1890 - What happened in 1890 ?

January 1890

Thursday 02:

Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the White House.

Saturday 25:

Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

April 1890

Monday 14:

1890 - The Pan American Union was founded by the First International Conference of American States at their meeting in Washington. Known originally as the International Bureau of American Republics, William Elleroy Curtis became its first director.

May 1890

Monday 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 1890

Sunday 01:

The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

July 1890

Tuesday 01:

Canada and Bermuda linked by telegraph cable.

Wednesday 02:

The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

Thursday 03:

Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.

Thursday 10:

Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.

August 1890

Wednesday 06:

At Auburn Prison in New York, the first execution by electric chair is performed, with murderer William Kemmler as the subject.

September 1890

Friday 12:

Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.

Wednesday 24:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.

Thursday 25:

Yosemite National Park established in California.

October 1890

Wednesday 01:

The Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.

Saturday 11:

In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

November 1890

Tuesday 04:

City & South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.

Sunday 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.

Saturday 29:

In West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24 to 0 in the first Army-Navy football game.

December 1890

Monday 29:

Wounded Knee Massacre: The United States soldiers massacred over 400 men, women and children of the Great Sioux Nation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.