlanta, Georgia.
November 8 - Wilhelm Röntgen discovers a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
December 28 - The Lumiere brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposes a space elevator
Last major earthquake in the New Madrid Fault Zone
Boulevard des Capucines -- this date is commonly considered the debut of the motion picture.

Births

January 1 - J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director
January 20 - George Burns, actor, comedian († 1996)
January 24 - Eugen Roth, lyricist and narrator (+ 1976)
February 2 - George Halas, American football player, coach, co-founder of the [[National Football League (+ 1983)
February 8 - King Vidor, director (+ 1982)
February 11 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer.
April 9 - Mance Lipscomb, popular singer.
May 6 - Rodolfo Valentino, Italian actor
July 12 - Buckminster Fuller, American architect.
September 11 - Vinoba Bhave
October 4 - Buster Keaton, American actor and film director
November 16 - Paul Hindemith, German composer
Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi party leader.

Deaths

February 20 - Frederick Douglass, ex-slave and author.
March 2 - Berthe Morisot, Impressionist Painter
June 29 - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist
November 27 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, author, playwright

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+[[Centuries]]:  [[18th century]] - '''[[19th century]]''' - [[20th century]]
-'''Karlsruhe''' (population 269,785 in 2001) is a city of [[Germany]], in the [[Baden-Württemberg]] [[Bundesland]], located near the [[France|French]]-German border.
+[[Decades]]:  [[1840s]] [[1850s]] [[1860s]] [[1870s]] [[1880s]] - '''[[1890s]]''' - [[1900s]] [[1910s]] [[1920s]] [[1930s]] [[1940s]]
-The altitude above sea level of the city's area is between 100 m and 322,7 m.
+Years:  [[1890]] [[1891]] [[1892]] [[1893]] [[1894]] - '''1895''' - [[1896]] [[1897]] [[1898]] [[1899]] [[1900]]
-Karlsruhe was the capital of the [[Grand Duchy of Baden]].
+----
-It is nicknamed ''the fan city'' because of its plan, with straight streets leading to the castle.
+'''Events'''
-It was the birthplace of [[Karl Benz]] ([[1844]] - [[1929]]), founder of Benz &amp; Co, now part of [[Daimler-Benz]].
+* [[January 5]] - [[Dreyfus Affair]]: [[France|French]] officer [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on [[Devil's Island]]
+* [[February 6]] - [[Babe Ruth]], [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]r (+ [[1948]])
+* [[February 9]] - [[W.G. Morgan]] invents [[volleyball]].
+* [[February 14]] - First showing of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s last play ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (St. James' Theatre in [[London]]).
+* [[April 14]] - a major [[earthquake]] severely damages [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia
+* [[September]] or [[October]] - [[C. Francis Jenkins]] and [[Thomas Armat]] demonstrate their [[Phantoscope]], a [[motion picture]] projector, in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].
+* [[November 8]] - [[Wilhelm Röntgen]] discovers a type of [[radiation]] later known as [[X-ray]]s.
+* [[December 28]] - The [[Auguste and Louis Lumiere|Lumiere brothers]] have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in
+*[[Konstantin Tsiolkovsky]] proposes a [[space elevator]]
-It is the seat of the German Federal Constitutional Court (''[[Bundesverfassungsgericht]]'').
+*Last major [[earthquake]] in the [[New Madrid Fault Zone]]
+*''Boulevard des Capucines'' -- this date is commonly considered the debut of the [[motion picture]].
+'''Births'''
-The town is twinned with [[Nancy]] ([[France]]), [[Nottingham]] ([[Great Britain]]), [[Krasnodar]] ([[Russia]]), [[Temeswar]] ([[Romania]]), [[Halle]] ([[Germany]]).
+* [[January 1]] - [[J. Edgar Hoover]], [[FBI]] director
+* [[January 20]] - [[George Burns]], actor, comedian (&dagger; [[1996]])
+* [[January 24]] - [[Eugen Roth]], lyricist and narrator (+ [[1976]])
+* [[February 2]] - [[George Halas]], [[American football]] player, coach, co-founder of the [[National Football League (+ [[1983]])
+* [[February 8]] - [[King Vidor]], director (+ [[1982]])
+* [[February 11]] - [[Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky]], composer.
+* [[April 9]] - [[Mance Lipscomb]], popular singer.
+* [[May 6]] - [[Rodolfo Valentino]], [[Italy|Italian]] [[actor]]
+* [[July 12]] - [[Buckminster Fuller]], American architect.
+* [[September 11]] - [[Vinoba Bhave]]
+* [[October 4]] - [[Buster Keaton]], American [[actor]] and [[film director]]
+* [[November 16]] - [[Paul Hindemith]], German [[composer]]
+* [[Wilhelm Gustloff]], Swiss Nazi party leader.
+'''Deaths'''
-== External Links ==
+* [[February 20]] - [[Frederick Douglass]], ex-slave and author.
+* [[March 2]] - [[Berthe Morisot]], [[Impressionist]] [[Painter]]
-* [http://www.karlsruhe.de/ Official website (in German)]
+* [[June 29]] - Sir [[Thomas Henry Huxley]], English [[biologist]]
-* [http://www.karlsruhe.de/Stadtraum/Faecher/daten.en.htm History]
+* [[November 27]] - [[Alexandre Dumas, fils]], author, playwright
-* [http://stadtplan.karlsruhe.de/ City plan, allows to see the "fan"-shaped city design]