Historical Events In 1890

Dec 18   Frederick Lugard occupies Uganda for British East Africa Company in the year 1890.  

Dec 18   Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda in the year 1890.  

Dec 19   Klaas Painter, vicar/antifascist (Occupies possession) [or 1880] in the year 1890.  

Dec 19   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet" (BG) in the year 1890.  

Dec 21   Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53) on this day in history.  

Dec 21   Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73 in the year 1890.  

Dec 21   Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" on this day in history.  

Dec 22   Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia in the year 1890.  

Dec 22   In the year 1890 mark Tobey, US abstract painter (Broadway Norm)  

Dec 26   In the year 1890 heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86  

Dec 26   In the year 1890 king Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company  

Dec 27   Maurice Schoemaker, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 28   In the year 1890 frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China)  

Dec 29   300 Sioux Indians are killed by US troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota in the year 1890.  

Dec 29   Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on this day in history.  

Dec 29   In the year 1890 federal troops massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD; Indian "war" in the west  

Dec 29   On this day in history the "Battle of Wounded Knee" ends the last major Indian resistance to white settlement in America  

Dec 29   In the year 1890 the last ever battle between American natives and US troops takes place  

Dec 29   In the year 1890 uS 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD  

Dec 31   Ellis Island (New York NY) opens as a US immigration depot in the year 1890.  

Dec 31   On this day in history ellis Island (NYC) opens as a US immigration depot  

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Jan 01   Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress (Confidence) was born in the year 1890.  

Jan 01   Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies  

Jan 07   Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception) was born in the year 1890.  

Jan 07   Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ (US Open-1912) was born in the year 1890.  

Jan 08   In the year 1890 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   On this day in history francesco D'Arcais, composer, dies at 59  

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

Jan 18   Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44 in the year 1890.  

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

Jan 30   On this day in history karl Merz, composer, dies at 53  

Feb 03   In the year 1890 christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72  

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