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1890 (''' MDCCCXC ''') was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Friday of the Julian Calendar ).
Events
- January 2 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U.S. White House .
- January 9 - Phi Beta Sigma fraternity founded
- 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 - Léon 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
- March 27 - A Tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky , killing 76 people and injuring 200.
- 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 2 - The Sherman Anti-Trust Act and Sherman Silver Purchase Act become United States law.
- 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 in 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 his daughter Princess Wilhelmina became Queen, Luxembourg only wanted to accept a male heir and broke her Personal Union with and became fully independent from The Netherlands .
- 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
Births
January
- March 3 - Norman Bethune , Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939 )
- 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 )
- March 31 - William Lawrence Bragg , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971 )
April
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 )
- April 11 - Joseph Carey Merrick , English oddity (b. 1862 )
- June 30 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman , American composer (b. 1819 )
- July 15 - Gottfried Keller , Swiss writer (b. 1819 )
- July 29 - Vincent Van Gogh , Dutch painter (b. 1853 )
- August 11 - John Henry Newman , English Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1801 )
- October 4 - Catherine Booth , the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829 )
- October 26 - Carlo Collodi , Italian writer (b. 1826 )
- November 3 - Ulrich Ochsenbein , Member Of The Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811 )
- November 8 - César Franck , Belgian composer and organist (b. 1822 )
- November 23 - King William III Of The Netherlands (b. 1817 )
- November 24 - August Belmont, Sr. , Prussian-born financier (b. 1816 )
- December 26 - Heinrich Schliemann , German archaeologist (b. 1822 )
Date unknown
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