History

Century

Jet d'Eau, Geneva

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.