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Year of the Water Dragon壬辰( at the beginning of the year metal rabbit辛卯)

Kōki 2552

Syria: 2203/ 04 ( the year in October )

• 2.1 January
• 2.2 in February
• 2.3 March
• 2.4 April
• 2.5 May
• 2.6 in June
• 2.7 in July
• 2.8 August
• 2.9 September
• 2:10 October
• 2:11 November
• 2:12 December
• 2:13 Accurate birth unknown

• 3.1 First Quarter
• 3.2 Second Quarter
• 3.3 Third Quarter
• 3.4 in October
• 3.5 November
• 3.6 December
• 3.7 More death unknown

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• NOVEMBER 8: The Democrat Grover Cleveland, who was elected out of office four years ago, defeated in the presidential election in the United States, the Republican incumbent Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver of the Populist Party. He pulls so as so far only U.S. president a second time to the White House.

Economy

• January 4: The Berlin Illustrirte newspaper brings its first edition on the market.
• March 15: Jesse W. Reno receives the patent, the patent for his escalator.
• April 15: By merger of two predecessor companies, the General Electric Company, headquartered in Schenectady, New York is created.
• MAY 22: The Dentist Washington Sheffield sold in New London ( Connecticut ) was the first toothpaste in a tube invented by him.
• June 1: The narrow gauge railway Wolkenstein Jöhstadt opens with a ceremony.
• JULY 28: Limited government funds for the construction of new railway lines lead to the adoption of the Prussian light railway law. The private railways cause in Prussia in the following years a boom in passenger and freight transport.

• When a currency changeover in Austria -Hungary, the guilder is detached from the crown. However, the guilder is still in circulation until 1900.
• Asa Griggs Candler founded in Atlanta, Georgia, the company, The Coca -Cola Company.

Science and Technology

Culture

Fine Arts

• April 4: The Munich Secession was founded.
• November 5: In Berlin, an exhibition of paintings by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is opened, triggering a scandal and led to the founding of the Berlin Secession.