1880 | Australia
| The outlaw Ned Kelly is executed in Melbourne, Australia. |
1883 | Europe - Spain
| Antoni Gaudà (1852-1926) is appointed to construct the Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona with his naturalistic architectural style. |
1885 | North America - USA
 Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1908, 21 December, Mark Twain, Photogravure, George Eastman Museum, LL/6427 | Mark Twain (1835-1910) publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
1885 | Africa
| H. Rider Haggard publishes the novel King Solomon's Mines. |
1886 | North America - USA
| Statue of Liberty in New York harbour is dedicated |
1889 | Europe - France
| The Eiffel Tower is completed and the Exposition Universelle is held in Paris. |
1889 | Europe - Great Britain
| First exhibition of Impressionist paintings is held in England. Sickert and Steer organize the exhibition London Impressionists with the members of New English Art Club that was founded in 1886. |
1893 | North America - USA
| World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
1896 | South America
| Teatro Amazonas opens in Manaus, Brazil |