Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1890
Birthdays
- January 1 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
- January 9 - Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
- January 9 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
- January 10 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957)
- January 11 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d. 1954)
- January 11 - Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- January 13 - Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1945)
- January 15 - Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (d. 1965)
- January 22 - Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
- January 22 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)
- January 28 - Robert Stroud, American convict
- February 2 - Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
- February 8 - Claro M. Recto, Filipino nationalist (d. 1960)
- February 10 - Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1960)
- February 10 - Fanny Kaplan, failed assassin of Vladimir Lenin. (d. 1918)
- February 11 - David Drummond, Australian politician (d. 1965)
- February 14 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956)
- February 15 - Robert Ley, Nazi official (d. 1945)
- February 18 - Edward Arnold, American actor (d. 1956)
- February 18 - Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. 1963)
- February 24 - Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
- February 25 - Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965)
- February 25 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. 1986)
- February 27 - Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
- March 3 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
- March 9 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (d. 1986)
- March 11 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
- March 12 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish ballet dancer (d. 1950)
- March 12 - William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (d. 1965)
- March 13 - Fritz Busch, German conductor (d. 1951)
- March 15 - Boris Nikolaevich Delaunay, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
- March 16 - Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948)
- March 20 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)
- March 20 - Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor (d. 1973)
- March 28 - Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)
- March 31 - William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist
- April 6 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch designer of aircraft (d. 1939)
- April 7 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. 1998)
- April 11 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
- April 13 - Frank Murphy, American public servant (d. 1949)
- April 17 - Art Acord, American actor and rodeo rider (d. 1931)
- April 20 - Maurice Duplessis, premier of Québec (d. 1959)
- May 2 - E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965)
- May 5 - Christopher Morley, American writer (d. 1957)
- May 10 - Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
- May 11 - Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas
- May 14 - Alex Pompez, American baseball executive (d. 1974)
- May 15 - Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
- May 19 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
- May 23 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966)
- June 1 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
- June 6 - Ted Lewis, American bandleader (d. 1971)
- June 9 - Leslie Banks, British actor (d. 1952)
- June 12 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
- June 14 - May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
- June 16 - Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
- June 21 - Frank Sherman Land, The order of DeMolay founder (d. 1959)
- July 2 - Earl Roy Curry, religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer (d. 1980)
- July 5 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
- July 18 - Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983)
- July 20 - King George II of Greece, (d. 1947)
- July 22 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American Kennedy family matriarch (d. 1995)
- July 30 - Casey Stengel, American baseball manager (d. 1975)
- August 2 - Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971)
- August 4 - Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (d. 1957)
- August 5 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1956)
- August 5 - Naum Gabo, sculptor (d. 1977)
- August 10 - Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (d. 1954)
- August 13 - Ellen Osiier, Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. 1962)
- August 15 - Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (d. 2006)
- August 15 - Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
- August 17 - Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
- August 17 - Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator (d. 1920)
- August 18 - Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (d. 1960)
- August 20 - H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
- August 24 - Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (d. 1968)
- August 24 - Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979)
- August 26 - Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (d. 1970)
- August 27 - Man Ray, American photographer and artist (d. 1976)
- September 4 - Naima Wifstrand, Swedish film actor
- September 6 - Clara Kimball Young, American actress (d. 1960)
- September 9 - Harland Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (d. 1980)
- September 10 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973)
- September 10 - Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist (d. 1945)
- September 15 - Agatha Christie, English writer (d. 1976)
- September 15 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. 1974)
- September 17 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (d. 1972)
- September 23 - Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
- September 24 - Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977)
- September 24 - A. P. Herbert, British humorist
- October 1 - Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
- October 2 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
- October 8 - Edward Rickenbacker, American pilot (d. 1973)
- October 8 - Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
- October 9 - Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (d. 1944)
- October 13 - Conrad Richter, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1968)
- October 14 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)
- October 16 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot (d. 1922)
- October 16 - Maria Goretti, Italian saint (d. 1902)
- October 16 - Paul Strand, American photographer (d. 1975)
- October 17 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
- October 20 - Jelly Roll Morton, American composer (d. 1941)
- November 3 - Eustaquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest (d. 1943)
- November 4 - Alfred Henschke, ps. Klabund
- November 5 - Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
- November 9 - George Regas, Greek actor (d. 1940)
- November 12 - Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
- November 15 - Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
- November 16 - Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines (d. 1956)
- November 22 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. 1970)
- November 23 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
- November 25 - Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. 1918)
- December 5 - David Bomberg, English painter (d. 1957)
- December 5 - Fritz Lang, Austrian-born film director (d. 1976)
- December 6 - Dion Fortune, British occultist (d. 1946)
- December 6 - Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951)
- December 6 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
- December 8 - Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (d. 1959)
- December 11 - Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
- December 11 - Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976)
- December 18 - Edwin Armstrong, American inventor (d. 1954)
- December 20 - Yvonne Arnaud, French-born actress (d. 1958)
- December 20 - Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist
- December 21 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
- December 25 - Robert Ripley, collector of odd facts (d. 1949)
- December 26 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
- December 30 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. 1973)
Deaths
- February 17 - Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819)
- February 22 - John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (b. 1822)
- February 22 - Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (b. 1834)
- March 16 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)
- March 20 - Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
- April 1 - David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
- April 4 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
- April 4 - Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812)
- April 11 - Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man" (b. 1862)
- April 13 - Samuel J. Randall, American politician (b. 1828)
- June 30 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819)
- July 7 - Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814)
- July 13 - John C. Frémont, American army officer
- July 15 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. 1819)
- July 29 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- August 2 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b. 1813)
- August 11 - John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Catholic cardinal (b. 1801)
- October 3 - Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)
- October 4 - Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
- October 13 - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1816)
- October 20 - Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821)
- October 26 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (b. 1826)
- November 3 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
- November 8 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1822)
- November 23 - King William III of the Netherlands, (b. 1817)
- November 24 - August Belmont, Sr.
- December 3 - Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
- December 15 - Sitting Bull, Sioux nation leader (b. circa 1831)
- December 26 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)
- December 31 - Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (b. 1826)
Events
- January 1 - Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
- January 22 - The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
- January 25 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
- February 24 - Chicago is selected to host the Columbian Exposition
- March 4 - The longest bridge in the Great Britain, the Forth Bridge (railway) (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII.
- March 27 - A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
- April 7 - Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
- April 14 - The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
- May 12 - The first-ever official County Championship match begins. Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by eight wickets at Bristol. George Ulyett scores the first century in the competition.
- June 1 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
- July 1 - Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
- July 2 - The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
- July 3 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- July 10 - Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- August 6 - At Auburn Prison in New York murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
- September 12 - Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
- September 24 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
- October 1 - The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.
- October 11 - In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
- November 4 - City & South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
- November 23 - King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.
- November 23 - General elections in Italy.
- November 29 - The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
- November 29 - At West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game.
- December 22 - Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.
- December 29 - United States soldiers clash with members of the Great Sioux Nation in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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