Page 7: Historical Events In 1890
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Aug 09 Cesar Cortinas, composer. 


Aug 11 Erich Wichman, Dutch fascist painter/sculptor 


Aug 11 John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89. 


Aug 12 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour) 


Aug 13 [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, black US advocate in Virginia 


Aug 14 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria) 


Aug 15 Jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales). 


Aug 16 Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia. 


Aug 17 Harry L Hopkins, US politician (Loan and Lease law). 


Aug 19 Yves Alix, French painter/graphic artist 


Aug 20 H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness) 


Aug 20 H.P Lovecraft, American writer is born 


Aug 22 Floyd Henri Allport, US psychologist/sociologist 


Aug 22 Vasile Alecsandri, Romania poet/Foreign minister, dies at 69. 


Aug 24 Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24). 


Aug 25 Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 


Aug 26 Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW and Aussie player of the 1920's) 


Aug 27 Man Ray, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American artist and photographe (Dada) 


Aug 28 Ivor Gurney, composer 


Sep 01 1st baseball tripleheader-Boston vs Pittsburgh 


Sep 03 Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63 


Sep 03 In this year, Oliver S Campbell claims US Tennis Open. 


Sep 03 J Patrick O'Malley, Forest City PA, actress (Courage of Black Beauty) 


Sep 05 Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Zondebesef) 


Sep 05 Ludwig Deppe, composer, dies at 61. 


Sep 06 Clara Kimball Young, Illinois, actress (Return of Chandu). 


Sep 09 Harland Sanders, Henryville Ind, colonel/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken) 


Sep 10 Franz Werfel, Austria, author (40 Days of Musa Dagh). 


Sep 11 Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer. 


Sep 12 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury) 


Sep 12 Guido Guerrini, composer 


Sep 12 Salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia 


Sep 13 Cecil Rhodes' colonies hoist Union Jack in Mashonaland and Salisbury. 


Sep 15 Agatha Christie, English author is born 


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