On 6 February 1890, an underground explosion at Llanerch Colliery killed 176.

The Sermon On the Mount by Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter, d. 1890.

On August 6, 1890, Young's major league debut, he pitched a three-hit shutout.

On 2 September 1890 he was transferred to the gunnery school, Excellent.

On August 8, 1890 he established communications between Paris, Vannes, and Lorient over a single wire.

On August 1, 1890, Schliemann returned reluctantly to Athens, and in November traveled to Halle for an operation on his chronically infected ears.

On Christmas Day he collapsed into a coma and died in a Naples hotel room on December 26, 1890.

On October 28, 1890, the 50th anniversary of the eight-hour day was commemorated with a parade.

* January 12 – Agatha Christie, English writer ( Murder On The Orient Express ) ( b. 1890 )

On its completion in October 1890 it was the first truly modern power station, supplying high-voltage AC power.

On June 7, 1890, it " successfully spent an hour submerged at a depth of 10 meters, following a set course of three and a half miles ".

On February 21, 1890, Mascagni was summoned to Rome to present his opera.

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

On October 20, 1890, however, Robert Miller " Bob " Womack discovered a rich ore and the last great Colorado gold rush was on.

On December 29, 1890, five hundred troops of the U. S. 7th Cavalry, supported by four Hotchkiss guns ( a lightweight artillery piece capable of rapid fire ), surrounded an encampment of the Lakota bands of the Miniconjou and Hunkpapa with orders to escort them to the railroad for transport to Omaha, Nebraska.

On his return to England Captain Stairs was named a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1890.

On May 15, 1890, the settlement was given a post office named " Phillips ", after its first postmaster, David Phillips.

On Christmas Eve, 1890, the Oklahoma Territorial legislature passed a bill certifying Stillwater as the land grant college site.

On June 8, 1890, a disastrous fire began at the livery stable located at 7th and Chestnut Streets ; twelve buildings were destroyed.

On September 8, 1890, the Hope Fire Company met at Groover's Hall ( 517 Chestnut Street ) and adopted a constitution and by-laws ; 32 members were present.

On February 26, 1890, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported:

On January 20, 1890, a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote:

On April 24, 1890, the Wilkes-Barre Times, published the following account:

On December 29, 1890, in the same area, the United States 7th Cavalry massacred, without provocation, more than 300 men, women and children who were being relocated to the Sioux reservation at Pine Ridge ( see: Wounded Knee Massacre ).

On 30 November 1890 western Harrisville was organized into a separate LDS ward and given the name Farr West in honor of Lorin Farr, former president of the Weber LDS stake, and Chauncey W. West, who had served as presiding bishop of Weber County, and who was the son-in-law of Abraham Hoagland.

He spent three months from July to September 1889 on board Warspite for manoeuvres before joining the sailing corvette Ruby for a year, where in May 1890 he was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant.

In September 1890, church president Wilford Woodruff issued a Manifesto that officially suspended the practice of polygamy.

* September 18 – Frank Morgan, American actor ( b. 1890 )

* September 2 – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam ( b. 1890 )

* September 7 – Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec ( b. 1890 )

* 1888 – 1890: Isaac Peral of Cartagena, Spain launches his pioneering submarine on September 8, 1888.

A baptismal certificate issued in 1894 lists his date of birth as October 20, 1890 ; however Morton himself and his half-sisters claimed he was born on September 20, 1885.

Brigadier Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler CH, CIE, MC, FBA, FSA ( 10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976 ), was one of the best-known British archaeologists of the twentieth century.

The Pioneer Column hoists the Union Flag | Union Jack on the Monadnock | kopje overlooking the city, 13 September 1890

The Pioneer Column, a military volunteer force of settlers organised by Cecil Rhodes, founded the city on 12 September 1890 as a fort.

# Katherine Corri Harris ( 1890 – 1927 ), an actress who starred in the 1918 film The House of Mirth, on September 1, 1910 and divorced in 1917.

* Emanuela Maria Alberta Vittoria di Roverbella ( 6 September 1853-1880 / 1890 ).

Herbert Dingle ( 2 August 1890, London – 4 September 1978, Kingston upon Hull ), an English physicist and natural philosopher, who served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1951 to 1953, is best known for his opposition to Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and the protracted controversy that this provoked.

Centered at 33 < sup > rd </ sup > Street and Armour Avenue ( now Federal Street ), Armour Institute of Technology opened its doors on September 14, 1890.

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

In 1890, the state Legislature established the Washington State Normal School ( WSNS ) in Ellensburg for “ the training and education of teachers in the art of instructing and governing in the public schools of this state .” WSNS originally opened on September 6, 1891, with classes held at the Washington Public School in Ellensburg.

They married in September, 1890, and later had a son, Reginald Kennelly Fessenden.

Tankerton Post Office opened on 3 September 1890 and closed in 1994.

The office closed September 30, 1890 and reopened October 10, 1890, with John S. Fullerton as postmaster.

The name changed to " Roots " on September 11, 1885, then to " Valley Villa " on December 20, 1885, and the name of Roots was restored on March 1, 1890.

By spring 1890, Andrews was instructed to sell off the 50 acres ( 200, 000 m < sup > 2 </ sup >) tract at a land sale, which was held in September.

* James Pollock ( September 11, 1810-April 19, 1890 )-Congressman ( 1844 – 1849 ); Governor of Pennsylvania ( 1855 – 1858 ); Director of the Philadelphia Mint ( 1861 – 1866 and 1869 – 1873 ); buried in Milton Cemetery.