Significant World Events from 1881 to 1900
Events depicted here are meant only to capture a time relationship of general world history with surveying and mapping events of the same time period portrayed on this site.
1881
The gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona where the McLowery brothers fought Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.
1883
It was estimated that 36,000 people died after the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia.
1885
Gottlieb Daimler pioneered the first motor car in Germany.
1888
Heinrich Hertz discovered radio waves.
1889
Eiffel Tower was completed in Paris, France.
1895
Discovery of the X-ray by Wilhelm Rountgen.
1898
Discovery of radium by Marie Curie.
1899-92
Boer War in South Africa.
1900
Queen Victoria died.
Last updated: 26 November 2007