* 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.

( London's first deep-level tube railway, the City & South London Railway, had earlier also been built for cable haulage but had been converted to electric traction before opening in 1890.

Edwin Howard Armstrong was born in New York City, New York, in 1890.

It incorporates the oldest section of underground railway in the world, which opened in 1863 and now forms part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines ; and the first line to operate electric trains, in 1890, now part of the Northern line.

New York City streets in 1890.

Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called " Azalea City ," is a Tree City USA and a nuclear-free zone.

The first deep level London ' tube ' underground line was ' The City and South London Railway ', now the City Branch of the Northern Line, opened in 1890, running from King William Street through Borough to Stockwell.

Lithograph of Oklahoma City from 1890

The Renaissance Revival Raatihuone ( Tampere City Hall | City Hall ), 1890 ; from its balcony was read the " red manifesto " in 1905.

He died in New York City in 1890 of peritonitis and was buried in Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, New York.

The city of Blanco served as the county seat from 1858 to 1890, when it was moved to Johnson City.

City & South London Railway train, 1890

Kennington station was opened as " Kennington ( New Street )" in 1890 by the City of London and Southwark Subway.

Tube railways, which caused little disruption because they were constructed by boring a tunnel, arrived in 1890, with the opening of the City and South London Railway, a line from Stockwell to King William Street.

It was founded in 1890 by railroad investors and named after Jonathan H. Pell of the Pell City Iron and Land Company, one of its financial backers.

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.

The City of Washington was bordered by Boundary Street to the north ( renamed Florida Avenue in 1890 ), Rock Creek to the west, and the Anacostia River to the east.

In 1890, the town name was changed to Veteran City.

File: Richland Depot ( City Hall ) ( c. 1890 ) ( Richland, GA ). JPG | Built in the 1890s and renovated in 2008, the Richland Depot now serves as the city hall.

By 1890 Wichita had become the third largest city in the state ( behind Kansas City and Topeka ), with a population of nearly 24, 000.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky officially approved the incorporation of the City of Bromley on May 23, 1890.

The Kasota sank after colliding with the passenger steamer The City of Detroit on the Detroit River on July 18, 1890.

In 1890, Lyon & Healy introduced the Style 23 Harp, still one of the most popular and recognizable designs in the world.

In North America, Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis wrote that privacy is the " right to be let alone " ( Warren & Brandeis, 1890 ) focuses on protecting individuals.

* The P & O ship Nepaul sank on the Shagstone in December 1890.

1890 ), and Crockett & Jones ( est.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 29th Edition, 1890

* Replica of the 1890 Edition & Critical Edition at University of Victoria

* July 18 – Felix du Temple de la Croix, French Army Captain & aviation pioneer ( d. 1890 )

An Agreement of Mutual Interest was signed on May 1, 1924 between Benz & Cie ( founded 1883 ) of Karl Benz and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft ( founded 1890 ) of Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach.

On 18 February 1890, the Northcote tramway was opened by the Clifton Hill to Northcote & Preston Tramway Company.

At its height, around 1890, the D & RG had the largest operating narrow gauge railroad network in North America.

Buys Ballot, ( 1817 – 1890 ), chemist & meteorologist

* Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 by Philip Rees ( New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990, ISBN 0-13-089301-3 ).

The novel was first published in 1890 by Longmans, Green & Company.

File: Girl with Cherry Blossoms-Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, c. 1890. JPG | Girl with Cherry Blossoms ( c. 1890 )

George Bell & Sons, 1890.

* Über sociale Differenzierung, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1890 Social Differentiation

The timber industry had a large impact on the region ’ s early economy when in 1890, James H. Bemis & Benjamin Whitaker built the Ozan Lumber Company plant in Prescott.

Fires obliterated the S. Benton & Main St. business buildings on one side in 1890, and then a year later destroyed the business buildings on the other side of the street.

The Loud & Sons Lumber Company built a narrow-gauge railway through the area in 1890.

The town was founded in 1890 by the Donald Gunn Ross & Sons lumber company, from Beaverton, Ontario.