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Lt. Colonel George Custer and his 7th U.S. Cavalry engage the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. All members of the 7th Cavalry were killed in the battle.
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Rutherford B. Hayes became the 19th president of the United States
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Indian leader of the Oglala Sioux, Crazy Horse, surrenders to the United States Army.
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The first commercial telephone exchange is opened
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The Edison Electric Company established.
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Albert Einstein born in Germany
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Panama Canal started building which was led by French.
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Oriental Telephone Company was established by Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.
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James A. Garfield won the presidential election.
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Chester A. Arthur became the president, two months after Garfield killed by an assassin.
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The practice of polygamy is outlawed by legislation in the United States Congress.
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The U.S. Supreme Court finds part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional.
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The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the U.S.A. call for an eight-hour workday.
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Washington Monument was completed.
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The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York harbor
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The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was formed by 25 craft unions.
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Grover Cleveland became the president.
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The 51st Congress of the United States passes the International Copyright Act of 1891.
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The General Electric Company merging the Edison General Electric Company with the Thomson-Houston Company.
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The New York Stock Exchange collapses and led the 4 years of depression.
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The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece. 13 countries attended including the U.S.
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William McKinley moved to the White House
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The United States battleship Maine explodes and sinks under unknown causes in Havana Harbor, Cuba. 216 seamen died which became a fuse of the Spanish-American War.
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The United States annexes the independent republic of Hawaii.
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The Peace Treaty ending the Spanish-American War is signed in Paris. The Spanish government ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
