Notable Historical Events - 1890
1890 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government. |
Jan 2 |
Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer |
Jan 2 |
Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny |
Jan 3 |
1st US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin |
Jan 7 |
W B Purvis patents fountain pen |
Jan 10 |
Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot & Elaine," premieres |
Jan 10 |
Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae |
Jan 21 |
1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper |
Jan 22 |
Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC |
Jan 25 |
National Afro-American League forms in Chicago |
Jan 25 |
Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days) |
Jan 25 |
United Mine Workers of America forms |
Feb 10 |
Around 11 million acres ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement |
Feb 14 |
1st NSW v South Australia 1st-class cricket game |
Feb 20 |
Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire |
Feb 27 |
D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw |
Mar 1 |
1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published |
Mar 2 |
Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19) |
Mar 4 |
The longest bridge in the Great Britain, the Forth Bridge (railway) (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII. |
Mar 18 |
1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) |
Mar 20 |
General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded |
Mar 20 |
German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck |
Mar 21 |
Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law |
Mar 24 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG) |
Mar 27 |
A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200. |
Apr 6 |
French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan |
Apr 7 |
Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal. |
Apr 11 |
Ellis Island, New York, designated as an immigration station |
Apr 14 |
Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC) |
Apr 18 |
NY Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton |
Apr 19 |
Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels |
Apr 26 |
Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London |
Apr 27 |
French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan |
May 2 |
Territory of Oklahoma created |
May 6 |
Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)] |
May 12 |
Louisiana legalized prize fighting |
May 12 |
The first-ever official cricket County Championship match begins. Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by eight wickets at Bristol. George Ulyett scores the first century in the competition. |
May 13 |
18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75 |
May 13 |
Lord Salisbury offers Helgoland to Germany in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria |
May 14 |
16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45 |
May 17 |
Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel" premieres in NYC |
May 17 |
Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London |
May 17 |
Pietro Mascagni's opera "Rustic Chivalry" premieres in Rome at the Teatro Costanzi |
May 24 |
Caprivi succeeds Bismarck as chancellor of Germany |
May 24 |
Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma |
May 24 |
Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London |
May 30 |
1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz) |
Jun 1 |
US census at 62,622,250 |
Jun 6 |
United States Polo Association forms, NYC |
Jun 9 |
Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago |
Jun 10 |
24th Belmont: Pike Barnes riding Burlington wins in 2:07.75 |
Jun 13 |
Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out & named |
Jun 23 |
In an effort to solve the 'Uitlander' grievances regarding voting rights, President Paul Kruger institutes a Second Volksraad, responsible for controlling local matters. |
Jun 27 |
Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi in Matabeleland |
Jun 27 |
George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight) |
Jul 1 |
Great-Britain & Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty |
Jul 1 |
Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable. |
Jul 2 |
Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act |
Jul 3 |
Idaho admitted as 43rd US state |
Jul 3 |
King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium |
Jul 10 |
Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage) |
Jul 17 |
Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony |
Jul 20 |
"Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing |
Jul 20 |
Snow & hail in Calais, Maine |
Jul 23 |
Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) |
Jul 23 |
14th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Willoughby Hamilton beats W Renshaw (6-8 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-1) |
Aug 1 |
Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Lundi |
Aug 5 |
British & French accord to divide African colonization |
Aug 6 |
Denton True "Cy" Young pitches and wins his 1st major league baseball game |
Aug 6 |
At Auburn Prison, New York murderer William Kemmler becomes first person to be executed by electric chair. |
Aug 9 |
First 44 Javans arrive in Suriname to work 5 years on sugar plantations |
Aug 14 |
Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria) |
Aug 16 |
Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia |
Aug 25 |
Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford washed out |
Aug 30 |
President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products |
Sep 1 |
1st baseball tripleheader-Boston vs Pittsburgh |
Sep 3 |
Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open |
Sep 12 |
Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland and found Fort Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe). |
Sep 13 |
Cecil Rhodes' colonies hoist Union Jack in Mashonaland & Salisbury |
Sep 19 |
Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540 |
Sep 23 |
Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning |
Sep 24 |
President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching & practice of polygamy should be abandoned |
Sep 25 |
Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (California) |
Sep 25 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" (BG) |
Sep 26 |
US stops minting $1 & $3 gold coin & 3 cent piece |
Oct 1 |
Congress creates Weather Bureau |
Oct 1 |
Yosemite National Park forms |
Oct 3 |
Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo |
Oct 6 |
Mormon Church outlaws polygamy |
Oct 9 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League" |
Oct 11 |
1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 secs, Wash DC) |
Oct 11 |
Daughters of American Revolution founded |
Oct 13 |
The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. |
Oct 15 |
Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham |
Oct 18 |
John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds |
Oct 23 |
Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg) |
Oct 28 |
Last NL-AA World Series game Bkln ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie |
Nov 4 |
Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate |
Nov 4 |
Prince of Wales opens first underground station at Stockwell, South London |
Nov 4 |
Alexander Borodin's opera "Prince Igor" premieres in Petersburg |
Nov 11 |
D McCree patents portable fire escape |
Nov 20 |
Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Slavery in the Missions" |
Nov 23 |
King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to inherit. |
Nov 23 |
General elections in Italy. |
Nov 27 |
1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation |
Nov 29 |
1st US Army - US Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point |
Dec 5 |
Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens" premieres in Karlsruhe |
Dec 16 |
Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN |
Dec 18 |
Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda |
Dec 19 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet" (BG) |
Dec 21 |
Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" |
Dec 22 |
Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia. |
Dec 26 |
King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company |
Dec 29 |
US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD |
Dec 31 |
Ellis Island (NYC) opens as a US immigration depot |
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