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=== July–September === [[Image:Strand-of-akoya-pearls.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[July 11]]: [[Kōkichi Mikimoto|Mikimoto]] develops cultured [[pearl]]s.]] * [[July 1]] – U.S. President [[Grover Cleveland]] is operated on in secret. * [[July 6]] – The small town of [[Pomeroy, Iowa]], is nearly destroyed by a tornado; 71 people are killed and 200 injured. * [[July 11]] ** Liberal general and politician [[José Santos Zelaya]] leads a successful revolt in [[Nicaragua]]. ** [[Kōkichi Mikimoto]], in Japan, develops the method to seed and grow cultured [[pearl]]s. * [[July 13]] ** [[Paknam Incident]]: Two French Navy ships are fired upon by Siamese cannons stationed at the Paknam Fort, that guards the [[Chao Phraya River]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Martin|last=Stuart-Fox|title=A History of Laos|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1997|page=25}}</ref> Three months later, Siam is forced to cede modern-day [[Laos]] to France. ** [[Frederick Jackson Turner]] gives a lecture titled "[[The Significance of the Frontier in American History]]" before the [[American Historical Association]] in Chicago. ** Scottish [[Association football]] club [[Dundee F.C.]] is formed. * [[July 25]] – The [[Corinth Canal]] is completed in Greece. * [[August 14]] – The world's first [[driving license]]s are introduced in France under the Paris Police Ordinance.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/ufaqs/when-was-the-first-driving-licence-issued/ |title=When was the first driving licence issued?|publisher=[[National Motor Museum, Beaulieu|National Motor Museum]]| date=February 9, 2022| accessdate =16 August 2023}}</ref> * [[August 15]] – The [[Ibadan]] area becomes a British [[protectorate]], after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the [[Olubadan|Baale of Ibadan]], with the British acting Governor of [[Lagos Colony|Lagos]], George C. Denton. * [[August 27]] – The [[1893 Sea Islands hurricane|Sea Islands hurricane]] hits [[Savannah, Georgia]], [[Charleston, South Carolina]], and the [[Sea Islands]], killing 1,000–2,000. * [[September 1]] – [[William Ewart Gladstone]]'s [[Government of Ireland Bill 1893]], intended to give Ireland self-government, is rejected by the U.K. Parliament. * [[September 7]] ** Under pressure of a general strike, the [[Belgian Federal Parliament]] enacts general multiple suffrage. ** [[Russian monitor Rusalka|Russian monitor ''Rusalka'']] sinks in a storm in the [[Gulf of Finland]], with the loss of all 177 crew; her hulk is eventually discovered in [[2003]] off Helsinki. ** [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club]], the oldest Italian [[Association football]] club, is formed. * [[September 11]] – The [[World Parliament of Religions]] opens as an adjunct to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; Bengali Hindu monk [[Swami Vivekananda]] receives a standing ovation for his address in response to his welcoming. * [[September 12]] – [[American Temperance University]] begins classes in [[Harriman, Tennessee]] (it closes after 15 years, in May [[1908]]).<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul Hyoshin|last=Kim|title=Jesus of Korea: Savior of the People|publisher=Fortress Press|year=2016|page=75}}</ref> * [[September 16]] – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. * [[September 19]] ** New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant [[women's suffrage]]. ** [[Swami Vivekananda]] delivers an inspiring paper at the [[World Parliament of Religions]] in Chicago. * [[September 21]] – Brothers [[Charles Duryea|Charles]] and [[J. Frank Duryea|Frank Duryea]] drive the first gasoline-powered [[motorcar]] in America, on public roads in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]. * [[September 23]] – The [[Baháʼí Faith]] is first publicly mentioned in the United States, at the [[World Parliament of Religions]] in Chicago. * [[September 27]] – The [[World Parliament of Religions]] holds its closing meeting in Chicago. * [[September 28]] – The Portuguese [[sports club]] [[Futebol Clube do Porto]] is founded.
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