* 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 )

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

* 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.

It has been believed that this was also why Peirce used " Santiago " (" St. James " in Spanish ) as a middle name, but he appeared in print as early as 1890 as Charles Santiago Peirce.

* 1890 – Charles de Gaulle, French military general and statesman ( d. 1970 )

* 1890 – Charles William Train, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross ( d. 1965 )

* Charles Edison ( 1890 – 1969 ), who took over the company upon his father's death and who later was elected Governor of New Jersey.

** Charles Correll, American radio actor ( b. 1890 )

In 1890 Royal and Imperial Czech Charles Ferdinand University had 112 teachers and 2, 191 students and the Royal and Imperial German Charles Ferdinand University had 146 teachers and 1, 483 students.

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( or ; ; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970 )

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 ).

Arthur Rackham illustration of Act 5, Scene 2 from Tales from Shakespeare, edited by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb ( 1890 )

In 1890, he met Charles Lang Freer, who became a valuable patron in America, and ultimately, his most important collector.

Charles Dillon " Casey " Stengel (; July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975 ), nicknamed " The Old Perfessor ", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager.

John Charles Frémont or Fremont ( January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890 ), was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States.

Pine Tree Lumber Company, run by Charles A. Weyerhaeuser and Richard " Drew " Musser, was one such business that took advantage of the water power, with their operations in Little Falls beginning in 1890.

His son Charles ran the hotel until at least 1890, and their hospitality was known far and wide.

* Charles Francis Adams, Jr .-Civil War general, president of Union Pacific Railroad ( 1884 – 1890 )

The land which became Shrewsbury originally belonged to Gregorie Sarpy and Charles Gratiot ; by 1890, it was divided into farms and sold to families.

The city was rebuilt between 1880 and 1890 in fireproof materials and in a more planned fashion, with characteristically ornate Victorian buildings, many designed by Charles C. Rittenhouse, the first practicing architect in Adams County and also mayor for ten years.

Poland was incorporated May 10, 1890 with Charles Bowen as the first President ( Mayor ).

Arlington was platted in 1890, and was named after Lord Henry Arlington, a member of Charles II of England's cabinet.

Logger George Brackett founded Edmonds in 1890, naming the city either for Vermont Sen. George Franklin Edmunds or in association with the nearby Point Edmund, named by Charles Wilkes in 1841 and later changed to Point Edwards.

In 1890, the company bought 850 acres ( 3. 4 km² ) adjoining the western and northern corporate limits of Charles Town and commissioned D. G.

Jaroslav Heyrovský was born in Prague on December 20, 1890, the fifth child of Leopold Heyrovský, Professor of Roman Law at the Charles University in Prague, and his wife Clara, née Hanl von Kirchtreu.

* Charles Christopher Parry ( 1823 – 1890 ), British-American botanist and mountaineer