- — Europe:
Separation of the crown from the Netherlands
On the death of William III the personal union ended; the Dutch crown passed to Wilhelmina while Luxembourg, under male-line succession, passed to Adolphe of Nassau-Weilburg, founding a national dynasty.
Era: The Grand Duchy, the Second and Third Partitions, and Neutrality
Sources: The history of the Nassau dynasty · Cour grand-ducale (Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg)
- — North America:
Marti's War of Independence
Jose Marti orders the resumption of war and lands in Cuba, dying at Dos Rios on 19 May; the rising continues under Gomez and Maceo.
Era: The Wars of Independence and 1898
Sources: Jose Marti · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jose Marti — The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War · Library of Congress
- — Africa:
Treaty of Addis Ababa
Italy recognises the full sovereignty and independence of Ethiopia, abrogating the Treaty of Wuchale, though it retains the separate coastal colony of Eritrea.
Era: Menelik II, Adwa and the Defeat of Colonisation
Sources: Battle of Adwa · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Asia:
Declaration of Philippine independence
Emilio Aguinaldo proclaims independence from Spain at Kawit, Cavite, founding a provisional republic; this date later becomes the national Independence Day.
Era: Rizal, the Katipunan and the Revolution of 1896-1898
Sources: Independence Day (Philippines): the 12 June 1898 declaration · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (World of 1898 research guide) · Library of Congress
Independence in the 1890s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged independence — declarations, recognitions and transfers of sovereignty, narrowed to the 1890s — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 1890 to 1898. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 4
- Nations
- 4
- Earliest
- 1890
- Latest
- 1898
- Africa
- 1
- Asia
- 1
- Europe
- 1
- North America
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.