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| Years: 1885 1886 1887 - 1888 - 1889 1890 1891 | |
| Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890sEvents and trends Technology Early commercial production of automobiles. Science Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity Discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Rontgen Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius and US geologist Thomas Crowder Chamberlain independently co 1900sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s Years: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Events and Trends Technology Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first doc 1910sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 Events and trends Technology John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown make first non | |
| CenturiesMillennia These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. The individual century pages contain lists of decades and years. See history for different organizations of historical events. See Calendar and List of calendars for other groupings of y: 18th century17th century 18th century 19th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701- 1800; however, historians will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th Century as 1715- 89, - 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended - 20th century19th century 20th century 21st century more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901- 2000 in the sense of the Gre 1888 in art 1888 in literatureSee also 1887 in literature, other events of 1888, 1889 in literature, list of years in literature. Events New Books Adrift In The Pacific Jules Verne Aspern papers Henry James L'Aveu, drame en un acte en prose Sarah Bernhardt The Boyhood of Christ Lew Wa 1888 in music 1888 in science 1888 in sports List of state leaders in 1888 List of religious leaders in 1888 | |