1890

Year 1890 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the ).

January - March

 * The Kingdom of Italy establishes as its colony in northeast.
 * In, the wooden steamer Mackinaw burned in a fire on the.
 * Steamship Persia wrecked off : 130 lives lost.
 * Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the.
 * is founded.
 * completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
 * is founded.
 * completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
 * completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
 * - British steamship Duburg wrecked in : 400 lives lost.
 * steamship Quetia foundered in Lorres Straits; 124 lives lost.
 * - succeeds  as French.
 * - The longest bridge in Britain, the (1,710 ft) in Scotland, is opened.
 * - fires.
 * - A strikes, killing 76 people and injuring 200.
 * - is founded in.
 * - is founded in.

April - June

 * - The first ever official  match begins in .  beats  by eight wickets.
 * - The 5-story skylight opens in.
 * - The  begins using 's  to count  returns.
 * - In, the wooden steamer Ryan was lost near.



July - September

 * - receives  from  in exchange for.
 * - The and  become  law.
 * - is admitted as the 43rd.
 * - is admitted as the 44th.
 * - shoots himself in the stomach and dies two days later.
 * - - first  for the.


 * - At in,  becomes the first prisoner to be  in the.


 * - frigate  foundered off : 540 lives lost.

October - December

 * - First flight of 's airplane "Eole" In Satory, France. In Greek mythology,  is the god of the winds.
 * - In, the  is founded.
 * In, the J.F. Warner is lost at Thunder Bay.
 * The is founded by 11 law students at  in.
 * - King dies without a male heir, and his daughter  becomes Queen, causing  (who required a male heir) to declare independence.
 * The goes into effect in  and the first  convenes.
 * In, the defeats the  24 to 0 in the first.
 * November -, headquarters of the , moves to a building on 's , as the.
 * - steamship  burned in : 101 lives lost.
 * - Battle at : the tries to disarm camp & shooting starts:  153  and 25 troops are killed; about 150 flee the scene (see ).
 * - steamship  burned in : 101 lives lost.
 * - Battle at : the tries to disarm camp & shooting starts:  153  and 25 troops are killed; about 150 flee the scene (see ).

Undated

 * The box is invented by, a  printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in.
 * U.S. Census -  devises a method using  (like  loom) to tabulate census data by machine. (see also ). Hollerith's company eventually becomes.
 * Prosecution of,  for using  ends.
 * The United States city of drills the first  well.
 * introduced into the upper in

January - June

 * -, Slovenian geographer (d. )
 * -, Bohemian-born con artist (d. )
 * , German-born journalist and satirist (d. )
 * , Czech writer (d. )
 * -, French Roman Catholic nun and war heroine (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Studied birds while serving time in prison (d. )
 * -, Russian writer, laureate (declined) (died )
 * -, Welsh artist (died )
 * -, English biologist (died )
 * -, American actor (died )
 * -, American actress (died )
 * - Dame, English pianist (died )
 * -, American jazz musician (died )
 * -, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (died )
 * - (new style), politician (died )
 * -, , , and politician (died )
 * , Italian tenor (died )
 * , Danish-American tenor (died )
 * -, American bandleader (died )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (died )
 * -, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (died )
 * -, American conservationist and writer (died )
 * -, Italian, wife of (died )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, of , known as "Le Chef" (d. )
 * -, Canadian artist (died )
 * -, German general (died )
 * -, mayor of (died )
 * -, American author (died )
 * -, Prime minister/president of North Vietnam (died )
 * -, English actor (died )
 * -, American jazz musician and entertainer (died )
 * -, British actor (died )
 * -, American actress (died )
 * -, British actor (died )
 * -, American actress (died )

July - December

 * -, Australian (died )
 * -, American and matriarch of the  (died )
 * -, German writer, , and member of the . (died )
 * -, Austrian conductor (died )
 * -, French composer (died )
 * -, formerly (died )
 * -, German Nazi politician (died )
 * -, American writer (died )
 * -, American swimmer (died )
 * -, French couturiere (died )
 * -, English writer (died )
 * -, Swiss composer (died )
 * -, American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader (died )
 * -, American comedian (died )
 * -, American WWI fighter pilot (died )
 * -, American novelist and short story writer (d. )
 * -, U.S. general and (died )
 * -, Irish patriot (died )
 * -, American photographer (died )
 * -, English cricketer (died )
 * -, American baseball pitcher (died )
 * -, (died )
 * -, Russian artist and architect (died )
 * -, English painter (died )
 * -, Czech composer (died )
 * -, Argentine singer (died )
 * -, Czech chemist, laureate (died )
 * -, American geneticist, recipient of the (died )
 * -, Appalachian fiddler (died )
 * -, British fighter pilot (died )
 * date unknown
 * , (died )
 * , Chinese Buddhist who advocated reform in Buddhist beliefs (d. )
 * See also .

January - June

 * - King (born )
 * , American businessman (born )
 * , Danish painter (born )
 * -, Capuchin friar (born )
 * -, Prussian statesman (born )
 * - Sir, politician (born )
 * -, American politician (born )
 * -, English oddity (born )
 * -, Theosophist (born )
 * -, American composer (born )
 * -, American composer (born )

July - December

 * -, American and  activist (born )
 * -, Swiss writer (born )
 * -, Dutch painter (born )
 * -, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (born )
 * -, the Mother of (born )
 * -, Italian writer (born )
 * -, (born )
 * -, Belgian composer and organist (born )
 * -, king of Sedang
 * - King (born )
 * -, Prussian-born financier (born )
 * -, Native American chief, (born c. )
 * -, Danish actress (born )
 * -, German archaeologist (born )
 * date unknown -, the horse that was the sole survivor of 's cavalry at the.


 * See also .