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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 Events and Trends Motion pictures Ragtime music Early commercial production of automobiles. US scientist P.C. Chamberlain and Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius independently come to the conclusion that burning fossil fuels might cause global warming due to CO2 emissions. Second Boer War Spanish-American War Split in Irish nationalism over Irish leader Charles Stewart Parnell's affair with a fellow MP's wife, Kitty O'Shea[?]. Accession of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in the world's first ever filmed coronation. World Leaders Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary) Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany) Chancellor Leo von Caprivi (Germany) King Umberto I (Italy) Pope Leo XIII Emperor Alexander III (Russia) Emperor Nicholas II (Russia) Queen Victoria (United Kingdom) Prime Minister Lord Salisbury (United Kingdom) Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (United Kingdom) Prime Minister Lord Rosebery (United Kingdom) President Benjamin Harrison (United States) President Grover Cleveland (United States) President William McKinley (United States)
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
World Leaders