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1891

1891 — Korea: February. The Korean Northern Cable Treaty (조선북로전선조약, 朝鮮北路電線條約) is signed by China and Korea. By this treaty, the telegraphic service from Seoul to Wonsan is in operation / China: Jindandao incident / Japan: October — 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake: A strongest recorded inland earthquake of Japan / United States: James Naismith invents basketball

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KoreaJoseon 1392–1897ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912JapanMeiji era 1868–1912United StatesUnited States 1776–
  • February. The Korean Northern Cable Treaty (조선북로전선조약, 朝鮮北路電線條約) is signed by China and Korea. By this treaty, the telegraphic service from Seoul to Wonsan is in operation.
  • 1889함경도에 방곡령 실시
  • 1890January. The Korean Merchant's Association for Fairness is opened by Kim Jae-jun (김재전, 金在田), Lee Gun-seo (이군서, 李君瑞) and Park Myung-gyu (박명규, 朴明珪). The Association promoted usage of foreign weight and measurement standards in the domestic market. It had offices in Incheon, Wonsan and Busan.
  • 1892Issuance of the Baekdonghwa (백동화,白銅貨), the last coin issued during the Joseon Dynasty, with the enforcement of the New Currency Regulations (신식화폐조례,新式貨幣條例). Although it caused some chaos on which currency to use and its introduction triggered counterfeiting, it also stabilised the inflation within the peninsula.
  • 1893March. The Korean Imperial Naval Academy is established. The academy produces approximately 160 officers before its close during and after the First Sino-Japanese War.
  • Jindandao incident
  • Foreign businessmen established the Shanghai Sharebrokers' Association in Shanghai.
  • 1889光绪亲政开始。张之洞任湖广总督，推动洋务运动。
  • October — 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake: A strongest recorded inland earthquake of Japan.
  • 1889Meiji Constitution
  • 18891889 Kumamoto earthquake
  • 1890November — The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Meiji Constitution) was enacted. This turned Japan into a quasi-absolute monarchy with a representative democracy.
  • James Naismith invents basketball
  • Baltimore crisis
  • Hamlin Garland publishes Main-Travelled Roads
  • 1889North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington become states
  • 1889Johnstown Flood
  • 1889Jane Addams founds Hull House
  • 1889Wilcox rebellion of 1889
  • 1889Centennial of the Constitution celebrated.
  • 1889December 6, 1889 – Former Confederate president Jefferson Davis dies.
  • 1889Oklahoma Land Rush (April 22, 1889)
  • 1889During a speech given by Benjamin Harrison, he becomes the first U.S. president in history to have a voice recording.
  • 1890Wounded Knee Massacre
  • 1890Idaho and Wyoming become states
  • 1890Sherman Antitrust Act
  • 1890Yosemite National Park created
  • 1890Sherman Silver Purchase Act
  • 1890Ghost Dance War
  • 1890Jacob Riis published "How the Other Half Lives"
  • 1890Drexel Mission Fight
  • 1890National American Woman Suffrage Association founded
  • 1890McKinley Tariff
  • 1890Reporter Nelly Bly circles globe by train and steamship in 72 days
  • 1892General Electric Company founded
  • 1892Sierra Club founded by John Muir
  • 1892U.S. presidential election, 1892: Grover Cleveland elected president and Adlai E. Stevenson, vice president
  • 1892Populist national convention held in Omaha
  • 1892Homestead Strike
  • 1892March 4, 1893 – Cleveland becomes the 24th president; Stevenson becomes the 23rd vice president
  • 1893Panic of 1893
  • 1893Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed
  • 1893Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago