Deaths on December 6

Werner von Siemens

Died on December 6, 1892

Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)

Ernst Werner Siemens (von Siemens from 1888; English: SEEM-ənz; German: [ˈziːməns, -mɛns]; 13 December 1816 – 6 December 1892) was a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist. Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. He founded the electrical and telecommunications conglomerate Siemens.

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Events on 1892

28 May

Sierra Club
In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
6 Jul

Homestead Strike
Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
7 Jul

Philippine Revolution
The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
8 Jul

Great Fire of 1892
St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
9 Aug

Telegraphy
Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.

Deaths on December 6

Werner von Siemens

Died on December 6, 1892

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Events on 1892

Sierra Club

Homestead Strike

Philippine Revolution

Great Fire of 1892

Telegraphy