1889 in science fiction

The year 1889 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Years in science fiction
1880s 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

Births and deaths

Deaths

August 19 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)[1]

Events

Mark Twain publishes A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Camille Flammarion publishes Urion

Awards

The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at that time.

Literary releases

Novels

The Purchase of the North Pole, by Jules Verne.[2]
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain.[3]

Short stories

(in French) A Day of an American Journalist in 2889, short story by Jules Verne.[4]

References

"Authors : Villiers de L'Isle-Adam : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Westfahl, Gary (2005). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 611. ISBN 9780313329524.
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | novel by Twain". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Weiss-Sussex, Godela; Bianchini, Franco (2006). Urban Mindscapes of Europe. Rodopi. p. 129. ISBN 9789042021044.

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