1890

Year 1890 (''' MDCCCXC ''') was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Monday of the Julian Calendar ). EVENTS OF 1890 : Nellie Bly , 1890.]] January - March January 1 ---The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in northeast Africa . ---In Michigan , the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burned in a fire on the Black River . "Full List of Thunder Bay Region Shipwrecks" (by name), MSU Sea Grant Extension, Northeast District, Michigan State University , 2000, webpage: MSUE-TB-wrecks . January 2 ---Steamship ''Persia'' wrecked off Corsica : 130 lives lost. "List of shipwrecks of 1866 - 1911 " (timeline), webpage: TBD . ---Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House . January 25 --- United Mine Workers Of America is founded. --- Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. February 17 - British steamship ''Duburg'' wrecked in China Sea : 400 lives lost. March 1 --- British steamship ''Quetia'' foundered in Lorres Straits : 124 lives lost. --- March 1 - Léon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest Constans as French Minister Of The Interior . : Forth Bridge is opened.]] 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. March 28 - Washington State University is founded in Pullman, Washington . April - June : Cleveland Arcade .]] May 12 - The first ever ''official'' County Championship Cricket match begins in Bristol . Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by eight wickets. May 31 - The 5-story skylight Arcade opens in Cleveland, Ohio . June 1 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith 's Tabulating Machine to count Census returns. June 12 - In Michigan , the wooden steamer ''Ryan'' was lost near Thunder Bay Island . July - September July 1 - Britain receives Zanzibar from Germany in exchange for 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. July - Politics Of Japan - first General Election for the House Of Representatives Of Japan . : Vincent .]] August 6 - At Auburn Prison in New York , William Kemmler becomes the first prisoner to be Executed in the Electric Chair . September 19 - Turkish frigate '' Ertogrul '' foundered off Japan : 540 lives lost. October - December 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. October 13 ---In Michigan , the Schooner ''J.F. Warner'' is lost at Thunder Bay. ---The Delta Chi Fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York . opens near the Big Ben clock tower. ] November 23 - King William III Of The Netherlands dies without a male heir, and his daughter Princess Wilhelmina becomes Queen, causing Luxembourg (who required a male heir) to declare independence. November 29 ---The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes. ---In West Point, New York , the United States Navy defeats the United States Army 24 to 0 in the first Army-Navy Football Game . November - Scotland Yard , headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service , moves to a building on London 's Victoria Embankment , as the New Scotland Yard . December 27 - British steamship '' Shanghai '' burned in China Sea : 101 lives lost. : Wounded Knee .]] and 25 troops are killed; about 150 flee the scene (see Wounded Knee Massacre ). Undated The Corrugated Cardboard box is invented by Robert Gair , a Brooklyn printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in 1879 . 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 . Prosecution of Edward King , Anglican Bishop Of Lincoln for using Ritualistic Practices ends. The Bustle goes out of fashion. The United States city of Boise, Idaho drills the first Geothermal well.
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