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The Eiffel Tower (/ ˈ aɪ f əl / ⓘ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ⓘ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel , whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.
March 31 – Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed by Gustave Eiffel. [1] At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m. April 10 – A star is placed on the Mole Antonelliana in Turin , Italy , designed by Alessandro Antonelli , bringing the building's total height to 167.5 m (550 ft), making it the tallest brick ...
The Exposition Universelle of 1889 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889.
31 March – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated. 6 May – Exposition Universelle opens in Paris. 28 May – Rubber tyre company Michelin is registered by Édouard and André Michelin. 22 September – Legislative election held. 6 October Legislative election held. Moulin Rouge built and opened in Paris. 31 October – Exposition Universelle closes.
The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 to mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Built as part of the Paris Exposition (aka the World's Fair), ...
March 22 – English Association football team Sheffield United F.C. is formed at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. March 23 – Claiming to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founds the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Punjab Province (British India). The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated on March 31, thus becoming the tallest structure ...
The Eiffel Tower was the gateway of the Universal Exposition of 1889. The Universal Exposition of 1889 took place from 6 May until 31 October 1889 and celebrated the centenary of the beginning of the French Revolution; one of the structures on the grounds was a replica of the Bastille.
1889 – The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, was inaugurated. Too much uncited 1903 – New Zealand inventor Richard Pearse reportedly flew in one of the first powered flying machines for a distance of several hundred metres, about nine months before the Wright brothers flew their Wright Flyer. unreferenced section, refimprove section