1892
Homestead Strike
At Andrew Carnegie's Pennsylvania steel mill, locked-out workers fought a twelve-hour battle with Pinkerton guards on barges on the Monongahela River.
Ellis Island Opens
The new federal immigration station in New York harbor opened its doors to a fifteen-year-old Irish girl named Annie Moore, the first of millions.
Basketball Invented
At a YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, a Canadian physical-education teacher named James Naismith nailed two peach baskets to a gymnasium…
Boll Weevil Crosses Rio Grande
A small beetle with a particular appetite for cotton bolls crossed from Mexico into Texas and began, slowly, to eat its way across the American South.
Lizzie Borden Murders
Andrew and Abby Borden were hacked to death with a hatchet in their Fall River, Massachusetts, home.
Want 1892 in context? Print the whole 19th century as a one-sheet timeline chart.
Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1892?
Saeculum lists 5 events from 1892. The most significant is Homestead Strike: At Andrew Carnegie's Pennsylvania steel mill, locked-out workers fought a twelve-hour battle with Pinkerton guards on barges on the Monongahela River.
What era was 1892 part of?
1892 falls within the Industrial Age (1801-1900). Steam, empire, and the unmaking of the old order.
Which regions saw notable events in 1892?
The events from 1892 span North America.