WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1890
Find out what all happened August to December 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)

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

Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia. (22. December 1890)

Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre. (15. December 1890)

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

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

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)

Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded. (12. September 1890)