What happened in 1892

14 entries recorded for 1892, listed by date. That was 134 years ago.

1892 at a glance

January 1
Ellis Island
Historical event
The immigration station on Ellis Island (pictured) in New York Harbor opened, and would process almost 12 million immigrants to the United States over the course of its existence.

March 18
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Historical event
Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.

May 28
John Muir
Historical event
Scottish-American preservationist John Muir (pictured) founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in California.

June 3
Liverpool F.C.
Historical event
Liverpool F.C. (stadium pictured), one of England's most successful football clubs, was founded.
June 7
Homer Plessy
Historical event
Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man from New Orleans, was arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.

August 1
Jef Denyn
Historical event
Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.
August 4
Lizzie Borden
Historical event
Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts; Borden was later tried and acquitted for the murders.
August 6
Abir Congo Company
Historical event
The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.
August 20
Celtic Park
Historical event
Celtic Park, the largest football stadium in Scotland and home of Celtic F.C., opened.

September 9
Lick Observatory
Historical event
At the Lick Observatory in California, Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Amalthea (pictured), a moon of Jupiter and the last natural satellite to be discovered by visual observation.

October 12
Pledge of Allegiance
Historical event
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States was first used in public schools to coincide with the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
October 26
Ida B. Wells
Historical event
Ida B. Wells (pictured) began publishing her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020.

November 12
Pudge Heffelfinger
Historical event
William Heffelfinger was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, becoming the first professional American football player.

December 9
Association football
Historical event
The English association football club Newcastle United was founded by the merger of Newcastle East End and West End.

This site records 14 entries for 1892, including Ellis Island on January 1. They are listed below by date.

134 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 1892 turns 134 this year.

1892 falls in the 19th century, in the 1890s.

Lost Generation (1883–1900). Came of age during the First World War.

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