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The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899. In American popular culture, the decade would later be nostalgically referred to as the "gay nineties" ("gay" meaning carefree or cheerful). In the British Empire, the 1890s epitomised the late ...
1890s 1890s 1890s Hamawand revolts [19] Ottoman Empire: Hamawand rebels 1890 1890 Edi Expedition Dutch Empire: Acehese Rebels 1890 1890 Revolution of the Park: Argentina: Civic Union: 1890 1890 First Franco-Dahomean War: Kingdom of Porto-Novo. French Third Republic. Kingdom of Dahomey: 1890 1916 Castaic Range War: William Willoby Jenkins. Los ...
1890: 20 March: Bismarck was dismissed as Chancellor. [37] 1 July: Germany and the United Kingdom signed the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty, under which Germany renounced its claims over Zanzibar in exchange for the strategic island of Heligoland. [40] 1891: The Pan-German League was established. 1892: Rudolf Diesel invented the Diesel engine ...
1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1890th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 890th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1890, the ...
1890s; 1900s; 1910s; See also: History of the United States (1865–1918) Timeline of United States history (1860–1899) List of years in the United States;
The concept of automated data processing had been born. In 1890, Herman Hollerith invented the mechanical tabulating machine, a design used during the 1890 Census which stored and processed demographic and statistical information on punched cards. [14] [15] 1890 Shredded wheat. Shredded wheat is a type of breakfast cereal made from whole wheat.
In the mid-1890s, notes Paul Campos of the University of Colorado Boulder, per-capita gross domestic product shrank from $6,400 to $5,500 (in 2017 dollars). As of the second quarter this year, it ...
1890 – Sherman Antitrust Act; 1890 – Jacob Riis published "How the Other Half Lives" 1890 – Sherman Silver Purchase Act; 1890 – McKinley Tariff; 1890 – Yosemite National Park created; 1890 – Idaho and Wyoming become states; 1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre; 1890 – National American Woman Suffrage Association founded