1889

Football clubs such as Sheffield United FC were founded in the year 1889.

 Events 
 Brazil becomes a republic
 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Paris Exhibition, where the Eiffel tower was first open to the public
 June 14 – the Treaty of Berlin (1889) is signed

 Births 
 April 9 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist
 September 14 – Maria Esther de Capovilla, Worlds oldest woman (d. 2006)
 Alfonso Reyes
 April 20 – Adolf Hitler
 December 3 - Kshudiram Bose - Indian patriot against British Raj (d. 1908)