Instalment 12
1890-1900
The first cinema opened in the basement 1895 of a Paris café. The Lumière brothers used a cinematograph (a combination of a projector and a film camera) to show sixteen shots per second of images in movement.
Spain lost Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico 1898 after its military defeat at the hands of the United States.
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Greece. The majority 1896 of the 200 sportsmen were Greek, and women were not allowed to participate.
The German company 1899 Bayer began marketing aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, as a means of alleviating pain, fever and cold symptoms.
The world-famous fictional detective, 1891 Sherlock Holmes, solved his first mysterious case with his characteristic shrewdness and observational skills.
Sabino Arana foundedl 1895 the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV). Its ideological formulation was based on its Basque roots and religion. Its slogan was Jaungoikua eta Lagizarra (God and the old laws).
New Zealand became 1893 the first country to give women the right to vote in national elections.