Adventures of Pinocchio. Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote The Brothers Karamazov. Edward Bellamy published Looking Backward. Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes tale. African-American music and ragtime rise to popularity in the later part of the decade. Guy de Maupassant wrote The Necklace. Henrik Ibsen published Ghosts Architecture Home Insurance Building, the first skyscraper in history, becomes the tallest man-made structure ever built after it officially opened in 1885. March 31, 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m. Sports Music Especially the romantic dominated during this time period. The only other music forms during this time was the beginning of music styles like Expressionism. The romantic movement was meant to oppose the Industrial Revolution. The music also being in direct opposition to its prior styles like classic music. It was meant to stop the political and societal, by giving life a little bit of “magic” and “mysticism”. Generally it was against rational thinking and understanding in the world and wanted to replace it with Emotions like love. The music mostly consisted of musical pieces composed in harmonic structure. Johannes Brahms 1885 Fashion Other 8 May 1886 — Coca-Cola was invented. 1888 — Whitechapel murders by the infamous Jack the Ripper. People Politics Eugène Borel, Director Universal Postal Union Louis Curchod, Director International Telecommunication Union Henri Morel, Secretary-general World Intellectual Property Organization Gustave Moynier, President International Committee of the Red Cross Heinrich Wild, President World Meteorological Organization Sports Figures Cap Anson Moses Fleetwood Walker John L. Sullivan Jim Adams John Ake Pete Browning William Ahearn Famous and infamous personalities Wyatt Earp, lawman Morgan Earp, lawman Virgil Earp, lawman Doc Holliday, outlaw and gunfighter, friend of Wyatt Earp Tom McLaury, Wild West, outlaw, cowboy, cattle rustler Frank McLaury, ranch hand, outlaw Billy Claiborne, outlaw Cowboy, gunfighter Curly Bill Brocius, outlaw Cowboy, rustler Buffalo Bill, scout, bison and buffalo hunter, founder of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Billy the Kid, a.k.a. Henry McCarty, Wild West, outlaw, murderer Ignacy Hryniewiecki, assassin of Tsar Alexander II of Russia Bob Ford, Wild West, outlaw, murderer of Jesse James References Further reading The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1881 The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important