1889
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Events
- March 31 – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). Contemporary critics regard it as aesthetically displeasing.
- Nietzsche's collapse and mental breakdown
Literature
- Twilight of the Idols, a book by Friedrich Nietzsche
- The Kreutzer Sonata, a novella by Leo Tolstoy
- "Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure" (1889) is a text by Edward Carpenter
Births
- April 15 – Thomas Hart Benton, American muralist (d. 1975)
- April 26 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
- November 1 – Hannah Höch, German painter and photographer (d. 1978)
Deaths
- April 23 – Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
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