Editing 1889 (section)

=== January–March ===
* [[January 1]]
** The total [[solar eclipse of January 1, 1889]] is seen over parts of [[California]] and [[Nevada]].
** Paiute spiritual leader [[Wovoka]] experiences a [[Vision (spirituality)|vision]], leading to the start of the [[Ghost Dance]] movement in [[the Dakotas]].
* [[January 4]] – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President [[Grover Cleveland]]. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
* [[January 8]] – [[Herman Hollerith]] receives a patent for his electric [[tabulating machine]] in the United States.
* [[January 15]] – [[The Coca-Cola Company]] is originally [[Incorporation (business)|incorporated]] as the Pemberton Medicine Company in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
* [[January 22]] – [[Columbia Phonograph]] is formed in Washington, D.C.
[[File:Rudolph & mary.jpg|thumb|upright|[[January 30]]: Suicide of [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria|Rudolf]] & [[Baroness Mary Vetsera|Mary]] at [[Mayerling]]]]
* [[January 30]] – [[Mayerling incident]]: [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria]] and his mistress [[Baroness Mary Vetsera]] commit a double suicide (or a murder-suicide) in the [[Mayerling]] hunting lodge.
* [[February 11]] – The [[Meiji Constitution]] of Japan is adopted; the 1st [[Diet of Japan]] convenes in [[1890]].
* [[February 15]] – The first issue of the Filipino liberal newspaper ''[[La Solidaridad]]'' is published in Spain.
* [[February 17]] – The [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]] is founded in [[Manchester]] (England), originally known as "The Plumage League" to campaign against the use of plumage in women's clothing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rspb.org.uk/about/history/milestones.asp|title=Milestones|publisher=RSPB|access-date=2007-02-19}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] – [[President of the United States|President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] signs the [[Enabling Act of 1889]], admitting [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Montana]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]] as [[U.S. state]]s.
* [[February 25]] – The [[Lists of landmark court decisions#Landmark decisions in the United Kingdom|landmark court decision]] in the case of ''[[The Moorcock]]'' establishes the concept of [[implied term]]s in [[English contract law]].<ref>14 PD 64.</ref>
* [[March 2]] – The United States Congress proclaims the entire [[Bering Sea]] to be under US control.
* [[March 9]] – [[Battle of Metemma]]: [[Yohannes IV]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]], is killed; [[Sudan]]ese forces, who have been almost defeated, rally and destroy the [[Ethiopia]]n army. Yohannes is probably the world's last ruler ever to die in battle; on [[March 25]] [[Menelik II]] proclaims himself as his successor.
* [[March 11]] – The [[North Carolina]] Legislature issues a charter for the creation of [[Elon College]].
* [[March 12]] – [[Almon Brown Strowger|Almon B. Strowger]], an undertaker in [[Topeka, Kansas]], files a patent in the United States for an [[automatic telephone exchange]] using the [[Strowger switch]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Roger B.|last=Hill |title=The Early Years of the Strowger System|url=http://www.privateline.com/Switching/EarlyYears.html|journal=Bell Laboratories Record|volume=31|issue=3|pages=95–103|accessdate=2011-11-03|date=March 1953|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025123622/http://www.privateline.com/Switching/EarlyYears.html|archivedate=2011-10-25}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] – [[Samoan crisis]]: German and American warships keep each other at bay in a standoff in [[Apia]] Harbor, ending when a [[1889 Apia cyclone|cyclone]] blows in and sinks them all.
* [[March 22]] – English [[Association football]] team [[Sheffield United F.C.]] is formed at the Adelphi Hotel, [[Sheffield]]. They play their first match on September 7.
* [[March 23]] – Claiming to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] founds the [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslim community in [[Punjab Province (British India)]].
[[File:Tour eiffel at sunrise from the trocadero.jpg|thumb|upright|[[March 31]]: The [[Eiffel Tower]] is inaugurated, becoming the tallest structure in the world]]
* [[March 30]] – [[Preston North End F.C.]] win the [[1889 FA Cup final]] in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1889.html |title=1889.html|publisher=Fa-cupfinals.co.uk|access-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080039/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1889.html |archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> Having on January 5 won the [[1888–89 Football League|first Football League]] title with no defeats all season, they complete the [[Double (association football)|double]] in Association football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/preston-north-end/1888-1889|title=Preston North End 1888–1889 Home|publisher=statto.com|access-date=15 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907005120/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/preston-north-end/1888-1889|archive-date=7 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – The [[Eiffel Tower]] is inaugurated in Paris (opens [[May 6]]). At {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}}, its height exceeds the previous [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest structure in the world]] by {{convert|130|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Contemporary critics regard it as aesthetically displeasing.