Historical Events In 1890

Jan 02   Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer in the year 1890.   

Jan 02   Alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer in the year 1890.   

Jan 02   Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1890 1st US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin   

Jan 03   The first US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff   

Jan 05   In the year 1890 cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies   

Jan 07   In the year 1890 augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78   

Jan 07   On this day in history henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)   

Jan 07   Nellie Bly boards the S.S. Oceanic at Yokohama January 7 and sails for San Francisco after having crossed the Atlantic, Europe, and Asia in her well-publicized attempt to girdle the earth in less than 80 days in the year 1890.   

Jan 07   W B Purvis patents fountain pen in the year 1890.   

Jan 08   In the year 1890 sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst   

Jan 09   Karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot" in the year 1890.   

Jan 10   Douglas MacLean, Phila, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up) on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot & Elaine," premieres on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Monte Blue, Indianapolis IN, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy) in the year 1890.   

Jan 12   On this day in history mordecai W Johnson, educator   

Jan 14   On this day in history francesco D'Arcais, composer, dies at 59   

Jan 16   Karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 18   In the year 1890 amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44   

Jan 20   In the year 1890 franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86   

Jan 21   In the year 1890 1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper   

Jan 21   On this day in history the first issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper   

Jan 22   Fred M Vinson, Ky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53) on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC on this day in history.   

Jan 25   On this day in history national Afro-American League forms in Chicago   

Jan 25   Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days) in the year 1890.   

Jan 25   New York World reporter Nellie Bly returns home after completing an around the world journey in just 72 days, six hours and eleven minutes on this day in history.   

Jan 25   On this day in history united Mine Workers of America forms   

Jan 29   Marguerite Canal, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1890 karl Merz, composer, dies at 53   

Jan 31   Adolf Bach, German language/sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde) on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen (Indo-China)   

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Jan 01   Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress (Confidence) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966) was born in the year 1890.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff   

Jan 04   Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavia, MP (communist) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies was born in the year 1890.   

Jan 07   In the year 1890 birth of henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)   

Jan 07   Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ (US Open-1912) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst   

Jan 07   Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Francesco D'Arcais, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1890.   

Jan 17   On this day in history salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 18   On this day in history amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44   

Jan 20   In the year 1890 franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86   

Jan 30   In the year 1890 karl Merz, composer, dies at 53   

Feb 03   Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1890 death of christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819)