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| 1875 |
| | | Madame Blavatsky founds in New York the Theosophical Society, preaching universal brotherhood with a strong dash of mysticism | |
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| 1875 |
| | | Mary Baker Eddy expounds her beliefs in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, later considered the textbook of Christian Science | |
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| 1879 |
| | | Mary Baker Eddy and others found the first Church of Christ, Scientist, in Lynn, Massachusetts | |
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| 1881 |
| | | The first pogroms, or officially sanctioned attacks on Jews and their property, take place in Russia | |
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| 1882 |
| | | The first settlements of European Jews, returning to the promised land, are established in Palestine | |
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| c. 1888 |
| | | An American Indian visionary, Wovoka, launches a new religion that will bring the dead back to life, calling it the Ghost Dance | |
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| 1890 |
| | | Scottish anthropologist James Frazer publishes The Golden Bough, a massive compilation of contemporary knowledge about ritual and religious custom | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Utah is admitted to the union as the 45th state, after the Mormons agree to give up polygamy | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Theodor Herzl publishes The Jewish State, calling for a national homeland for all Jews | |
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| 1897 |
| | | The first Zionist Congress is held in Basel with Theodor Herzl in the chair | |
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