Explore 1335 historical events from 1890–1899.
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the US state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km (643 mi) to the wes…
Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Idaho is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the s…
Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Ida…
Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is c…
In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's…
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created …
Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
Auburn Correctional Facility is a state prison on State Street in Auburn, New York, United States. It was built on land that was once a Cayuga village. It is classified as a maximu…
At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
The Yngsjö murder is the common name of one of Sweden's most notorious murder cases, which occurred on March 28, 1889, in Yngsjö, Skåne.
Anna Månsdotter, found guilty of the 1889 Yngsjö murder, became the last woman to be executed in…
The August Storm of 1890 was the only hurricane-type storm considered in Finland. The storm known as the strongest in Finnish history struck on August 28, 1890, when Finland was a …
The strongest storm in Finnish history kills at least three people.
Harare is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km2 (379.3 sq mi), a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census, and an estimated 2,487,…
Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
Charles Frederick Root was an English cricketer who played for England in 1926 and for Derbyshire between 1910 and 1920 and for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1932.
Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (died 1954)
Gertrude Chandler Warner was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of The Boxcar Children and for the next 18 books in…
Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (died 1979)
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis,, popularly known as "Le Chef", was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 16th premier of Quebec. A conservative, nationalist, populist, an…
Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (died 1959)
Adolf Schärf was an Austrian politician of the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ). He served as the vice-chancellor from 1945 to 1957 and as the president of Austria from 1957 until …
Adolf Schärf, Austrian soldier and politician, 6th President of Austria (died 1965)
Clelia Lollini was an Italian medical doctor. She helped to found the Medical Women's International Federation and the Italian Women's Medical Association.
Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (died 1963 or 1964)
Edward Elmer Smith was an American food engineer and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera.
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Franklin Carmichael was a Canadian artist and member of the Group of Seven. Though he was primarily famous for his use of watercolours, he also used oil paints, charcoal and other …
Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter (died 1945)
Christopher Darlington Morley was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures.
Christopher Morley, American journalist and author (died 1957)
William Reuben Applegarth was a British track and field athlete and winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter (died 1958)
Helge Andreas Løvland was a Norwegian military officer, track and field athlete, sports official and writer. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics. Løvland wa…
Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (died 1984)
Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl was a German military officer and convicted war criminal who served as the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – the German …
Alfred Jodl, German general (died 1946)
Katherine Anne Porter was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet, and political activist. Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in t…
Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (died 1980)
Edith Grace White was an American zoologist known for her studies of elasmobranchs. She was a professor of biology at Wilson College, and was a research associate of the American M…
Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist (died 1975)
Eveline Adelheid von Maydell was an ethnic German silhouette artist. Born in Iran, she studied drawing in Pärnu, Estonia, in Riga, Latvia and in St. Petersburg, Russia. She moved t…
Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (died 1962)