The
1890s were sometimes referred to as the
"
Mauve Decade," because
William Henry Perkin's
aniline dye allowed the widespread use of
that colour in fashion, and also as the "
Gay Nineties", under the then-current usage of
the word "gay" which referred simply to merriment and frivolity,
with no connotation of
homosexuality
as in present-day usage. The phrase, "The Gay Nineties," was not
coined until 1926. This decade was also part of the
Gilded Age, a phrase coined by
Mark Twain, alluding to the seemingly profitable
era that was riddled with crime.
In America
, the 1890s
were marked by a severe economic
depression sparked by the Panic of
1893, as well as several strikes
in the industrial workforce.
Events and trends
Commerce
Technology
- Commercial production of automobiles began and was at an early
stage.
- Lawrence Hargrave makes first
stable wing design for heavier-than-air craft.
Science
War, peace and politics
Culture, religion
Literature and arts
Others
People
World leaders
- Nasser-al-Din Shah,
1848–1896
- Mozzafar-al-Din Shah,
1896–1907
Important people
Entertainers
Sports
Books about the 1890s
See also
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. It interrupted the prosperity of the
previous decade, and prosperity would not
return until 1899.
; this caused
a massive movement of people, goods and money to the new town of
Dawson
City
, in the far northwestern corner of Canada;
ultimately, cities such as Fairbanks, Alaska
and Anchorage, Alaska
, along with the Alaska
Railroad, would be founded in later years as people continued
to enter the interiors of Alaska and the Yukon
Territory.
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