| Benjamin Harrison Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events |
 | 1889 | His inauguration as 23rd President of the United States on on March 4, 1889, aged 55 |
| 1889 | He adopted a program for Expansion of the Navy (1889 - 1901) |
| 1889 | Between 1889 and 1890 North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming join the Union |
| 1889 | Skyscrapers: George Fuller (1851-1900) built the Tacoma Building in 1889 using Bessemer steel beams |
| 1889 | December 03, 1889: Dependent Pension Bill is passed, providing benefits to Union veterans and their families. This action was later called the "Billion Dollar Congress" as the law cost the government over a billion dollars. |
| 1890 | The Ghost Dance War (1890–1891) |
| 1890 | The Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890: The first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts |
| 1890 | The Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota when Chief Spotted Elk (aka Big Foot) led the last band of Lakota Sioux and were massacred at Wounded Knee Creek |
| 1890 | September 2, 1890: Anti-Lottery Bill is signed into law |
| 1890 | October 1, 1890: Congress passes the McKinley Tariff that expanded the power of the President in matters relating to foreign trade. |
| 1891 | March 3, 1891: Nine Circuit Courts of Appeals are established relieving the pressure placed on the Supreme Court. |
| 1891 | Jesse W. Reno invented the escalator |
| 1891 | The rise of Populism and the formation of the Populist Party by the American farmers |
| 1892 | Chile: US Relations with Chile deteriorate to such an extent that war is only just averted |
| 1892 | The 1892 Homestead Steel Strike near Pittsburgh |
| 1892 | Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel-fueled internal combustion engine - the Diesel engine. |
| 1892 | Ellis Island opened in Upper New York Bay as a federal immigration inspection station |
| 1893 | Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii is deposed on January 17, 1893 |
| 1893 | His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President was the re-elected Grover Cleveland |
| Benjamin Harrison Timeline of important Events |
