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==Events==
==Events==
* [[March 21]]: The [[J. Fox & Sons]] store on [[8th Street North|8th Street]] and adjacent residence of Alderman [[David Fox]] were damaged in a fire caused by an "incendiary device" on the eve of the [[1892 Birmingham municipal election|Mayoral primary]] won by Fox.
* [[April 1]]: An [[1892 factory explosion|explosion]] at the [[Sterling Dynamite Factory]] in [[Bessemer]] killed four.
* [[April 1]]: An [[1892 factory explosion|explosion]] at the [[Sterling Dynamite Factory]] in [[Bessemer]] killed four.
* [[David J. Fox]] succeeded [[A. O. Lane]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham]]].
* [[June 23]]: The [[Alabama Populist Party]] held their state convention in [[Birmingham]].
* [[St Mark's Academic and Industrial School]] was established by [[James Van Hoose]] for the education of African American children.
* June 23: A spring broke in a pump at the [[Cahaba Pumping Station]], forcing the [[Birmingham Water Works]] to rely solely on [[Village Creek]] water for some time.
* [[October 19]]: A special meeting of the [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]]'s judiciary committee brought representatives from [[Highland]], [[Avondale]], [[Elyton]], [[North Highland]], [[Smithfield]] and [[Woodlawn]], interested in merging with Birmingham.
* [[George Edwards]] began subdividing lots for residences in [[Brighton|Woodward Crossing]].
* [[December 7]]: [[David J. Fox]] and his slate of Aldermen won the [[1892 Birmingham municipal election]] without opposition.
* The [[Miles J. Green Lodge No. 530]] was chartered.
* The United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters' Helpers [[UA Local 91|Local 91]] was first organized.
* [[Rose Owen]] purchased property west of Birmingham which he subdivided and developed as the "[[Owenton]]" suburb.


===Business===
===Business===
* ''[[The Birmingham Ledger]]'' was established, published by [[E. B. Powell]] and [[T. A. Wiggs]].
* [[Henry F. DeBardeleben]] sold his industrial concerns to the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] and was made a vice-president.
* The [[First National Bank of Shelby County]] was founded.
* [[E. E. Forbes]] opened a second location of his Oxford-based music company in Birmingham.
* [[Magic City Steam Bottling Works]], run by [[Al Hochstadter]], closed.
* The [[Jefferson Federal Savings & Loan|Jefferson County Building & Loan Association]] was founded by [[F. M. Jackson]].
* The [[L & N Railroad]] purchased the [[Shelby Iron Company]]'s rail spur stretching from [[Shelby]] to [[Columbiana]], making it part of the [[Birmingham Mineral Railroad]].
* The [[L & N Railroad]] purchased the [[Shelby Iron Company]]'s rail spur stretching from [[Shelby]] to [[Columbiana]], making it part of the [[Birmingham Mineral Railroad]].
* The [[Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan Association|Jefferson County Building and Loan Association]] was founded by [[F. M. Jackson]].
* The [[McMillan-Lee Grocery Company]] was established.
 
=== Education ===
* September: [[A. H. Parker]] succeeded [[C. V. Auguste]] as principal of [[Cameron School]].
* September: [[James Hall]] founded the [[Zelosophian Academy]] at [[Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] in present-day [[Homewood]].
* The [[Auburn University|Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama]] became the first four-year coeducational school in [[Alabama]] and women were first admitted.
* [[Jasper City Schools]] was established.
* Prof. MacDonald succeeded [[J. E. Dunn]] as principal of [[Avondale Elementary School]].
* [[Milner School]] opened in [[Gardendale]].


=== Government ===
=== Government ===
* [[August 16]]: [[George Morrow]] succeeded [[Joseph S. Smith]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* [[September 1]]: [[George Morrow]] succeeded [[Joseph S. Smith]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* [[John Gillespy]] was elected [[Jefferson County Physician]].
* [[George Gutten]] succeeded [[Moses Barton]] as [[Walker County Sheriff]].
* [[Hudson W. Nelson]] succeeded [[William R. Carter]] as [[Shelby County Sheriff]].
 
===Religion===
* [[Sylvester Blythe]] succeeded [[Edgar Glenn]] as pastor of [[Trinity Methodist Church (Southside)]].
* [[L. A. Fealy]] received a vision that later led him to start the [[Altrurian Society]].
* [[Jacob Fies]] succeeded [[Isaac Hochstadter]] as president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[Fultondale First Baptist Church|Mary Lee Baptist Church]] was founded.
* [[H. C. Howard]] succeeded [[G. W. Reed]] as pastor of [[East Lake United Methodist Church|East Lake Methodist Church]].
* [[New Hope Baptist Church]] was founded.
* [[Lemuel Dawson]] became pastor of [[First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa|Tuscaloosa Baptist Church]].


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===Sports===
===Sports===
* The first [[1892 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] took the field, ending the year with a 2-2 record.
* [[February 20]]: The [[Auburn University|Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama]] defeated the University of Georgia 10-0  in the South's first intercollegiate football game.
* The [[1892 Auburn Tigers|Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama footbal team]] (later known as the Auburn Tigers) also went 2-2 for the season.
* The [[1892 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|first Alabama Crimson Tide football team]] ended the year with a 2-2 record.
* The [[1892 Auburn Tigers|first Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama football team]] (later known as the Auburn Tigers) also went 2-2 for the season.
* The [[Birmingham Grays]] played a single season of baseball.
* The [[Southern League of Professional Baseball|Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs]] reorganized.
* The [[Southern League of Professional Baseball|Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs]] reorganized.


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
* [[B. H. Cooper]] came to Birmingham.
* Metallurgy graduate and future [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company|TCI]] president [[George Crawford]] took a job as a draftsman for the [[Sloss Iron & Steel Company]] in Birmingham.
* Surgeon [[William Elias B. Davis]] served as president of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
* [[Walter McAdory]] returned to his assistant postmaster duties at the [[Bessemer Post Office]].
* [[Frank Romeo|Frank]] and [[Lizzie Romeo]] immigrated to the United States from Sicily.


===Births===
===Births===
[[Image:A G Gaston c1920s.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A. G. Gaston c. 1921]]
[[Image:A G Gaston c1920s.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A. G. Gaston c. 1921]]
* [[January 11]]: [[Tom Stewart]], attorney
* [[January 11]]: [[Tom Stewart]], attorney
* [[February 10]]: [[Bethel Whitson]], surveyor and cartographer
* [[May 8]]: [[Morris Levy]] was born in Kilwinning, North Ayshire, Scotland.
* [[May 13]]: [[Leo E. Bashinsky]], industrialist, investor and civic leader
* [[May 13]]: [[Leo E. Bashinsky]], industrialist, investor and civic leader
* [[June 7]]: [[Holt McDowell]], [[Jefferson County Sheriff]]
* [[June 12]]: [[Blanche Dean]], naturalist, author, and educator
* [[June 12]]: [[Blanche Dean]], naturalist, author, and educator
* [[June 15]]: [[Wallace Wade]], college football coach
* [[June 15]]: [[Wallace Wade]], college football coach
* [[June 17]];  [[E. T. Leech]], ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' editor
* [[July 4]]: [[A. G. Gaston]], entrepreneur
* [[July 4]]: [[A. G. Gaston]], entrepreneur
* [[July 14]]: [[Nolan Harmon]], Methodist bishop
* [[July 14]]: [[Nolan Harmon]], Methodist bishop
* [[July 25]]: [[Frank Dixon]], [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[August 2]]: [[Mervyn Sterne]], securities broker and civic leader
* [[August 10]]: [[George Salem Sr]], restaurateur
* [[August 22]]: [[Walter Holmquist]], architect
* [[September 19]]: [[Jack Bethea]], newspaper reporter, and novelist
* [[September 19]]: [[Jack Bethea]], newspaper reporter, and novelist
* [[Henry Badham Jr]], aviator
=== Graduations ===
* [[Sterling Foster]] from Princeton Theological Seminary with an M. A.
* [[Charles Glenn]] from [[Auburn University|Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama]] with a master's.
* [[Cliff Hare]] from [[Auburn University|Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama]] with a master's of science


<!-- === Graduations ===
===Marriages===
* October: Train yardmaster [[John J. Connolly]] married the former Alice Kelly in Memphis, Tennessee.
* Builder [[Henry Stockmar]] married the former Emma Cooper Jacobs.


===Marriages=== -->
===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[April 1]]: [[Ed Boykin]], dynamite factory worker
* [[April 1]]: [[Ed Boykin]], dynamite factory worker
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* April 1: [[George Hartley]], dynamite factory worker
* April 1: [[George Hartley]], dynamite factory worker
* April 1: [[Walter Lake]], dynamite factory worker
* April 1: [[Walter Lake]], dynamite factory worker
* [[April 26]]: [[Giles Edwards]], furnace engineer
* [[July 26]]: [[Samuel Tate]], railroad executive and shareholder in the [[Elyton Land Company]]
* [[October 14]]: [[Carlos Smith]], [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President]] of the [[University of Alabama]]
* [[Edward Hurst]]
* [[Peter Bryce]], superintendent of [[Bryce State Mental Hospital|Alabama Insane Hospital]]


==Works==
==Works==
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===Buildings===
===Buildings===
* Four-room addition to [[Avondale Elementary School]]
* [[Caldwell Bradshaw residence]]
* [[Caldwell Bradshaw residence]]
* [[Fowler-Woods House]]
* [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]]
* [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]]
* [[St Mark's Academic and Industrial School]]
* [[St Mark's Academic and Industrial School]]
* [[Woodlawn Elementary School]]
* [[Joseph Verchot residence]]
* [[Joseph Verchot residence]]


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Notable books published in 1892 included ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and ''The Yellow Wallpaper'' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.  Notable music released included "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris, "Daisy Bell" (a.k.a. "A Bicycle Built for Two") by Harry Dacre, "My Old Dutch" by Albert Chevalier and Charles Ingle, and ''The Nutcracker'' ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Notable books published in 1892 included ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and ''The Yellow Wallpaper'' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.  Notable music released included "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris, "Daisy Bell" (a.k.a. "A Bicycle Built for Two") by Harry Dacre, "My Old Dutch" by Albert Chevalier and Charles Ingle, and ''The Nutcracker'' ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.


Notable births in 1892 included author J. R. R. Tolkien, film and television producer Hal Roach, actor Oliver Hardy, actor and singer Eddie Cantor, judge Robert H. Jackson, actress Mary Pickford, baseball player Sad Sam Jones, actor William Powell, film producer Jack Warner, physicist Arthur Compton, publisher Alfred A. Knopf Sr, actor Gummo Marx, bodybuilder Charles Atlas, and Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.  Notable deaths included preacher Charles Spurgeon; fashion designer Louis Vuitton; poet Walt Whitman; Bahá'í founder Bahá'u'lláh; poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier; poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson; and financier Jay Gould.
Notable births in 1892 included author J. R. R. Tolkien, film and television producer Hal Roach, actor Oliver Hardy, actor and singer Eddie Cantor, judge Robert H. Jackson, actress Mary Pickford, World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, baseball player Sad Sam Jones, actor William Powell, film producer Jack Warner, physicist Arthur Compton, publisher Alfred A. Knopf Sr, actor Gummo Marx, bodybuilder Charles Atlas, and Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.  Notable deaths included preacher Charles Spurgeon; fashion designer Louis Vuitton; poet Walt Whitman; Bahá'í founder Bahá'u'lláh; poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier; poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson; and financier Jay Gould.


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Latest revision as of 17:13, 15 April 2024

1892 was the 21st year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Education

Government

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Births

A. G. Gaston c. 1921

Graduations

Marriages

  • October: Train yardmaster John J. Connolly married the former Alice Kelly in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Builder Henry Stockmar married the former Emma Cooper Jacobs.

Deaths

Works

South Highland Presbyterian Church

Buildings

Context

In 1892, Ellis Island began accommodating immigrants to the United States. James Naismith published the rules for basketball. The General Electric Company was established through the merger of the Thomson-Houston Company and the Edison General Electric Company. Abercrombie & Fitch was established by David T. Abercrombie. Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting on the whites-only car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson court case. The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden were found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. Grover Cleveland was elected over Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver to win the second of his non-consecutive terms.

Notable books published in 1892 included The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Notable music released included "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris, "Daisy Bell" (a.k.a. "A Bicycle Built for Two") by Harry Dacre, "My Old Dutch" by Albert Chevalier and Charles Ingle, and The Nutcracker ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Notable births in 1892 included author J. R. R. Tolkien, film and television producer Hal Roach, actor Oliver Hardy, actor and singer Eddie Cantor, judge Robert H. Jackson, actress Mary Pickford, World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, baseball player Sad Sam Jones, actor William Powell, film producer Jack Warner, physicist Arthur Compton, publisher Alfred A. Knopf Sr, actor Gummo Marx, bodybuilder Charles Atlas, and Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. Notable deaths included preacher Charles Spurgeon; fashion designer Louis Vuitton; poet Walt Whitman; Bahá'í founder Bahá'u'lláh; poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier; poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson; and financier Jay Gould.

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