1893
Grover Cleveland's inauguration
1893 is the year following 1892 and preceding 1894.
Like other four-digit years, it functions as a noun or adjective: the 1893 World's Fair, born in 1893.
Years are used to date events, mark eras, and situate things historically.
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Late 1800s American prosperity
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Vertical rotating passenger circle
- diesel engineSparkless internal combustion motor
- zipperToothed closure device
- Thomas EdisonProlific American inventor
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World's Fair
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- ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
- Buffalo BillScout turned showman
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Gilded Age
Late 1800s American prosperity
- Victorian eraBritain under its longest-reigning queen
- Grover ClevelandTwice-elected nineteenth-century executive
- economic depressionSustained economic contraction
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