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1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1892nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 892nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1892, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Births
- January 3 – J. R. R. Tolkien
- February 10 - Alan Hale Sr., American actor (d. 1950)
- July 23 – Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
- Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, British Indian statesman and leader of the Punjab.
Art, music, theatre, and literature
- December 17 – Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker premieres in St Petersburg.