1890
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| Gregorian calendar | 1890 MDCCCXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2643 |
| Armenian calendar | 1339 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6640 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 46–47 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1811–1812 |
| Bengali calendar | 1297 |
| Berber calendar | 2840 |
| British Regnal year | 53 Vict. 1 – 54 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2434 |
| Burmese calendar | 1252 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7398–7399 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4587 or 4380 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4588 or 4381 |
| Coptic calendar | 1606–1607 |
| Discordian calendar | 3056 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1882–1883 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5650–5651 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1946–1947 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1811–1812 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4990–4991 |
| Holocene calendar | 11890 |
| Igbo calendar | 890–891 |
| Iranian calendar | 1268–1269 |
| Islamic calendar | 1307–1308 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 23 (明治２３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1819–1820 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4223 |
| Minguo calendar | 22 before ROC 民前22年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 422 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2432–2433 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 2016 or 1635 or 863 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 2017 or 1636 or 864 |
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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.
- May 29 - Rhode Island celebrates the first centenary of its statehood.
- 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
- Scotland Yard moves to the Embankment.
- The corrugated 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.
- 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 US' first geothermal well.
Births
January
- January 1 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
- January 4 - Victor Lustig, Bohemian-born con artist (d. 1947)
- January 9 - Kurt Tucholsky, German-born journalist and satirist (d. 1935)
- January 9 - Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
- January 19 - Élise Rivet, French Roman Catholic nun and war heroine (d. 1945)
- January 22 - Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
February
- February 10 - Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (d. 1960)
- 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
- 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
- April 6 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (d. 1939)
May
- May 4 - Franklin Carmichael, Canadian artist (d. 1945)
- May 10 - Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
- May 11 - Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1961)
- May 15 - Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
- May 19 - Ho Chi Minh, Prime minister/president of North Vietnam (d. 1969)
- May 23 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966)
June
- 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)
- June 29 - Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, oldest known living person May 2004 - Aug 2005 (d. 2005)
July
- July 18 - Frank Forde, Australian Prime Minister (d. 1983)
- July 22 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American philanthropist and matriarch of the Kennedy family (d. 1995)
August
- August 5 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 1956)
- August 15 - Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
- August 15 - Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, current second oldest living person
- 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
- 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
- October 2 - Groucho Marx, American comedian (d. 1977)
- October 8 - Eddie Rickenbacker, American WW1 fighter pilot (d. 1973)
- 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)
- October 17 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
- October 24 - Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes, Longest-lived Portuguese supercentenarian (d. 2005)
November
- November 22 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. 1970)
- November 23 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
December
- December 5 - David Bomberg, English painter (d. 1957)
- December 8 - Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (d. 1959)
- December 20 - Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
- December 21 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1967)
- December 26 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, Appalachian fiddler (d. 1992)
- December 30 - Lanoe Hawker, British fighter pilot (d. 1916)
Unknown date
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
- Clinton B. Fisk, American philanthropist and temperance activist