1892

Events

1. 1 January

   Ellis Island opens as America's main immigration station

   The federal immigration station on Ellis Island in New York Harbor processed its first arrivals, beginning with 17-year-old Annie Moore from Ireland. Some 12 million immigrants passed through it before 1954.

   New York

2. Battle

   Battle of Mengo

   The Battle of Mengo was fought in Kampala on 24 January 1892 between the Protestant and Catholic factions of Buganda.

3. Battle

   Battle of Imagbon

   The Battle of Imagbon was fought in May 1892 between a British expeditionary force from Lagos and the army of the Ijebu Kingdom in south-western Nigeria.

In the profiles

• Sheikhdom of SharjahExclusive Agreement places foreign relations under Britain
• Kingdom of BugandaProtestants defeat Catholics at the Battle of Mengo
• Kingdom of DahomeyFrench troops under Colonel Dodds take Abomey
• Bahá'í FaithBahá’u’lláh dies near Acre; his son ʻAbdu’l-Bahá leads the faith
• ZoroastrianismThe Parsi Dadabhai Naoroji becomes the first Asian elected to the British House of Commons
• NahdaJurji Zaydan founds al-Hilal in Cairo; Hind Nawfal launches al-Fatat, the first Arabic magazine for women

Wars and longer events

• Congo Arab warBegan · 1892–1894
• Stairs Expedition to KatangaEnded · 1891–1892

Born in 1892 23

• Francisco Franco1892–1975
• Josip Broz Tito1892–1980
• Amanullah Khan1892–1960
• Prempeh II1892–1970
• Alexander Coutanche1892–1973
• César Vallejo1892–1938
• Ivo Andrić1892–1975
• Engelbert Dollfuss1892–1934
• Mátyás Rákosi1892–1971
• Adrian Pelt1892–1981
• Alfred Freyberg1892–1945
• Cai Tingkai1892–1968
• Chen Gongbo1892–1946
• Ihsan Nuri Pasha1892–1976
• Ivan Šubašić1892–1955
• József Mindszenty1892–1975
• Juan Negrín1892–1956
• Manuel Roxas1892–1948
• Rashid Ali al-Gaylani1892–1965
• Tayfur Sökmen1892–1980
• Arthur Seyss-Inquart1892–1946
• Alexandros Svolos1892–1956
• Belarmino Tomás1892–1950

Died in 1892 13

• Deodoro da Fonseca1827–1892
• Ernest Renan1823–1892
• Atamu Tekenad. 1892
• Edward Augustus Freeman1823–1892
• José María Castro Madriz1818–1892
• Abdyl Frashëri1839–1892
• Date Munenari1818–1892
• James Augustus Grant1827–1892
• Lewis Pelly1825–1892
• Sarhilic. 1814–1892
• Sechele Ic. 1812–1892
• Wilhelm Junker1840–1892
• William Stairs1863–1892

States founded 1

• Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1892 CE – 1976 CE