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  • Friedrich Wilhelms University, Berlin, Germany
    1892
    Max Planck

    Becomeing a Full Professor

    Friedrich Wilhelms University, Berlin, Germany
    1892

    In 1889 he was named the successor to Kirchhoff's position at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin presumably thanks to Helmholtz's intercession – and by 1892 became a full professor.




  • Abilene, Kansas, U.S.
    1892
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Family moved to Abilene

    Abilene, Kansas, U.S.
    1892

    In 1892, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, which Eisenhower considered his hometown.




  • Benin
    1892
    Dahomey Amazons

    Second Franco-Dahomean War

    Benin
    1892

    The Second Franco-Dahomean War, which raged from 1892 to 1894, was a major conflict between France, led by General Alfred-Amédée Dodds, and Dahomey under King Béhanzin. The French emerged triumphant and incorporated Dahomey into their growing colonial territory of French West Africa.




  • Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (Now Croatia)
    Saturday May 7, 1892
    Josip Broz Tito

    Birth

    Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (Now Croatia)
    Saturday May 7, 1892

    Josip Broz was born on 7 May 1892 in Kumrovec, a village in the northern Croatian region of Hrvatsko Zagorje, which at that time was part of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.




  • Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    1892
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass Place

    Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    1892

    In 1892, Douglass constructed rental housing for blacks, now known as Douglass Place, in the Fells Point area of Baltimore. The complex still exists, and in 2003 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.




  • Berlin University, Germany
    1892
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Du Bois received a fellowship to attend the University of Berlin

    Berlin University, Germany
    1892

    In 1892, Du Bois received a fellowship from the John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen to attend the University of Berlin for graduate work.




  • Serbia
    1892
    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla won Grand Officer of the Order of St. Sava

    Serbia
    1892

    Tesla won Grand Officer of the Order of St. Sava (Serbia, 1892).


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1892
    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla served as a vice-president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1892

    Tesla served as a vice-president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1892 to 1894, the forerunner of the modern-day IEEE (along with the Institute of Radio Engineers).


  • Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
    Sunday Dec 4, 1892
    Francisco Franco

    Birth

    Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
    Sunday Dec 4, 1892

    Franco was born on 4 December 1892 at 108 Calle Frutos Saavedra in Ferrol, Galicia.


  • Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 31, 1892
    Hot Dog

    It was used to mean a sausage

    Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 31, 1892

    It was used "hot dog" to mean a sausage in casing in the Paterson (New Jersey) Daily Press (31 December 1892): the 'hot dog' was quickly inserted in a gash in a roll.


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