1889 in science fiction

The year 1889 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Deaths

 * August 19 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)

Novels

 * The Purchase of the North Pole, by Jules Verne.
 * A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain.
 * Urion by Camille Flammarion

Short stories

 * In the Year 2889, short story by Jules Verne.

Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at that time.