1889 in science fiction

The year 1889 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

Deaths

• August 19 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)^[1]

Literary releases

Novels

• The Purchase of the North Pole, by Jules Verne.^[2]
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain.^[3]
• Urion by Camille Flammarion

Stories collections

Short stories

• In the Year 2889, short story by Jules Verne.^[4]

Awards

The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at that time.