1892

1892 was a leap year starting on Friday. It followed on the year 1891 and preceded 1893.

In the world

 * January
 * 1 - Ellis Island begins accepting immigrants to the United States.
 * 18 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957) is born.
 * February
 * 3 - J. R. R. Tolkien, professor and author of The Lord of the Rings (d. 1973) is born.
 * 12 - Former President Abraham Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday in the United States.
 * 27 - Rudolf Diesel applies for a patent on his compression ignition engine (the Diesel engine).
 * October
 * 12 - To mark 400 anniversary Columbus Day holiday, the Pledge of Allegiance is first recited in unison by students in US public schools.
 * 31 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
 * Unddated
 * Cholera outbreak occurs in Hamburg, Germany.

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