1889

1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday

Events

• May 21 - The Turkish nationalistic political organization “Union and Progress” was created.
• November 15 - Minas Cheraz publishes the monthly "L'Armenie".

Births

• June 15 - Yervand Kochar, painter and architect (d.1979)
• June 29 - Axel Bakunts, writer (d.1937)

Deaths

• February 19 - Stepanos Palasanyan, armenologist (b.1837)
• April 2 - Kerovbe Patkanyan, academician and armenologist (b.1833)
• April 13 - Gabriel Patkanyan, historian (b.1802)
• May 13 - Vardan Goloshyan and Hovhannes Agripasyan, Armenian champions of liberty (both killed)