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Countries:     Australia - Canada - Germany - Ireland - New Zealand - Norway - South Africa - U. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of Electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1890 in Archaeology: Explorations Alfred Maudslay begins his documentation of the Maya ruins of Palenque The year 1890 in architecture involved some significant events List of years in Art Works See also William-Adolphe Bouguereau - A Little Coaxing Thomas Dewing - Summer The year 1890 in literature involved some significant new books Events Rhymer's Club founded in London by William Butler Yeats and Ernest Rhys as a group of like-minded poets who met regularly and published Events September 9 - Edward Elgar 's concert Overture Froissart is premiered at The year 1890 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below Baseball The Players League, initiated by the ballplayer union competes with the National League and American Association. Events February events February 22 - Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St See also 1889 in Australia, other events of 1890, 1891 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1889 in Canada, other events of 1890, 1891 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. Events 20 June - The newly covered St George's Market in Belfast is opened to the public Incumbents Regal and Vice Regal Head of State - Queen Victoria Governor - The Earl of Onslow See also 1889 in South Africa, 1891 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. S. - UK

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Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1889 state leaders - Events of 1890 - 1891 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- France French Somaliland - Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland ( 1888 - 1899) Riviéres Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Wednesday ( Dominical letter E) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any common year starting on Monday ( Dominical letter G) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Contents 1 Events of 1890 1.1 January - March 1.2 April - June 1.3 July - September 1.4 October - December 1.5 Undated 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December 4 References

Events of 1890

January - March

• January 1
  • The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in northeast Africa. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Eritrea () ( Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritriya) officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in
  • In Michigan, the wooden steamer Mackinaw burned in a fire on the Black River. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Black River is a common name for streams and communities around the world as well as the Spanish and Portuguese translation for Rio Negro. ^[1]
• January 2
  • Steamship Persia wrecked off Corsica: 130 lives lost. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Corsica (Corse Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily ^[2]
  • Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence
• January 25
  • United Mine Workers of America is founded. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The United Mine Workers of America ( UMW or UMWA) is a North
  • Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. Nellie Bly (May 5 1864 &ndash January 27 1922 was an American journalist author Industrialist, and charity worker

• February 17 - British steamship Duburg wrecked in China Sea: 400 lives lost. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori The China Seas consists of the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean Yellow Sea East China Sea South China Sea ^[2]
• March 1
  • British steamship Quetia foundered in Lorres Straits; 124 lives lost. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located ^[2]
  • March 1 - Léon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest Constans as French Minister of the Interior. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois (21 May 1851 29 September 1925 was a Jewish French statesman Jean Antoine Ernest Constans (1833–1913 was a French politician and colonial administrator. The Minister of the Interior (full title Ministre de l’Intérieur et de l’Aménagement du Territoire) in France is one of the most important governmental
• March 4 - The longest bridge in Britain, the Forth Bridge (1,710 ft) in Scotland, is opened. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth For the nearby road bridge see Forth Road Bridge. The Forth Bridge is a cantilever Railway Bridge over the
• March 8 - North Dakota State University is founded in Fargo, North Dakota. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University ( NDSU) is a Public university in Fargo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota in the United States.
• March 20 - Wilhelm II of Germany fires Otto von Bismarck. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen Duke of Lauenburg Prince of Bismarck ( April 1, 1815 July 30, 1898)
• March 27 - A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 people and injuring 200. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus
• March 28 - Washington State University is founded in Pullman, Washington. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Washington State University ( WSU) is an American public Research university in Pullman, Washington. Pullman is a city in Whitman County, Washington, United States.

April - June

• May 12 - The first ever official County Championship cricket match begins in Bristol. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by eight wickets. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. History See also History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century
• May 31 - The 5-story skylight Arcade opens in Cleveland, Ohio. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. The Arcade in downtown Cleveland Ohio, is a Victorian -era structure of two nine-story buildings joined by a five-story arcade with Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state
• June 1 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Herman Hollerith ( February 29, 1860 &ndash November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician who developed a See also Unit record equipment The tabulating machine was a machine designed to assist in Tabulations. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population
• June 12 - In Michigan, the wooden steamer Ryan is lost near Thunder Bay Island. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Thunder Bay Island is a 215- Acre (87 ha) Island in Lake Huron. ^[1]

July - September

• July 2 - The Sherman Anti-Trust Act and Sherman Silver Purchase Act become United States law. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival The Sherman Antitrust Act ( Sherman Act, July 2, 1890, ch 647,) was the first United States Federal statute to limit Cartels and The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was enacted in 1890 as a United States federal law. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• July 3 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. State. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government
• July 10 - Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. State. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government
• July 27 - Vincent van Gogh shoots himself in the stomach and dies two days later. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
• July - Politics of Japan - first general election for the House of Representatives of Japan. The politics of Japan is in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Monarchy, where the Prime Minister of Japan is the A general election is an Election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election The is the Lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the Upper house.
• August 6 - At Auburn Prison in New York, William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed in the electric chair. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Auburn Correctional Facility is a state Prison located on State Street in Auburn New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous William Kemmler ( May 9, 1860 &ndash August 6, 1890) of Buffalo New York was the first person to be executed via Electric Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Execution by electrocution (usually referred to after its method of implementation as the Electric Chair) is an execution method originating in the United States in which the
• September 19 - Turkish frigate Ertogrul founders off Japan: 540 lives lost. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches This article is about the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul. For the Ottoman leader see Ertuğrul. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. ^[2]

October - December

• October 8 - First brief, partially-controlled flight of Clement Ader's airplane "Eole" in Satory, France. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Clément Ader ( April 2 1841 &ndash March 5 1925) was a French engineer born in Muret, Haute Garonne remembered Satory is an area south of Versailles in France. It is mostly known for its Military camp, housing weapon-testing facilities of GIAT Industries This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• October 11 - In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR is a lineage -based membership organization of women dedicated to promoting Historic preservation, Education
• October 13
  • In Michigan, the schooner J. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. A schooner (ˈskuːnɚ is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts Schooners were first used by the F. Warner is lost at Thunder Bay. ^[1]
  • The Delta Chi Fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Delta Chi ( ΔΧ) (del-ta kai or D-Chi is an international secret letter college social Fraternity formed on October 13, 1890, at Cornell The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York
• November 23 - King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir, and his daughter Princess Wilhelmina becomes Queen, causing Luxembourg (who required a male heir) to declare independence. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of William III ( Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, anglicised William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis of Orange-Nassau) ( February 19, Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie 31 August 1880 &ndash 28 November 1962) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by
• November 29
  • The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe The, more commonly known as the Imperial or Meiji Constitution, was the fundamental law of the Empire of Japan from 29 November 1890 until 2 May 1947 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The is Japan's Bicameral Legislature. It is composed of a Lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an Upper house, called
  • In West Point, New York, the United States Navy defeats the United States Army 24 to 0 in the first Army-Navy football game. West Point is a federal military reservation (and a Census-designated place) located North of the Village of Highland Falls in Orange County New York The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. "The Army-Navy Game" redirects here For the episode of M*A*S*H, see The Army-Navy Game (M*A*S*H episode.
• November - Scotland Yard, headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, moves to a building on London's Victoria Embankment, as the New Scotland Yard. New Scotland Yard or Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard and NSY, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Victoria Embankment, is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in London. New Scotland Yard or Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard and NSY, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible
• December 27 - British steamship Shanghai burned in China Sea: 101 lives lost. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million The China Seas consists of the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean Yellow Sea East China Sea South China Sea ^[2]
• December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre: At Wounded Knee, South Dakota the US 7th Cavalry Regiment tries to disarm camp & shooting starts. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II The Wounded Knee Massacre also known as The Battle at Wounded Knee Creek was the last major armed conflict between the Oglala Lakota and the United States Wounded Knee ( Lakhota Cankpe Opi) is a Census-designated place (CDP in Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. 153 Lakota Sioux and 25 troops are killed; about 150 flee the scene. The Lakota (laˈkˣota (also Teton, Tetonwan) are a Native American tribe

Undated

• The corrugated cardboard box is invented by Robert Gair, a Brooklyn printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in 1879. Corrugated fiberboard is a paper-based construction material consisting of a fluted corrugated sheet and one or two flat linerboards Robert Gair invented the Folding carton in 1890. Brooklynite Robert Gair was a printer and paper bag maker in the 1870s Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

• U. S. Census - Herman Hollerith devises a method using punch cards (like Jacquard's loom) to tabulate census data by machine. Herman Hollerith ( February 29, 1860 &ndash November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician who developed a Joseph Marie Charles nicknamed Jacquard ( 7 July 1752 &ndash 7 August 1834) was a Straw hat maker before becoming (see also History of computing hardware). The history of computer hardware encompasses the hardware, its architecture, and its impact on software. Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM. International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology
• Prosecution of Edward King, Anglican bishop of Lincoln for using ritualistic practices ends. Edward King ( 1829 - 8 March, 1910) was an English bishop King was the second son of the Reverend Walker King Archdeacon of Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs See also List of bishops of Lincoln and precursor offices The Bishop of Lincoln heads the ( Anglican) this article is on the Anglican church in particular See Orthopraxis for ritualism in general
• The United States city of Boise, Idaho drills the first geothermal well. Boise (ˈbɔɪsi is the capital and most populous city of the U In Geology, geothermal refers to heat sources within the planet
• Brown Trout introduced into the upper Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park
• High School Cadets was written by John Phillip Sousa
• Blackwall Buildings, Whitechapel, in the East End of London, noted philanthropic housing built. The brown trout ( Salmo trutta morpha fario and S trutta morpha lacustris) and the sea trout ( S The Firehole River is one of two major tributaries of the Madison River. High School Cadets, also known as HSC, is a march that was written in 1890 by John Phillip Sousa. John Philip Sousa ( November 6, 1854 &ndash March 6, 1932) was an American Composer and conductor of the late Blackwall Buildings were built in 1890 in Thomas Street Whitechapel. Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material

Corrugated boxes

Geothermal power

Births

1890 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1890 MDCCCXC
Ab urbe condita	2643
Armenian calendar	1339 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԹ
Bahá'í calendar	46 – 47
Berber calendar	2840
Buddhist calendar	2434
Burmese calendar	1252
Chinese calendar	4526/4586-12-11 (己丑年十二月十一日) — to — 4527/4587-11-20 (庚寅年十一月二十日)
Coptic calendar	1606 – 1607
Ethiopian calendar	1882 – 1883
Hebrew calendar	5650 – 5651
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1945 – 1946
- Shaka Samvat	1812 – 1813
- Kali Yuga	4991 – 4992
Holocene calendar	11890
Iranian calendar	1268 – 1269
Islamic calendar	1307 – 1308
Japanese calendar	Meiji 23 (明治23年)
Korean calendar	4223
Thai solar calendar	2433
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January - June

• January 1 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. Cardboard is a generic non-specific term for a heavy duty Paper based product Geothermal power (from the Greek roots geo, meaning earth and therme, meaning heat is energy generated by heat stored in the earth or the collection The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Anton Melik ( January 1 1890 &ndash June 8 1966) was a Slovene Geographer. 1966)
• January 4 - Victor Lustig, Bohemian-born con artist (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Victor Lustig ( January 4, 1890 &ndash March 11, 1947) was a Con artist best known as 1947)
• January 9
  • Kurt Tucholsky, German-born journalist and satirist (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Kurt Tucholsky ( January 9, 1890 &ndash December 21, 1935) was a German- Jewish Journalist, satirist and writer 1935)
  • Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karel Čapek ( pronounced) ( January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938 was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century 1938)
• January 11 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian Modernist writer (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. José Oswald de Andrade Souza ( January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian Poet and Polemicist Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century 1954)
• January 19 - Élise Rivet, French Roman Catholic nun and war heroine (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Élise Rivet ( January 19 1890, Draria, Algeria – March 30 1945, Ravensbrück concentration camp Germany) 1945)
• January 22 - Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Frederick Moore Vinson ( January 22 1890 – September 8 1953) served the United States in all three branches of government The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the U 1953)
• January 28 - Robert Stroud, "Birdman of Alcatraz" (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Robert Franklin Stroud ( January 28, 1890 &ndash November 21, 1963) known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, was a Prisoner in 1963)
• February 10 - Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к ( — May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize -winning Soviet The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1960)
• February 14 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Nina Hamnett ( 14 February 1890 &ndash 16 December 1956) was a Welsh artist and writer and an expert on sailors' chanteys who 1956)
• February 17 - Ronald Fisher, English biologist (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, FRS ( 17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was an English Statistician, Evolutionary 1962)
• February 18 - Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Adolphe Jean Menjou ( February 18, 1890 &ndash October 29, 1963) was an American actor 1963)
• February 24 - Marjorie Main, American actress (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Marjorie Main ( February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975) was an Oscar -nominated American character actress, perhaps 1975)
• February 25 - Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Dame Myra Hess DBE ( February 25, 1890 &ndash November 25, 1965) born Julia Myra Hess, was a British 1965)
• February 27 - Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard) ( February 27, 1890 - July 15, 1933) was an early Jazz Cornetist 1933)
• March 3 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Henry Norman Bethune ( March 4, 1890 &ndash November 12, 1939) was a Canadian Physician and medical innovator 1939)
• March 9 - (new style) Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Molotov redirects here For other uses see Molotov (disambiguation. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. 1986)
• March 11 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer, inventor, and politician (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Vannevar Bush ( March 11, 1890 &ndash June 30, 1974; pronounced "VAN-ee-var" ˈvæˌniː The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method form device or other useful means 1974)
• March 20
  • Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Beniamino Gigli ( March 20, 1890 - November 30, 1957) was an Italian Singer, widely regarded as one of the very greatest 1957)
  • Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Lauritz Melchior ( March 20, 1890 – March 18, 1973 1973)
• March 28 - Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Paul Whiteman ( March 28, 1890 &ndash December 29, 1967) was an American orchestral 1967)
• March 31 - William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH, FRS, ( 31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian Physicist The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1971)
• April 6 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 1939)
• April 7 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7 1890 – May 14 1998 was an American Journalist, Writer and Environmentalist known for her staunch defense of 1998)
• April 11 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (died 1979)
• April 15 - Percy Shaw, Brittish Inventor (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Donna Rachele Mussolini ( 11 April 1890 – 30 October 1979) was the second wife of Benito Mussolini. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Percy Shaw ( 1890 - 1 September, 1976) was an English inventor who patented the reflective road stud cat's eye. 1976)
• April 16 - Fred Root, English cricketer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Fred Root ( Charles Frederick Root; 16 April 1890 in Somercotes, Derbyshire – 20 January 1954 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 1954)
• April 20 - Maurice Duplessis, premier of Québec (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (20 April 1890&ndash7 September 1959 served as the premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated as Prime Minister of Quebec) is the First minister for the Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk 1959)
• May 4 - Franklin Carmichael, Canadian artist (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Franklin Carmichael ( May 4 1890 - October 24 1945) was a Canadian artist 1945)
• May 10 - Alfred Jodl, German general (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Alfred Jodl (10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946 was a German military commander attaining the position of Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High 1946)
• May 11 - Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople James Woodall Rodgers ( May 11, 1890 in New Market, Alabama ( USA) – July 6, 1961 in Dallas (USA 1961)
• May 15 - Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Katherine Anne Porter ( 15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Journalist, 1980)
• May 19 - Ho Chi Minh, Prime minister/president of North Vietnam (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and For the city named after him see Ho Chi Minh City. Hồ Chí Minh (name 1969)
• May 23 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Herbert Marshall, born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, in London, England, ( May 23, 1890 - January 22, 1966 1966)
• June 6 - Ted Lewis, American jazz musician and entertainer (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Theodore Leopold Friedman, better known as Ted Lewis ( June 6, 1892 &ndash August 25, 1971) was an American entertainer 1971)
• June 16 - Stan Laurel, British actor (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 &ndash February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor writer 1965)
• June 26 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Jeanne Eagels ( June 26, 1894 – October 3, 1929) was an actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures 1929)

July - December

• July 18 - Frank Forde, Australian Prime Minister (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890 &ndash 28 January 1983 was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1983)
• July 22 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American philanthropist and matriarch of the Kennedy family (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy ( July 22, 1890 &ndash January 22, 1995) was the wife of Joseph Kennedy and the mother of President Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material The Kennedy family are a family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P 1995)
• August 4 - Erich Weinert, German writer and political activist (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Erich Weinert ( August 4, 1890 - April 20, 1953 in Berlin) was a German writer Communist, and member of the 1953)
• August 5 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Erich Kleiber ( August 5, 1890 &ndash January 27, 1956) was an Austrian born conductor. 1956)
• August 10 - Angus L. Macdonald, Nova Scotia Premier (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Angus L Macdonald PC, QC, LLD, SJD (August 10 1890 – April 13 1954 was a Nova Scotia lawyer law professor and politician Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's 1954)
• August 15
  • Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Jacques François Antoine Ibert ( August 15, 1890 &ndash February 5, 1962) was a French Composer of classical 1962)
  • Elizabeth Bolden, American, last verified person born in 1890 (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jones Bolden ( August 15, 1890 &ndash December 11, 2006) was an African American woman who at the time 2006)
• August 18 - Walther Funk, German politician (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Walther Emanuel Funk (18 August 1890 - 31 May 1960 was a prominent Nazi official 1960)
• August 20 - H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy 1937)
• August 24 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River The Big Kahuna redirects here For the film see The Big Kahuna (film. 1968)
• September 10 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Elsa Schiaparelli (10 September 1890 – 13 November 1973 was an influential Italian Fashion designer. 1973)
• September 15
  • Agatha Christie, English writer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English 1976)
  • Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Martin ( September 15, 1890 &ndash November 21, 1974) was a Swiss Composer, who lived 1974)
• September 20 - Jelly Roll Morton, American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton ( ca September 20, 1885 or October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941) was an 1941)
• October 2 - Groucho Marx, American comedian (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule 1977)
• October 8 - Eddie Rickenbacker, American WWI fighter pilot (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8 1890 &ndash July 27 1973 was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient 1973)
• October 13 - Conrad Richter, American novelist and short story writer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Conrad Michael Richter ( October 13 1890 - October 30 1968) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American novelist whose lyrical work 1968)
• October 14 - Dwight David Eisenhower, U. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general S. general and President of the United States (d. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1969)
• October 16
  • Michael Collins, Irish patriot (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Michael John ("Mick" Collins (Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin 16 October 1890 &ndash 22 August 1922 was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for 1922)
  • Paul Strand, American photographer (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Strand ( October 16, 1890 &ndash March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who along with fellow Modernist 1976)
• October 17 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Roy Kilner (born October 17, 1890, Low Valley, Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England; died April 1928)
• November 20 - Leon Cadore, American baseball pitcher (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Leon Joseph Cadore ( November 20, 1890 - March 16, 1968) was a right-handed American Pitcher between 1915 - 1924 1968)
• November 22 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected 1970)
• November 23 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of (Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий על ליסיצקי November 23 1890 – December 30 1941 better known as El Lissitzky (Эль Лисицкий was a 1941)
• December 5 - David Bomberg, English painter (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. David Garshen Bomberg ( December 5, 1890 – August 19, 1957) was an English painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys 1957)
• December 8 - Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Bohuslav Martinů ( (December 8 1890 – August 28 1959 was a prolific Bohemian Czech Composer, who wrote six symphonies, 15 Operas 1959)
• December 11 - Carlos Gardel, Argentine tango singer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Carlos Gardel ( 11 December 1887 /1890 1 - 24 June 1935 Medellín, Colombia) is Argentine Tango is a Social dance and a Musical genre that originated in Argentina and moved to Uruguay and to the rest of the world later on 1935)
• December 20 - Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Jaroslav Heyrovský ( pronounced) ( December 20, 1890 &ndash March 27, 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1967)
• December 21 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Hermann Joseph “HJ” Muller ( December 21 1890 &ndash April 5 1967) was an American Geneticist, educator and The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1967)
• December 26 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, Appalachian fiddler (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Charles Nelson Osborne, ( December 26, 1890 &ndash May 27, 1992) affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie" was a musician in the 1992)
• December 30 - Lanoe Hawker, British fighter pilot (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO ( December 30, 1890  &ndash November 23, 1916) was a World War I English 1916)
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  • Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Bechara El Khoury ( 1890 - 1 January 1964) ( Arabic: بشارة الخوري) was the first post-independence President of This page lists presidents of Lebanon Though it is not specifically stated in the constitution an unwritten understanding known as the National Pact (al-mithaq al-watani agreed in 1943 1964)
  • Taixu, Chinese Buddhist activist (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Venerable Master Taixu (太虛大師 Pinyin: tàixū dàshī Wade-Giles: T'ai Hsü Ta Shi 1890-1947 was a Buddhist activist and thinker who advocated the reform 1947)

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January - June

• January 18 - King Amadeus I of Spain (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Background Prince Amedeo of Savoy was born in Turin, Italy. He was the second son of Victor Emmanuel II (King of Piedmont, Savoy 1845)
• February 22
  • John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne John Jacob Astor III ( June 10, 1822 &ndash February 22, 1890) was the elder son of William Backhouse Astor Sr 1822)
  • Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Carl Heinrich Bloch ( May 23, 1834 &ndash February 22, 1890) was a Danish painter 1834)
• March 3 - Innocenzo da Berzo, Capuchin friar (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian The Blessed Innocenzo da Berzo was born in Niardo, Val Camonica, Italy on 19 March 1844 1844)
• March 7 - Karl Rudolf Friedenthal, Prussian statesman (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Karl Rudolf Friedenthal ( September 15, 1827 &ndash March 7, 1890) was a Prussian Statesman. 1827)
• March 9 - Sir Mangaldas Nathubhoy, Indian politician (b. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Sir Mangaldas Nathubhoy ( October 15, 1832 - March 9, 1890) Seth or head of the Kapol Bania Caste, well known for their 1832)
• April 1 - David Wilber, American politician (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne David Wilber ( October 5[[ 820]] - April 1[[ 890]] was a United States Representative from New York and father of congressman David 1820)
• April 11 - Joseph Carey Merrick (The Elephant Man), English oddity (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. 1862)
• June 24 - Subba Row, Hindu theosophist (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Tallapragada Subba Row ( July 6 1856 - June 24 1890) was a Theosophist from a Hindu background and originally worked 1856)
• June 30 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Samuel Parkman Tuckerman ( February 11, 1819 &ndash June 30, 1890) was an American composer 1819)

July - December

• July 9 - Clinton B. Fisk, American philanthropist and temperance activist (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Clinton Bowen Fisk (December 8 1828 &ndash July 9 1890 for whom Fisk University is named was a senior officer in the Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in 1828)
• July 15 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Gottfried Keller ( July 19, 1819 – July 15, 1890) a Swiss writer of German literature, became arguably best-known for 1819)
• July 29 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat 1853)
• August 11 - John Henry Newman, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Family John Henry Newman was born in London and was the eldest son of John Newman (d 1801)
• October 4 - Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Catherine Booth ( 17 January 1829 &ndash 4 October 1890) was the Mother of The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army is a Christian charity and church that is internally organised like a military service. 1829)
• October 20- Sir Richard Francis Burton, Explorer, Linguist, Soldier. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 &ndash 20 October 1890 was an English Explorer, Translator, writer (b. 1820)
• October 26 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Carlo Lorenzini ( November 24, 1826 &ndash October 26, 1890) better known by the Pen name C 1826)
• November 3 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Ulrich Ochsenbein ( November 24, 1811 - November 3, 1890) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council This is a list of members of the Swiss Federal Council (Schweizerischer Bundesrat Conseil fédéral suisse Consiglio federale svizzero Cussegl federal svizzer 1811)
• November 8 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration César Franck (December 10 1822 – November 8 1890 a Composer, Organist and music teacher of Belgian and German origin who lived in France 1822)
• November 11 - Charles-Marie David de Mayréna, French adventurer and self-styled "King of Sedang" (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Marie-Charles David de Mayréna (also known as Charles-Marie David de Mayréna and Marie I King of Sedang; January 31, 1842 - November 1842)
• November 23 - King William III of the Netherlands (b. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of William III ( Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, anglicised William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis of Orange-Nassau) ( February 19, 1817)
• November 24 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal August Belmont Sr ( December 8 1813 - November 24 1890) was born in Alzey, Hesse, to a Jewish family 1816)
• December 15 - Sitting Bull, Native American chief, (b. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Sitting Bull ( Lakota: Tȟatȟaŋka Iyotȟaŋka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotank, also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow" Ca c. 1831)
• December 21 - Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress (b. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Johanne Luise Heiberg (née Pätges ( 22 November 1812 &ndash 21 December 1890) was one of the greatest Danish actresses 1812)
• December 26 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Heinrich Schliemann (ˈʃliːman ( January 6 1822 in Neubukow Mecklenburg-Schwerin - December 26 1890, Naples) was a German 1822)
• December 31 - Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Pancha Carrasco, born Francisca Carrasco Jiménez ( 8 April 1826 – 31 December 1890) was Costa Rica 's first woman 1826)
• date unknown - Comanche, horse, sole survivor of Custer's cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Comanche was a mixed Mustang / Morgan Horse who survived General George Armstrong Custer 's detachment of the United States 7th Cavalry The Battle of the Little Bighorn &mdashalso known as Custer's Last Stand, and in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans, the Battle of the Greasy Grass

See also: :Category:1890 deaths

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