History
Century
History of Watchmaking
Invention, by the dialmaker A. Beyeler in Geneva, of a transfer press for applying numerals and names to dials.
World history
Clément Ader flew a distance of over forty metres by plane.
The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle of the Native Indian wars.
Swiss history
1891. Geneva inaugurated its famous Jet d'Eau water column.
Art and Culture
1889. Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) built a 300-metre tall tower for the Universal Exhibition in Paris.


