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4 March: Forth Bridge is opened. 4 January – first edition of the Daily Graphic, the first British 'picture paper'. [1]11 January – the British government delivers an ultimatum to Portugal forcing the retreat of Portuguese military forces from land between Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola.
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 ...
Articles and events specifically related to the decade 1890s in the United Kingdom. Subcategories This category has the following 25 subcategories, out of 25 total.
The news agency Reuters is in business. The Royal Marsden is established as the Free Cancer Hospital by the surgeon William Marsden, making it the world's first specialist cancer hospital. A ticket office is erected at the Tower of London by Office of Works, making it the UK's first government-funded tourist infrastructure.
Local Government (Scotland) Act establishes county councils in Scotland effective from 1890. [4] 30 August Technical Instruction Act empowers county and county borough councils to make grants to secondary schools and provide scholarships. [18] Official opening of Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office in London.
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 ...
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 ...
13 January – The Independent Labour Party has its first meeting, in Bradford, under chairman Keir Hardie. [1]30 January – Old Head coinage introduced. [2]11–19 February – White Star Line SS Naronic sinks without trace in heavy seas on the Liverpool–New York transatlantic passage.