Timeline January 1893

Events in January 1893 5

• 1822 – 1893 Rutherford B. Hayes 19th President — ended Reconstruction Rutherford B. Hayes (Oct 4, 1822 – Jan 17, 1893) was the 19th President 1877-1881. His disputed election of 1876 was resolved by a congressional commission. He ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South.
• 1830 – 1893 James G. Blaine (1830-1893) Died 27 January 1893, aged 62 American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was the Republican presidential nominee in 1884. He was one of the most prominent political figures of the Gilded Age.
• 1850 – 1893 Guy de Maupassant French writer Maupassant mastered the short story form with realistic depictions of human nature and society.
• 1893 Independent Labour Party founded Keir Hardie leads new British socialist party Delegates meeting in Bradford, England, founded the Independent Labour Party to represent working-class interests in Parliament. Keir Hardie was elected its first chairman, and the party later became a founding element of the Labour Party.
• 1893 Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii Queen Liliuokalani deposed by American-backed committee A group of American and European businessmen, supported by the U.S. minister to Hawaii and armed U.S. Marines, overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and established a Provisional Government. The coup ended the Hawaiian monarchy and set the stage for the Republic of Hawaii and later U.S. annexation.