WHAT HAPPENED IN 1890.
Look what happened the 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)

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

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

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

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

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