1889 in animation
Events in 1889 in animation.
Events
January 14: Charles-Émile Reynaud receives a French patent for his animated moving picture system Théâtre Optique. He also received a British patent for the system on February 8. The system was displayed at the world's fair Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Births
January
January 1: Count Cutelli, Italian-American actor,.
February
February 4: Walter Catlett, American actor and comedian,.
March
March 3: William Pennell, American singer and actor,.March 18: Gene Byrnes, American cartoonist,.March 23: Mario Gallina, Italian actor,.March 30: Herman Bing, German-American actor,.
June 2: Martha Wentworth, American actress,.June 7: Mikhail Tsekhanovsky, Russian animation director, illustrator, screenwriter and sculptor,.June 27: Moroni Olsen, American actor,.
July
July 31: Frans Masereel, Belgian painter, graphic artist, and wood engraver,.
November 5: Charles Mintz, American film producer and distributor,.November 30: Ramsay Hill, British actor,.