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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s
Years: 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1 Events and Trends
2 People
- 2.1 World Leaders

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Events and Trends

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Technology

Development and commercial production of electric lighting
Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach
First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings.
First steel frame construction (yiia) "sky-scrapers"
American Society of Mechanical Engineers founded 16 February 1880, New York, N.Y.
Construction begins on the Panama Canal by the French. This is the first attempt to build the Canal.

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Science

Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect
Michelson-Morley experiment, showing that the speed of light is invariant
James-Lange theory of emotion

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War, peace and politics

First Boer War
The New Imperialism

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Other

Krakatoa, a volcano in Indonesia, erupts cataclysmically; 36,000 people are killed, the majority by the resulting tsunami
About 300,000 Swedes emigrate to the United States

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