1890

Years:
1887 1888 1889 - 1890 - 1891 1892 1893

Decades:
1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

1890 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).

Contents

1 Events

1.1 Unknown dates

2 Births

2.1 January-March
2.2 April-June
2.3 July-September
2.4 October-December

3 Deaths

Events

January 2 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U.S. White House.
January 25 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded.
January 25 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
March 1 - L�on Bourgeois succeeds Ernest Constans as French Minister of the Interior
March 4 - The longest bridge in Britain, the Forth Bridge (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened.
March 20 - Wilhelm II of Germany fires Otto von Bismarck
May 12 - The first ever official County Championship match begins. Yorkshire beat Gloucestershire by eight wickets at Bristol. George Ulyett scores the first century in the competition.
June 1 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 1 - Britain receives Zanzibar from Germany in exchange of Heligoland
July 3 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 10 - Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
July 27 - Vincent van Gogh shoots himself to the chest and dies two days later
August 6 - At Auburn Prison in New York, the first execution by electric chair is performed (murderer William Kemmler was the subject).
October 8 - First flight of Clement's Ader airplane "Eole" In Satory, France. In Greek mythology, Eole is the god of the winds.
October 11 - In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
November 23 - King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become Queen.
November 29 - The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
November 29 - In West Point, New York, the United States Navy defeats the United States Army 24 to 0 in the first Army-Navy football game.
December 29 - The United States Seventh Cavalry massacres over 400 men, women and children at Wounded Knee, South Dakota (see Wounded Knee Massacre).

Unknown dates

Scotland Yard moves to the Embankment.
The cardboard box is invented by Robert Gair.
U.S. Census - Herman Hollerith devises a method using punch cards (like Jacquard's loom) to tabulate census data by machine. (see also History of computing hardware). Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM.
The bustle goes out of fashion.

Births

January-March

January 1 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
January 4 - Victor Lustig, Bohemian-born con artist (d. 1947)
January 7 - Henny Porten, actress (d. 1960)
January 9 - Kurt Tucholsky, German-born journalist and satirist (d. 1935)
January 9 - Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
February 10 - Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, winner Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1960)
January 19 - Elise Rivet, French Roman Catholic nun and war hero (d. 1945)
February 11 - John de Vries, fairy tale writer
February 14 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956)
February 17 - Ronald Fisher, English biologist (d. 1962)
February 18 - Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. 1963)
February 24 - Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
February 25 - Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965)
February 27 - Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
March 9 - (new style) Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. 1986)
March 11 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer, inventor, and politician (d. 1974)
March 20 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)
March 20 - Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor (d. 1973)
March 28 - Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)

April-June

April 6 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (d. 1939)
May 4 - Franklin Carmichael, Canadian artist (d. 1945)
May 10 - Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
May 15 - Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
May 19 - Ho Chi Minh, President of North Vietnam (d. 1969)
May 23 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966)
June 6 - Ted Lewis, American jazz musician and entertainer (d. 1971)
June 16 - Stan Laurel, British actor (d. 1965)
June 26 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (d. 1929)

July-September

July 18 - Frank Forde, Australian Prime Minister (d. 1983)
July 22 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American philantropist and matriarch of the Kennedy family
August 5 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 1956)
August 15 - Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
August 18 - Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (d. 1960).
August 20 - Howard Phillips Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
August 24 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (d. 1968)
September 10 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973)
September 15 - Agatha Christie, English writer (d. 1976)
September 15 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. 1974)
September 20 - Jelly Roll Morton, American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1941)

October-December

October 2 - Groucho Marx, American comedian (d. 1977)
October 8 - First Flight of Clement Ader's airplane "Eole". In grek mythology, Eole is the god of the winds.
October 14 - Dwight David Eisenhower, U.S. general and President of the United States (d. 1969)
October 16 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot (d. 1922)
October 16 - Paul Strand, American photographer (d. 1976)
November 22 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. 1970)
November 23 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
November 24 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
December 5 - David Bomberg, English painter (d. 1957)
December 8 - Bohuslav Martinu, Czech composer (d. 1959)
December 30 - Lanoe Hawker, British fighter pilot (d. 1916)

Deaths

January 18 - King Amadeus I of Spain (b. 1845)
February 22 - John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (b. 1822)
February 22 - Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (b. 1834)
July 15 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. 1819)
July 29 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
October 26 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (b. 1826)
November 3 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)
November 8 - C�sar Franck, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1822)
November 23 - King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
December 26 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)