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1890

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Years :	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893
Years:	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century

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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).

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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 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 to 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 independant 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).

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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.
The bustle goes out of fashion.
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was passed by the US Congress
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was passed by the US Congress
The United States city of Boise, Idaho drills the US' first geothermal well.