International Olympic Committee founded
1894 · Event
At the Sorbonne, Pierre de Coubertin's congress founds the IOC and votes to revive the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
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Around 1894
- Russo-Japanese War (1904)
- Dreyfus Affair (1894)
- Boxer Rebellion (1899)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Pop music: the 1900s (1900)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Berlin Conference (1884)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Federation of Australia (1901)
- Reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1888)