WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1890
Find out what all happened January to December 1890

The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio. (22. January 1890)

Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal. (7. April 1890)

Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state. (3. July 1890)

In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation. (26. July 1890)

Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress. (1. October 1890)

In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. (11. October 1890)

Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable. (1. July 1890)

At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. (6. August 1890)

A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200. (27. March 1890)

Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder. (7. August 1890)

Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota killed by the US Army. (29. December 1890)

Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. (25. January 1890)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. (24. September 1890)

The U.S. Congress establishes Sequoia National Park. (25. September 1890)

The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns. (1. June 1890)

King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him. (23. November 1890)

The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. (2. July 1890)

City & South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell. (4. November 1890)

The Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held. (1. January 1890)

The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes. (29. November 1890)