Engineering societies: In which decade was the AIEE (often misstated as AEEE), a predecessor of today’s IEEE, founded? Context: The American Institute of Electrical Engineers formed in the late 19th century; IEEE emerged in 1963 from AIEE–IRE merger. Choose the correct decade.

Difficulty: Easy

• 1870s
• 1880s
• 1890s
• 1900s