1889
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Events
- Twilight of the Idols
- March 31 – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). Contemporary critics regard it as aesthetically displeasing.
Music
- The Fifth Regiment March by Issler Orchestra
- Hungarian Dance No. 1 by Johannes Brahms
Births
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher who contributed several groundbreaking works to modern philosophy
Deaths
- Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist who specialised in a kind of mysterious tales
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