under the name of the CURCC (Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club). September 29 – Thyssen, as predecessor of Thyssen Krupp, a worldwide conglomerate, founded in Duisburg, Germany. October–December October – Eugène Dubois finds the first fragmentary bones of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or "Java Man", at Trinil on the Solo River. October 1 – Stanford University in California opens its doors. Skansen is established as the world's first open-air museum by Artur Hazelius, on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. October 20 – By order of Emperor Alexander III of Russia, the Senate of Finland granted town rights to Iisalmi. October 28 – The 8.0 Mino–Owari earthquake strikes the Gifu region of Japan. This oblique-slip event kills over 7,200, injures more than 17,000, and creates fault scarps that still remain visible. October 30 – A personal care brand in Japan and Asia, Lion Corporation was founded, as predecessor name was Kobayashi Tomijirō Shōten (小林富次郎商店). November 11 – Jindandao Incident: The Chinese Juu Uda League in Inner Mongolia massacres tens of thousands of Mongols, before being suppressed by government troops in late December. November 15 – The constitution of the First Brazilian Republic is promulgated. November 28 – The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is organized in St. Louis, Missouri. December 17 – Drexel University is inaugurated as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry in Philadelphia. December 22 – Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography. Date unknown Brahmin teacher and nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak begins agitation for Indian Home Rule. James Naismith invents basketball in the United States. Seattle University is established as the Immaculate Conception school. The Auckland University Students' Association is founded in New Zealand. Maria Skłodowska (later Marie Curie) enters the Sorbonne University. Nikola Tesla invents the Tesla coil. Michelin patents the removable pneumatic bicycle tire. Production of the Swiss Army Knife by Victorinox begins. Philips founded in Eindhoven, Netherlands, for the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products. The 1891 census of India is conducted. New Mexico Military Institute is founded (as Goss Military Institute) in Roswell, New Mexico Territory. Births January–March January 1 – Charles Bickford, American actor (d. 1967) January 7 – Zora Neale Hurston, African-American writer, anthropologist, ethnographer (d. 1960) January 8 – Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1957) January 13 – Miguel Pro, Mexican Roman Catholic layman, martyr and