late 19th century
Fin de siècle
Late 19th century refers to the final decades of the 1800s, roughly 1870–1900.
The phrase appears constantly in historical and art-historical writing to locate events, styles, or developments: Photography became widely accessible in the late 19th century.
It marks the era of industrialization, imperialism, and early modernism in Western contexts.
- Spanish-American War1898 US-Spain territorial conflict
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- railHorizontal support bar
- horse and buggyAnimal-drawn wheeled vehicle
- German Empire1871-1918 unified state
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late 19th centuryearly 19th century
First decades, nineteenth century
early 1800s · Napoleonic era · mid-19th century · 1800s · 1810s
late 19th centuryancient times
Long-ago historical era
antiquity · early modern · prehistoric era · classical antiquity · medieval period
late 19th centurydigital age
Epoch of computerized life
information age · feudal period · Bronze Age · Stone Age · ancient world