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1890
Calendar year
1890 (MDCCCXC ) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar , the 1890th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 890th year of the 2nd millennium , the 90th year of the 19th century , and the 1st year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1890, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
Events
January–March
March 4: The Forth Bridge is opened
April–June
April 2 – Kashihara Shrine , a landmark spot in Nara Prefecture , Japan , is officially built by Emperor Mutsuhito (Emperor of Meiji).[7]
April 14 – At the First International Conference of American States , in Washington D.C., The Commercial Bureau of the American Republics is founded.
May 1 – A coordinated series of mass rallies and one-day strikes is held throughout many cities and mining towns, in Europe and North America, to demand an eight-hour workday .[8]
May 2 – President Benjamin Harrison signs the Oklahoma Organic Act , under which Oklahoma Territory is organized, a prerequisite for later statehood.
May 12 – The first ever official English County Championship cricket match begins in Bristol ; Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire , by eight wickets.
May 20 – Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moves to Auvers-sur-Oise on the edge of Paris, in the care of Dr Paul Gachet , where he will produce around seventy paintings in as many days.
May 31 – The five-story skylight Arcade opens in Cleveland, Ohio .
June 1 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith 's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware . Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM .
June 12 – In Michigan , the wooden steamer Ryan is lost near Thunder Bay Island .[1]
June 16 – Royal Dutch Petroleum, as predecessor of Royal Dutch Shell , a major energy product and sales on worldwide, that founded in Netherlands .[ ]
June 20 – The Picture of Dorian Gray (by Oscar Wilde ) is published by Philadelphia-based Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (dated July).
June 27 – Canadian-born boxer George Dixon defeats the British bantamweight champion in London, giving him claim to be the first black world champion in any sport.[9]
July–September
October–December
October 9 – The first brief flight of Clément Ader 's steam-powered fixed-wing aircraft Ader Éole takes place in Satory , France. It flies uncontrolled approximately 50 m (160 ft) at a height of 20 cm (7.9 in), the first take-off of a powered airplane solely under its own power.[13] [14] [15]
October 11 – In Washington, D.C. , the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
October 12 – In Uddevalla , the Uddevalla Suffrage Association is founded, with a formal founding event on November 2 a month later.
October 13
November 4 – The first deep level London Underground (Tube) Railway, the City and South London Railway , opens officially.
November 21 – Edward King , Anglican bishop of Lincoln , is convicted of using ritualistic practices .[16]
November 23 – King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir, and his daughter Princess Wilhelmina becomes Queen, causing the end of the personal union of thrones with Luxembourg (which requires a male heir) so that Adolphe, Duke of Nassau becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg .
November 29
November – Scotland Yard , headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service , moves to a building on London's Victoria Embankment , as New Scotland Yard .
December 15 – Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed by police on Standing Rock Indian Reservation .
December 27 – The British steamship Shanghai burns in the East China Sea off the coast of Anhui Province; 101 lives are lost.[17]
December 29 – Wounded Knee Massacre : At Wounded Knee, South Dakota , a Native American camp, the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment tries to disperse the non-violent "Ghost-Dance" which was promised to usher in a new era of power and freedom to Native Americans but is feared as a potential rallying tool for violent rebellion by some in the U.S. government. Shooting begins, and 153 Lakota Sioux and 25 troops are killed; about 150 flee the scene. This is the last tribe to be defeated and confined to a reservation as well as the beginning of the decline of both the American Indian Wars and the American frontier .Date unknown
The folding carton box is invented by Robert Gair , a Brooklyn printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in 1879 .
The United States city of Boise, Idaho , drills the first geothermal well.
Brown trout are introduced into the upper Firehole River , in Yellowstone National Park .
High School Cadets is written by John Philip Sousa .
William II of Prussia opposes Bismarck's attempt to renew the law outlawing the Social Democratic Party .
Blackwall Buildings , Whitechapel , noted philanthropic housing, is built in the East End of London .
English archaeologist Flinders Petrie excavates at Tell el-Hesi , Palestine (mistakenly identified as Tel Lachish ), the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the Holy Land , during which he discovers how tells are formed.
American geostrategist Alfred Thayer Mahan publishes his influential book The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 .
Francis Galton announces a statistical demonstration of the uniqueness and classifiability of individual human fingerprints .[18]
Alfred Tucker becomes Anglican Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa.[19]
The Ohio Northern University Marching Band is founded as a part of the military department. Now known as the "Star of Northwest Ohio" they perform regularly each football season and travel across the world through their sponsoring university.[20]
Japanese tractor and iron pipe brand , Kubota founded in Osaka , Japan.[page needed ]
Emerson Electric , an American electronics industry giant , founded in Missouri .[21] Births
January
February
March
March 1 – Theresa Bernstein , Polish-born American artist and writer (d. 2002 )
March 4 – Norman Bethune , Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939 )
March 8 – Eugeniusz Baziak , Polish Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1962 )
March 9
March 11 – Vannevar Bush , American engineer, inventor, and politician (d. 1960 )
March 19 – Nancy Elizabeth Prophet , African-American artist known for her sculpture. (d. 1960 )
March 20
March 26 – Aaron S. "Tip" Merrill , American admiral (d. 1961 )
March 28 – Paul Whiteman , American bandleader (d. 1967 )
March 31 – William Lawrence Bragg , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971 )April
April 6 – Anthony Fokker , Dutch aircraft manufacturer (d. 1939 )
April 7
April 13
April 11 – Rachele Mussolini , Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979 )
April 15 – Percy Shaw , British inventor (d. 1976 )
April 16
April 17 – Victor Chapman , French-American fighter pilot (d. 1916 )
April 18 – Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d.1958 )
April 20
April 21 – Michitaro Tozuka , Japanese admiral (d. 1966 )
April 24 – Masatane Kanda , Japanese general (d. 1983 )
April 26 – Edgar Kennedy , American comedic actor (d. 1948 )
April 29 – Daisy Fellowes , French society figure, writer and heiress (d. 1962 )
April 30 – Géza Lakatos , 36th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1967 )May
June
June 1 – Frank Morgan , American actor (d. 1949 )
June 6 – Ted Lewis , American jazz musician and entertainer (d. 1971 )
June 10 – William A. Seiter , American film director (d. 1964 )
June 11 – Béla Miklós , 38th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1948 )
June 12 – Junius Matthews , American actor (d. 1978 )
June 16 – Stan Laurel , English-born actor (d. 1965 )
June 17 – Hataz? Adachi , Japanese general (d. 1947 )
June 21 – Lewis H. Brereton , American aviation pioneer and air force general (d. 1967 )
June 23 – Salvatore Papaccio , Italian tenor (d. 1977 )
June 25 – Charlotte Greenwood , American actress (d. 1977 )
June 26
June 28 – William H. P. Blandy , American admiral (d. 1954 )
June 29
June 30
July
August
September
October
October 1
October 2 – Groucho Marx , American comedian (d. 1977 )
October 3 – Emilio Portes Gil , Mexican teacher, journalist, lawyer, and substitute President of Mexico , 1928-1930 (d. 1978 )[22]
October 6 – Jack Rockwell , Mexican-American actor (d. 1947 )
October 8
October 9 – Aimee Semple McPherson , Canadian-American Pentecostal Evangelist (d. 1944 )
October 13 – Conrad Richter , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1968 )
October 14 – Dwight D. Eisenhower , US general and 34th President of the United States (d. 1969 )
October 16
October 17 – Roy Kilner , English cricketer (d. 1928 )
October 20 – Sherman Minton , American politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1965 )
October 23 – Abdul Hamid Karami , 16th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1950 )
October 25 – Floyd Bennett , American aviator and explorer (d. 1928 )
October 26 – John Aae , Norwegian politician (d. 1968 )
October 29 – Hans-Valentin Hube , German army general (d. 1944 )November
December
Date unknown
Deaths
January–June
January 2 – Julián Gayarre , Spanish opera singer (b. 1844 )
January 7 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach , Empress Consort of William I, German Emperor (b. 1811 )
January 18 – King Amadeo I of Spain (b. 1845 )
February 18 – Gyula Andrássy , Hungarian statesman, 4th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1823 )
February 22
January 23 – Emily Jane Pfeiffer , Welsh poet and philanthropist (b. 1827 )
March 3 – Innocenzo da Berzo , Italian Capuchin friar and blessed (b. 1844 )
March 7 – Karl Rudolf Friedenthal , Prussian statesman (b. 1827 )
March 9 – Sir Mangaldas Nathubhoy , Indian politician (b. 1832 )
March 16 – Princess Zorka of Montenegro (b. 1864 )
March 23 – Mary Jane Katzmann , Canadian historian (b. 1828 )
April 1
April 11
April 19 – James Pollock , American politician (b. 1810 )
May 22 - Eduard von Fransecky , Prussian general (b. 1807 )
June 24 – Subba Row , Hindu theosophist (b. 1856 )
June 30 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman , American composer (b. 1819 )July–December
July 29 – Vincent van Gogh , Dutch painter (b. 1853 )
August 6 – William Kemmler , American murderer, first person executed in the electric chair (b. 1860 )
August 10 – John Boyle O'Reilly , Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844 )
August 11 – John Henry Newman , English Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1801 )
August 27 – Juan Seguín , American soldier and politician (b. 1806 )
October 4 – Catherine Booth , Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829 )
October 17 – Julian Gutowski , Polish politician (b. 1823 )
October 20 – Richard Francis Burton , English explorer, linguist, soldier (b. 1820 )
October 26 – Carlo Collodi , Italian writer (The Adventures of Pinocchio ) (b. 1826 )
November 3 – Ulrich Ochsenbein , member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811 )
November 4 – Félix du Temple de la Croix , French Army Captain & aviation pioneer (b. 1823 )
November 7 – Comanche , American horse, survivor of Custer 's cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
November 8 – César Franck , Belgian composer and organist (b. 1822 )
November 11 – Marie-Charles David de Mayréna , French adventurer and self-styled King of Sedang (b. 1842 )
November 23 – King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817 )
November 24 – August Belmont, Sr. , Prussian-born financier (b. 1816 )
December 15 – Sitting Bull , Native American chief (b. c. 1831 )
December 21 – Johanne Luise Heiberg , Danish actress (b. 1812 )
December 23 – Alphonse Lecointe , French general and politician (b. 1817 )
December 26 – Heinrich Schliemann , German December 29 big foot archaeologist (b. 1822 )
December 31 – Pancha Carrasco , Costa Rican war heroine (b. 1826 )Date unknown
Ann Leah Underhill, one of the Uck sisters , American fraudulent medium (b. 1814 ) References
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Further reading and year books
1890 Annual Cyclopedia online ; highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" (1891); compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage.