The year 1889 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births and deaths
Births
Deaths August 19 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
Literary releases
Novels The Purchase of the North Pole, by Jules Verne. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain. Urion by Camille Flammarion
Stories collections
Short stories In the Year 2889, short story by Jules Verne.
Awards The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at that time.
References