* 1890 – Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation engineer ( d. 1939 )

* 1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

* 1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer ( d. 1962 )

* 1890 – Marin Sais, American actress ( d. 1971 )

* 1890 – David Wilber, American politician ( b. 1820 )

* 1947 – King George II of Greece ( b. 1890 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1890 – Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

* 1890 – Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American activist ( d. 1964 )

* 1890 – Michalis Dorizas, Greek javelin thrower ( d. 1957 )

* 1890 – Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian ( d. 2006 )

* 1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer ( d. 1962 )

* 1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday ( d. 1971 )

* 1890 – Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English pilot ( d. 1918 )

* 1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D. C.

* 1890 – Art Acord, American actor and rodeo rider ( d. 1931 )

Historians identify several waves of migration to the United States: one from 1815 – 1860, in which some five million English, Irish, Germanic, Scandinavian, and others from northwestern Europe came to the United States ; one from 1865 – 1890, in which some 10 million immigrants, also mainly from northwestern Europe, settled, and a third from 1890 – 1914, in which 15 million immigrants, mainly from central, eastern, and southern Europe ( many Austrian, Hungarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Italian, and Romanian ) settled in the United States.

Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon ( 1817 – 1890 ), eldest son of the second marriage of the fourth Earl, was a General in the Army and sat as Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire East.

* 1825 – Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer ( d. 1890 )

* March 21 – Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian aeronautical pioneer ( d. 1890 )

* Alexander Borodin — Prince Igor ( 1890 )

Among those influenced were the Russian Alexander Afanasyev ( first published in 1866 ), the Norwegians Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe ( first published in 1845 ), the Romanian Petre Ispirescu ( first published in 1874 ), the English Joseph Jacobs ( first published in 1890 ), and Jeremiah Curtin, an American who collected Irish tales ( first published in 1890 ).

In 1890 Mackintosh was the second winner of the Alexander Thomson Travelling Studentship, set up for the " furtherance of the study of ancient classic architecture, with special reference to the principles illustrated in Mr. Thomson ’ s works.

Notable Presidents of IEEE and its founding organizations include Elihu Thomson ( AIEE, 1889 – 1890 ), Alexander Graham Bell ( AIEE, 1891 – 1892 ), Charles Proteus Steinmetz ( AIEE, 1901 – 1902 ), Lee De Forest ( IRE, 1930 ), Frederick E. Terman ( IRE, 1941 ), William R. Hewlett ( IRE, 1954 ), Ernst Weber ( IRE, 1959 ; IEEE, 1963 ), and Ivan Getting ( IEEE, 1978 ).

Witness the title roles in Peter Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin ( which received its first production in 1879 ) and Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor ( 1890 ).

* Alexander Borodin's Polovetsian Dances from " Prince Igor " ( 1890 )

File: Reuben Herzfeld House Alexander City, Alabama. JPG | Built in 1890, the Reuben Herzfeld House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1995.

William III ( Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, anglicised: William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis ; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890 ) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890.

* Horace Greeley Square is a small park in the Herald Square area of Manhattan featuring a seated statue of Greeley designed by Alexander Doyle and was dedicated in 1890.

16 ( 1888 ), libretto by Anton Arensky after Alexander Ostrovsky's play Voyevoda, premiere: January 2, 1891 December 21, 1890, Moscow, Bolshoy Theatre

It was crafted and delivered to the then Tsar of Russia, Alexander III who presented it to his wife, Maria Feodorovna on Easter day 1890.

These powers were, however, severely restricted by the emperor Alexander III ( law of 12 / 25 June 1890 ), the zemstvos being subordinated to the governors, whose consent was necessary to the validity of all their decisions, and who received drastic powers of discipline over the members.

David died in 1889 at the age of 94, and in 1890 the name of Broughton Creek was changed to Berry to honor the Alexander and David's contribution to the region.

* Alexander, Thomas G. Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890 – 1930 ", University of Illinois Press.

He later established Thomas Bracken and Co with Alexander Bathgate to buy and operate the Evening Herald until it was superseded in 1890 by the liberal Globe.

* Archibald Alexander Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven and 12th Earl of Melville ( 1890 – 1947 )

* Victor Alexander Spencer, 2nd Viscount Churchill ( 1890 – 1973 )

* F. Littig, Andronikos von Rhodos, t. I München, 1890, t. II Erlangen, 1894, t. III Erlangen, 1895.

* Joe Smith ( footballer born 1890 ) ( 1890 – 1956 ), England international footballer with West Bromwich Albion F. C.

* Popular Tales of the West Highlands by J. F. Campbell Volume IV ( 1890 )

* J. Kohler and F. E. Peiser, Aus dem babylonischen Rechtsleben ( Leipzig, 1890 if.

Works of art depicting valkyries include " Die Walküren " ( sketch, 1818 ) by J. G. Sandberg, " Reitende Walküre " ( fresco ), previously located in Munich palace but now destroyed, 1865 / 1866 by M. Echter, " Valkyrien " and " Valkyriens død " ( paintings, both from 1860 ), " Walkürenritt " ( etching, 1871 ) by A. Welti, " Walkürenritt " ( woodcut, 1871 ) by T. Pixis, " Walkürenritt " ( 1872 ) by A. Becker ( reproduced in 1873 with the same title by A. v. Heyde ), " Die Walkyren " ( charcoal, 1880 ) and " Walkyren wählen und wecken die gefallenen Helden ( Einherier ), um sie vom Schlachtfield nach Walhall zu geleiten " ( painting, 1882 ) and " Walkyrenschlacht " ( oil painting, 1884 ) by K. Ehrenberg, " Walkürenritt " ( oil painting, 1888, and etching, 1890 ) by A. Welti, " Walküre " ( statue ) by H. Günther, " Walkürenritt " ( oil painting ) by H. Hendrich, " Walkürenritt " ( painting ) by F. Leeke, " Einherier " ( painting, from around 1900 ), by K. Dielitz, " The Ride of the Valkyries " ( painting, from around 1900 ) by J. C. Dollman, " Valkyrie " ( statue, 1910 ) and " Walhalla-freeze " ( located in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 1886 / 1887 ), " Walkyrien " ( print, 1915 ) by A. Kolb, and " Valkyrier " ( drawing, 1925 ) by E. Hansen.

The Second String Quartet No. 2 in F minor ( 1890 ) provides evidence of Nielsen's early experiments with tonality.

When the local post office was established just north of Vancouver Lake in 1890, the name Powley was submitted to honor a local resident, F. Powley, who had donated land for the school.

* Robert F. Pennel ; Ancient Rome from the earliest times down to 476 A. D ; 1890

* F. Hummel, Zur Bedeutung der Schrift von Karl Schwarz: Uber das Wesen der Religion ( 1890 );

generally Otto Pfleiderer, Development of Theology ( 1890 ); F. Lichtenberger, Hist.

See B. Fortlage, F. Rückert und seine Werke ( 1867 ); C. Beyer, Friedrich Rückert, ein biographisches Denkmal ( 1868 ), Neue Mitteilungen über Rückert ( 1873 ), and Nachgelassene Gedichte Rückerts und neue Beiträge zu dessen Leben und Schriften ( 1877 ); R. Boxberger, Rückert-Studien ( 1878 ); P. de Lagarde, Erinnerungen an F. Rückert ( 1886 ); F. Muncker, Friedrich Rückert ( 1890 ); G. Voigt, Rückerts Gedankenlyrik ( 1891 ).

Henry F. Phillips ( 1890 – 1958 ) was a U. S. businessman from Portland, Oregon.

* Henry F. Phillips ( 1890 – 1958 ), American businessman for which the Phillips-head screw and screwdriver is named

* Margulies, Herbert F., The Decline of the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890 – 1920 ( 1968 ), detailed narrative.

The 1890 – 91 season saw Blackburn Rovers win the F. A.

** F. Stieve, Ernst von Mansfeld ( Munich, 1890 )

* Dr. Francis F. Rowland, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1904, 1905, 1910, 1916

On March 20, 1890, Nasir al-Din Shah granted a concession to Major G. F. Talbot for a full monopoly over the production, sale, and export of tobacco for fifty years.

* Kinch, K. F. ( Paris, 1890 ).

** F. Rønning, J. C. Hauch ( 1890 )