In 1889 Alexander's father, King Milan, unexpectedly abdicated and withdrew to private life, proclaiming Alexander king of Serbia under a regency until he should attain his majority at eighteen years of age.

It formed its first government under parliamentarism in 1889, and continued to alternate in power with the Liberals until the 1930s, when Labour became the dominant political party.

and can be prosecuted for fare evasion under the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, under which they are subject to a fine of up to £ 1, 000 or three months ' imprisonment.

The original international prototype of the metre is still kept at the BIPM under the conditions specified in 1889.

* The love letters of Bismarck ; being letters to his fiancée and wife, 1846 – 1889 ; authorized by Prince Herbert von Bismarck and translated from the German under the supervision of Charlton T. Lewis at archive. org

From 1880 to 1889, the French Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique under the direction of Ferdinand de Lesseps, who had successfully built the Suez Canal, attempted to construct a sea-level canal in the same general area as the present Panama Canal.

Many words spelled with E were changed to Ä ( elf-älf, hjerta-hjärta, jern-järn ), and under Q it was stated that Q may at will be replaced with K. By a government resolution on November 16, 1889, the spelling used in this edition of SAOL was to be used for teaching in Swedish highschools ( allmänna läroverk ) and teacher colleges ( seminarier ).

On 9 August 1889, Franceville declared itself independent under the leadership of mayor / president Ferdinand Chevillard and with its own red, white and blue flag with five stars.

Following the recommendations of the boundary commission appointed under the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889, Culross and Tulliallan were transferred to Fife, and the entire parish of Logie was included in Stirlingshire.

Two of the Roman milestones found in Cornwall are at Tintagel ( the earlier of the two is described under Trethevy ): the later one was found in the walls of the churchyard in 1889 and is preserved in the church.

Ayr county council was created in 1890, under the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889.

The cornerstone of the present Teatro Colón was laid in 1889 under the direction of architect Francesco Tamburini and his pupil, Vittorio Meano, who designed a theater in the Italian style on a scale and with amenities which matched those in Europe.

After a succession of closures and reopenings of the rural post office, the settlement was finally incorporated as a village within Greenfield Township and Hamtramck Township under the name of Highland Park in 1889.

When Washington became a state in 1889, Cheney was able to obtain legislation establishing one of the state normal schools, mandatory under the Enabling Act, in Cheney.

After The Great Fire of 1889 and the rebuilding of the downtown, the city was reincorporated under the present name of " Spokane " in 1891.

Tekoa was incorporated in 1889 with just under 300 people.

When county councils were initially introduced in England in 1889 about 20 % of the area of Middlesex, along with a third of its population, was transferred to the County of London, and the remainder formed a smaller county, in the north-west, under the control of Middlesex County Council.

In 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, the metropolitan area of approximately became part of the County of London.

In 1889 the Public Works Committee of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly recommended that the Government take over the line and it subsequently became a narrow gauge part of the New South Wales Government Railways ( NSWGR ) run under contract by Silverton Tramway.

Morley became a Municipal Borough in 1889 and under the Local Government Act 1972, was incorporated into the new City of Leeds Metropolitan District.

Portrait of polygamists in prison, at the Utah Penitentiary, including George Q. Cannon in 1889, arrested under the Edmunds-Tucker Act.

The Local Government Act 1889 provided that " the counties of Ross and Cromarty shall cease to be separate counties, and shall be united for all purposes whatsoever, under the name of the county of Ross and Cromarty.

He directed a Boulangist paper at Nancy, and was elected deputy in 1889, at the age of 27, under a platform of " Nationalism, Protectionism, and Socialism ", retaining his seat in the legislature until 1893, when he was defeated under the etiquette of " National Republican and Socialist " ( Républicain nationaliste et socialiste ).

In 1889 he became an Alderman on the Caernarfonshire County Council which had been created by the Local Government Act 1888.

Following the boundary changes caused by the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889, the county contained the following civil parishes:

The traditional district was eventually combined into the traditional county of Inverness-shire along with the traditional district of Inverness and parts of Lochaber and some island districts during reorganisation due to Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889, this Act established a uniform system of county councils and town councils in Scotland and restructured many of Scotland ’ s counties.

The Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889 established a uniform system of county councils in Scotland and realigned the boundaries of many of Scotland ’ s counties.

On March 2, 1889 the Current Local printed the following: “ Over in the kingdom of Carter, on the land of the Cape Girardeau and Southwestern Railroad ( Houck Railroad ), at a point eleven miles distant from Williamsville, there is in process of evolution a little town bearing the name of Ellsinore …”

Ross-shire and Cromartyshire were combined as the single county of Ross and Cromarty by the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889, and this became part of the Highland region in 1975.

Lanarkshire was historically divided between two administrative areas then, in the mid-18th century, was divided again into three wards: the upper, middle and lower wards with their administrative centres at Lanark, Hamilton and Glasgow respectively and remained this way until the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889.

From 1889 lieutenancy counties in England and Wales were to correspond to groupings of administrative counties and county boroughs established by the Local Government Act 1888.

The administrative county was formed in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888, and covered the historic West Riding except for the larger urban areas, which were county boroughs with the powers of both a municipal borough and a county council.

The Local Government Act 1888 created administrative counties based on the historic counties but not with exactly the same boundaries in 1889.

The Local Government Act 1972 replaced the administrative counties created in 1889 with eight counties in 1974.

An administrative county of Merioneth was created under the Local Government Act 1888 on 1 April 1889 and abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974.

An administrative county was created with a county council in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 on the historic boundaries.

The Metropolitan Board of Works was abolished by the Local Government Act 1888 ; and the London County Council had been elected on 21 January 1889, to assume its new powers on 1 April.

In 1894, based on these earlier subdivisions, the Local Government Act 1894 created urban districts and rural districts as sub-divisions of administrative counties, which had been created in 1889.

The creation of the LCC in 1889, as part of the Local Government Act 1888, was forced by a succession of scandals involving the MBW, and was also prompted by a general desire to create a competent government for the city, capable of strategising and delivering services effectively.

The counties became a basis of modern local government, alongside burghs, when 34 county councils were created in Scotland by the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889.

The Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889 established county councils in Scotland.