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	The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the "[[Mauve]] Decade," because [[William Henry Perkin]]'s [[aniline dye]] allowed the widespread use of ~~[[mauve\|~~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 current-day usage.		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 current-day usage.

	==Events and trends==		==Events and trends==

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	*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/game_0/ Quiz: Victorian Etiquette] — Educational Game, In the style of the Monty Pythons		*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/game_0/ Quiz: Victorian Etiquette] — Educational Game, In the style of the Monty Pythons

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	[[Category:1890s]]		[[Category:1890s]]

	Wiki Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia]		Wiki Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia]

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	===War, peace and politics===		===War, peace and politics===
			* [[Anglo-Zanzibar War]]
			* [[Boxer Uprising]]
	* [[Second Boer War]]		* [[Second Boer War]]
	* [[Spanish-American War]]		* [[Spanish-American War]]

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	# [[Nasser-al-Din Shah]], 1848-1896		# [[Nasser-al-Din Shah]], 1848-1896
	# [[Mozzafar-al-Din Shah]], 1896-1907		# [[Mozzafar-al-Din Shah]], 1896-1907
			* Sultans of Zanzibar
			# Khalifah bin Said, 1888–1890
			# Ali bin Said, 1890–1893
			# Hamad bin Thuwaini, 1893–1896
			# Khalid bin Barghash, 1896
			# Hamud bin Muhammed, 1896–1902

	===Important people===		===Important people===

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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;"
|-
| align="center" | '''[[Centuries]]:''' [[18th century]] - '''[[19th century]]''' - [[20th century]] <hr>
|-
| align="center" colspan=2 | '''[[Decades]]:''' 
[[1860s]] [[1870s]] [[1880s]] - [[1890s]] - [[1900s]] [[1910s]] [[1920s]]
|-
| align="center" colspan=2 | '''Years:''' 
[[1890]] [[1891]] [[1892]] [[1893]] [[1894]] [[1895]] [[1896]] [[1897]] [[1898]] [[1899]]
|}

The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the "[[Mauve]] Decade," because [[William Henry Perkin]]'s [[aniline dye]] allowed the widespread use of [[mauve|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 current-day usage.

==Events and trends==

===Technology===
* Early commercial production of [[automobile|automobiles]].

===Science===
* [[Henri Becquerel]] discovers [[radioactivity]]
* Discovery of [[x-ray]]s by [[Wilhelm Röntgen]]
* Swedish scientist [[Svante Arrhenius]] and US geologist [[Thomas Crowder Chamberlain]] independently come to the conclusion that burning [[fossil fuels]] might cause [[global warming]] due to [[carbon dioxide]] emissions

===War, peace and politics===
* [[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]]
* The [[New Imperialism]]

===Culture, religion===
* [[Film|Motion pictures]]
* [[Ragtime]] music
* Accession of Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] of Russia in the world's first ever filmed coronation.
* [[Lynching]]s of [[African American]]s in the [[United States]] averaged 150 per year.
*[[H. G. Wells]] creates modern science fiction with his book ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]''.
* [[Hale Johnson]] is a major leader of the [[temperance movement]].
* [[Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction]], under [[Mary Hunt]], achieves ''de facto'' control over all alcohol education in the U.S.

===Others===

==People==
===World leaders===
* Prime Minister [[John Sparrow David Thompson]] ([[Canada]])
* Prime Minister Sir [[Wilfrid Laurier]] ([[Canada]])
* Emperor [[Franz Josef of Austria|Franz Josef]] ([[Austria-Hungary]])
* Kaiser [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Wilhelm II]] ([[Germany]])
* Chancellor [[Leo von Caprivi]] ([[Germany]])
* King [[Umberto I of Italy|Umberto I]] ([[Italy]])
* [[Pope Leo XIII]]
* Czar [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] ([[Russia]])
* Czar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] ([[Russia]])
* Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* Prime Minister [[Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* Prime Minister [[William Ewart Gladstone]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* Prime Minister [[Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|Lord Rosebery]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* President [[Benjamin Harrison]] ([[United States]])
* President [[Grover Cleveland]] ([[United States]])
* President [[William McKinley]] ([[United States]])
* [[Shah]]s of [[Persia]] ([[Qajar dynasty]])
# [[Nasser-al-Din Shah]], 1848-1896
# [[Mozzafar-al-Din Shah]], 1896-1907

===Important people===
* [[Thomas A. Edison]]
* [[Nikola Tesla]]

===Entertainers===
* [[Adelina Patti]]
* [[George W. Johnson]]
* [[Justin Smith]]
* [[Jonathan Booth]]

===Sports===
* [[Bob Fitzsimmons]]

==Books about the 1890s==
*''[[The Mauve Decade]]'', by [[Thomas Beer]] ([[1926]])

==See also==
[[Gay Nineties]]

==External links==
*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/game_0/ Quiz: Victorian Etiquette] — Educational Game, In the style of the Monty Pythons

[[Category:1890s]]

Wiki Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia]

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	==Books about the 1890s==		==Books about the 1890s==
	*''[[The Mauve Decade]]'', by [[Thomas Beer]] ([[1926]])		*''[[The Mauve Decade]]'', by [[Thomas Beer]] ([[1926]])

	~~==See also==~~
	~~[[Gay Nineties]]~~

	==External links==		==External links==