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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_1/SI1VAKRT">January 1</a> – The <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Italy/X5hxYBvF">Kingdom of Italy</a> establishes <a href="/facts/Eritrea/tuhgQTdR">Eritrea</a> as its colony in the <a href="/facts/Horn_of_Africa/jU4Xk52j">Horn of Africa</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_2/awKrLGc0">January 2</a> – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the <a href="/facts/White_House/CJQc7dKF">White House</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> – <a href="/facts/1890_British_Ultimatum/YrMXmqMj">1890 British Ultimatum</a>: The United Kingdom demands Portugal withdraw its forces from the land between the Portuguese colonies of <a href="/facts/Portuguese_Mozambique/UsoFPUBu">Mozambique</a> and <a href="/facts/Portuguese_Angola/CBNWMhrW">Angola</a> (most of present-day <a href="/facts/Zimbabwe/8Yqt8490">Zimbabwe</a> and <a href="/facts/Zambia/lCnlx5a1">Zambia</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_15/rSvlBENa">January 15</a> – Ballet <i><a href="/facts/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(ballet)/f14XUW5o">The Sleeping Beauty</a></i>, with music by <a href="/facts/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky/IhyaS2Q8">Tchaikovsky</a>, is premiered at the <a href="/facts/Mariinsky_Theatre/DEq0FdIM">Imperial Mariinsky Theatre</a> in <a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">St. Petersburg</a>, Russia.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_25/ACbFavE2">January 25</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/United_Mine_Workers/bzf0zRnh">United Mine Workers</a> of America is founded.</li> <li>American journalist <a href="/facts/Nellie_Bly/tmVFN6d5">Nellie Bly</a> completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_5/qvfM8JAn">February 5</a> – The worldwide <a href="/facts/Insurance/06VP8I3B">insurance</a> and <a href="/facts/Financial/fLh1GgN8">financial</a> service brand <a href="/facts/Allianz/uGcVXYsy">Allianz</a> is founded in <a href="/facts/Berlin/pMTIRNXK">Berlin</a>, Germany.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_18/WmbangCr">February 18</a> – The <a href="/facts/National_American_Woman_Suffrage_Association/fQVfx8tY">National American Woman Suffrage Association</a> (NAWSA) is founded by <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton/ABt1zqJM">Elizabeth Cady Stanton</a> and <a href="/facts/Susan_B._Anthony/EpajwgF2">Susan B. Anthony</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_24/Bw3LGK6c">February 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago</a> is selected to host the <a href="/facts/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition/L2EMHI1z">Columbian Exposition</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_3/vluyLoq4">March 3</a> – The first <a href="/facts/American_football/TGzJa1nW">American football</a> game in <a href="/facts/Ohio_State_University/jfSr6u6u">Ohio State University</a> history is played in <a href="/facts/Delaware,_Ohio/Q220zHmz">Delaware, Ohio</a>, against <a href="/facts/Ohio_Wesleyan_Battling_Bishops/31WWCH6T">Ohio Wesleyan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_4/BsxaJumF">March 4</a> – The <a href="/facts/Forth_Bridge/hLs6oej1">Forth Bridge</a>, the longest bridge in <a href="/facts/Great_Britain/TNgGQRPj">Great Britain</a>, on the <a href="/facts/Firth_of_Forth/B4KXtCMR">Firth of Forth</a> in Scotland, is opened to rail traffic.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_8/b66u0pus">March 8</a> – <a href="/facts/North_Dakota_State_University/jqMXUye1">North Dakota State University</a> is founded in <a href="/facts/Fargo,_North_Dakota/Ilp26m4T">Fargo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_17/KWQqx7wR">March 17</a> – The first railway in <a href="/facts/South_African_Republic/l5gWMsDw">Transvaal</a>, the Randtram, opens between <a href="/facts/Boksburg/1oh8SRdU">Boksburg</a> and <a href="/facts/Braamfontein/sYVN4jc5">Braamfontein</a> in <a href="/facts/Johannesburg/DQd9T8FY">Johannesburg</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_20/SRICqcXd">March 20</a> – Kaiser <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_II/pG9lIa9K">Wilhelm II</a> forces <a href="/facts/Otto_von_Bismarck/4EGd7TCI">Otto von Bismarck</a> to resign as <a href="/facts/Chancellor_of_Germany/NHWTh4Tt">Chancellor of Germany</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_27/2MucWS7r">March 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_1890_middle_Mississippi_Valley_tornado_outbreak/RnaJtmnG">March 1890 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak</a>: 24 significant tornadoes are spawned by one system, including one that kills 76 people in <a href="/facts/Louisville/n2aJVoJv">Louisville</a>, Kentucky.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Preston_North_End/0QC2Hfo2">Preston North End</a> retain the English Football League Championship, winning their final game at <a href="/facts/Notts_County/s7VacgrN">Notts County</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_28/4dtge7PT">March 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Washington_State_University/m0GFu1vA">Washington State University</a> is founded in <a href="/facts/Pullman,_Washington/0clqUsAH">Pullman</a>.</li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_2/dUDfA8dd">April 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Kashihara_Shrine/zQyjxvgT">Kashihara Shrine</a>, a landmark spot in <a href="/facts/Nara_Prefecture/o2bmD2pH">Nara Prefecture</a>, <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>, is officially built by <a href="/facts/Emperor_Mutsuhito/K5YkctrT">Emperor Mutsuhito</a> (Emperor of Meiji).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_14/zT7AmuDE">April 14</a> – At the <a href="/facts/First_International_Conference_of_American_States/WndQjYu2">First International Conference of American States</a>, in Washington D.C., The Commercial Bureau of the American Republics is founded.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_1/eRu0VIw3">May 1</a> – A coordinated series of mass rallies and one-day strikes is held throughout many cities and mining towns in Europe and North America, to demand an <a href="/facts/Eight-hour_day/UqY7lICn">eight-hour workday</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_2/Jkr8fs6q">May 2</a> – President Benjamin Harrison signs the <a href="/facts/Oklahoma_Organic_Act/d2tQsGBA">Oklahoma Organic Act</a>, under which <a href="/facts/Oklahoma_Territory/FxkB65GS">Oklahoma Territory</a> is organized, a prerequisite for later statehood.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_12/07PVkbMH">May 12</a> – The first ever <i>official</i> English <a href="/facts/County_Championship/xIrQqmhI">County Championship</a> <a href="/facts/Cricket/tjuTASkU">cricket</a> match begins in <a href="/facts/Bristol/nLwyoDTG">Bristol</a>; <a href="/facts/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club/KbDrvmfX">Yorkshire</a> beats <a href="/facts/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club/8PGbp054">Gloucestershire</a>, by eight wickets.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_20/cs2G4cma">May 20</a> – Dutch artist <a href="/facts/Vincent_van_Gogh/q9aWnV4l">Vincent van Gogh</a> moves to <a href="/facts/Auvers-sur-Oise/vgIYeWdf">Auvers-sur-Oise</a> on the edge of Paris, in the care of <a href="/facts/Paul_Gachet/sAEJgaX6">Paul Gachet</a>, where he will produce around seventy paintings in as many days.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a> – The five-story skylight <a href="/facts/Cleveland_Arcade/n4hWTCl7">Arcade</a> opens in <a href="/facts/Cleveland,_Ohio/rQb7qveu">Cleveland, Ohio</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_31/GKIS7DQr">May 31</a> – The <a href="/facts/Ulm_Minster/EVLwFq9a">Ulm Minister</a> opens in <a href="/facts/Ulm,_Germany/HQFF1blv">Ulm, Germany</a> as the world's <a href="/facts/Tallest_church/zpkKQm6H">tallest cathedral</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – The <a href="/facts/United_States_Census_Bureau/heKtzoXX">United States Census Bureau</a> begins using <a href="/facts/Herman_Hollerith/rxpnvpgz">Herman Hollerith</a>'s <a href="/facts/Tabulating_machine/ppepdpHw">tabulating machine</a> to tabulate <a href="/facts/Census/dePeULsk">census</a> returns using <a href="/facts/Punched_card/44WsPulQ">punched card</a> input, a landmark in the <a href="/facts/History_of_computing_hardware/83xXSmuW">history of computing hardware</a>. Hollerith's company eventually becomes <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>. The <a href="/facts/1890_United_States_census/RWFwbtDd">1890 United States census</a> determines the US population to be 62,979,766, an increase of 25.5 percent relative to the 1880 census.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_16/WtGcu88a">June 16</a> – Royal Dutch Petroleum, predecessor of <a href="/facts/Royal_Dutch_Shell/2etvCXCf">Royal Dutch Shell</a>, the major worldwide <a href="/facts/Energy/wd8PrQM7">energy</a> production and sales company, is founded in the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a> to develop an oilfield in <a href="/facts/Pangkalan_Brandan/VCGjRmqK">Pangkalan Brandan</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Sumatra/DLBE27SP">North Sumatra</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_20/k8thsbu0">June 20</a> – <i><a href="/facts/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray/fzKyrdJM">The Picture of Dorian Gray</a></i> (by <a href="/facts/Oscar_Wilde/fRCAnvGk">Oscar Wilde</a>) is published by Philadelphia-based <i><a href="/facts/Lippincott%27s_Monthly_Magazine/0ChVDKrk">Lippincott's Monthly Magazine</a></i> (dated July).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_27/pqjuMm4M">June 27</a> – Canadian-born boxer <a href="/facts/George_Dixon_(boxer)/BdKvzoSz">George Dixon</a> defeats the British <a href="/facts/Bantamweight/zaFYfc9x">bantamweight</a> champion in London, giving him claim to be the first <a href="/facts/Black_people/khyfdI6h">black</a> world champion in any sport.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_1/KU7lnN6l">July 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Heligoland%E2%80%93Zanzibar_Treaty/LC4kFK5I">Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty</a>: Britain cedes the <a href="/facts/Heligoland/UJ5qgc0g">Heligoland</a> islands (in the <a href="/facts/German_Bight/kqjX0ng5">German Bight</a>) to Germany, in return for protectorates over <a href="/facts/Wituland/jQGlMzUv">Wituland</a> and the <a href="/facts/Sultanate_of_Zanzibar/YoVIyv6A">Sultanate of Zanzibar</a> (the islands of <a href="/facts/Pemba_Island/eszwY8t5">Pemba</a> and <a href="/facts/Unguja/EWsQkzy8">Unguja</a>) in east Africa.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/1890_Japanese_general_election/dFFRY4qr">1890 Japanese general election</a>: In the first general election for the <a href="/facts/House_of_Representatives_of_Japan/WF3fWMHd">House of Representatives of Japan</a>, about 5% of the adult male population elect a lower house of the <a href="/facts/Diet_of_Japan/pxHWQLqb">Diet of Japan</a>, in accordance with the new <a href="/facts/Meiji_Constitution/tHTSd7tc">Meiji Constitution</a> of <a href="/facts/1889/sj8hh5fz">1889</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Ouija/w6rYcQKp">Ouija</a> board is first released by <a href="/facts/Elijah_Bond/EyaSp5gU">Elijah Bond</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_2/09eQoyvE">July 2</a> – The <a href="/facts/Sherman_Antitrust_Act/CzcWM6sp">Sherman Antitrust Act</a> and <a href="/facts/Sherman_Silver_Purchase_Act/mhuVhESM">Sherman Silver Purchase Act</a> become United States law.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_3/gKlJPhUd">July 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Idaho/68ELs9Um">Idaho</a> is admitted as the 43rd <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Wyoming/kuKmWryL">Wyoming</a> is admitted as the 44th <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> – In <a href="/facts/Minnesota/ncgVuC4Q">Minnesota</a>, storms result in the <a href="/facts/Sea_Wing_disaster/nbF7ll2a"><i>Sea Wing</i> disaster</a> on <a href="/facts/Lake_Pepin/GXaS0fq6">Lake Pepin</a>, killing 98.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_26/ebcBBhNG">July 26</a> – In <a href="/facts/Buenos_Aires/9lUVmS7f">Buenos Aires</a>, the <a href="/facts/Revolution_of_the_Park/1tLNV6mG">Revolution of the Park</a> takes place, forcing President <a href="/facts/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Ju%C3%A1rez_Celman/KksF9DTB">Juárez Celman</a>'s resignation.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_27/28SQ7d9b">July 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Death_of_Vincent_van_Gogh/HPAgXnzz">Death of Vincent van Gogh</a>: van Gogh shoots himself, dying two days later.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_6/wz7oRcfk">August 6</a> – At <a href="/facts/Auburn_Correctional_Facility/ktwpdWul">Auburn Prison</a> in New York, <a href="/facts/William_Kemmler/3IVGY5Cu">William Kemmler</a> becomes the first person to be <a href="/facts/Capital_punishment/4pbmeUIb">executed</a> in the <a href="/facts/Electric_chair/tchgfBBg">electric chair</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_20/a2rr3sGH">August 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_London_(1890)/YrMXmqMj">Treaty of London</a>: Portugal and the United Kingdom define the borders of the Portuguese colonies of <a href="/facts/Portuguese_Mozambique/UsoFPUBu">Mozambique</a> and <a href="/facts/Portuguese_Angola/CBNWMhrW">Angola</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_23/VpTagc46">August 23</a> – The <a href="/facts/BOVESPA/vf1WQtLP">BOVESPA</a> stock exchange is founded in <a href="/facts/S%C3%A3o_Paulo/pPqRTTR0">São Paulo</a>, Brazil.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August/bH7jHJDg">August</a> – Kaiser <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor/pG9lIa9K">Wilhelm II</a> and Tsar <a href="/facts/Alexander_III_of_Russia/nVYNzako">Alexander III</a> meet at <a href="/facts/Narva/DJUWAnAN">Narva</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_6/RRFP6ywh">September 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Dublin/Fv8ezm8a">Dublin</a> <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">association football</a> club <a href="/facts/Bohemian_F.C./oMUGpTG1">Bohemian F.C.</a> is founded in the Gate Lodge, <a href="/facts/Phoenix_Park/1buzdead">Phoenix Park</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_12/3qnbl2ow">September 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Salisbury,_Rhodesia/DLq2hWlg">Salisbury, Rhodesia</a>, is founded.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_19/KurgveR6">September 19</a> – The <a href="/facts/University_of_North_Texas/GBlevdJU">University of North Texas</a> is founded, as the Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_25/Xx6ja6nh">September 25</a> — President <a href="/facts/Wilford_Woodruff/3MLyggeS">Wilford Woodruff</a> of <a href="/facts/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints/rcgQH9bT">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> issues the <a href="/facts/1890_Manifesto/rP0eXKIS">1890 Manifesto</a> ending the official practice of polygamy.</li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_1/1S5rC5p7">October 1</a> – The <a href="/facts/Yosemite_National_Park/KBujLcNB">Yosemite National Park</a> is established in <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_9/HbzR2evC">October 9</a> – The first brief flight of <a href="/facts/Cl%C3%A9ment_Ader/LL9G6R3p">Clément Ader</a>'s steam-powered <a href="/facts/Fixed-wing_aircraft/0DQQP2rB">fixed-wing aircraft</a> <i><a href="/facts/Ader_%C3%89ole/YtMKsRSP">Ader Éole</a></i> takes place in <a href="/facts/Satory/gR4QGleC">Satory</a>, France. It flies uncontrolled approximately 50 m (160 ft) at a height of 20 cm (7.9 in), the first take-off of a powered airplane solely under its own power.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_11/poTT45D9">October 11</a> – In <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, the <a href="/facts/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution/oCA9YQmk">Daughters of the American Revolution</a> is founded.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_12/HLQNWqyv">October 12</a> – The <a href="/facts/Uddevalla_Suffrage_Association/BbN2l1bo">Uddevalla Suffrage Association</a> is founded in Sweden, with a formal founding event on <a href="/facts/November_2/oFnkNkjx">November 2</a> a month later.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_13/DBumjTCV">October 13</a> – The <a href="/facts/Delta_Chi/7nMdtRW6">Delta Chi</a> fraternity is founded by 11 law students at <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a> in <a href="/facts/Ithaca,_New_York/mPyMCjEd">Ithaca, New York</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_4/c1quLHEN">November 4</a> – The first deep level London Underground (Tube) Railway, the <a href="/facts/City_and_South_London_Railway/qlz0ojhI">City and South London Railway</a>, opens officially.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_21/hQaN66tF">November 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Edward_King_(bishop_of_Lincoln)/xWpYwDCf">Edward King</a>, <a href="/facts/Anglican/CDICRNVn">Anglican</a> <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Lincoln/4X6aDxzI">bishop of Lincoln</a>, is convicted of using <a href="/facts/Ritualism_in_the_Church_of_England/lKgF50NR">ritualistic practices</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_23/8SFDmo7f">November 23</a> – King <a href="/facts/William_III_of_the_Netherlands/TVDfYlfm">William III of the Netherlands</a> dies without a male heir, and his daughter <a href="/facts/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands/vlCtErY7">Princess Wilhelmina</a> becomes Queen, causing the end of the personal union of thrones with <a href="/facts/Luxembourg/vRN04l7f">Luxembourg</a> (which requires a male heir) so that <a href="/facts/Adolphe,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg/zbxHkbWF">Adolphe, Duke of Nassau</a> becomes <a href="/facts/Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg/sVK9tcdp">Grand Duke of Luxembourg</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_29/2gfLq1Iv">November 29</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Meiji_Constitution/tHTSd7tc">Meiji Constitution</a> goes into effect in Japan, and its first <a href="/facts/Diet_of_Japan/pxHWQLqb">Diet</a> convenes.</li> <li>At <a href="/facts/West_Point,_New_York/QTdt4UYC">West Point, New York</a>, the United States Navy defeats the United States Army 24–0 in the first <a href="/facts/Army%E2%80%93Navy_Game/77o4z8yb">Army–Navy Game</a> of <a href="/facts/College_football/sQHYX0Ct">college football</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November/BTh2CLu7">November</a> – <a href="/facts/Scotland_Yard/pKHGytN9">Scotland Yard</a>, headquarters of the <a href="/facts/Metropolitan_Police_Service/GANdhRWR">Metropolitan Police Service</a>, moves to a building on London's <a href="/facts/Victoria_Embankment/pmgmjbGb">Victoria Embankment</a>, as <a href="/facts/New_Scotland_Yard/pKHGytN9">New Scotland Yard</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a> – The <a href="/facts/New_York_World_Building/Kbe1shLv">New York World Building</a> is completed in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, the tallest building in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> for 10 years at a height of 110 meters.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_15/JNJ0bo0L">December 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Hunkpapa/M8k188rJ">Hunkpapa</a> <a href="/facts/Lakota_people/U8Ffrxhq">Lakota</a> leader <a href="/facts/Sitting_Bull/H47DzKR0">Sitting Bull</a> is killed by police on <a href="/facts/Standing_Rock_Indian_Reservation/7hnV9hga">Standing Rock Indian Reservation</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_24/UQTXc57P">December 24</a> – The Oklahoma territorial legislature establishes three institutions of higher learning <a href="/facts/University_of_Oklahoma/clDb6JUu">University of Oklahoma</a>, <a href="/facts/Oklahoma_State_University/g0FHuPh3">Oklahoma State University</a>, and <a href="/facts/University_of_Central_Oklahoma/nRqzyJsb">University of Central Oklahoma</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_29/WUbU0yzu">December 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Wounded_Knee_Massacre/xaL4SCBr">Wounded Knee Massacre</a>: At <a href="/facts/Wounded_Knee,_South_Dakota/eGCvt7tX">Wounded Knee, South Dakota</a>, a <a href="/facts/Lakota_people/U8Ffrxhq">Lakota</a> camp, the U.S. <a href="/facts/7th_Cavalry_Regiment/X5McXPjH">7th Cavalry Regiment</a> tries to disperse the non-violent "Ghost-Dance" which was promised to usher in a new era of power and freedom to Native Americans but is feared as a potential rallying tool for violent rebellion by some in the U.S. government. Shooting begins, and 153 <a href="/facts/Lakota_people/U8Ffrxhq">Lakota Sioux</a> and 25 troops are killed; about 150 flee the scene. This is the last tribe to be defeated and confined to a <a href="/facts/Indian_reservation/Y52l5YFG">reservation</a> as well as the beginning of the decline of both the <a href="/facts/American_Indian_Wars/SfKx2Rtn">American Indian Wars</a> and the <a href="/facts/American_frontier/J1LYReBP">American frontier</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Folding_carton/l0pq7rbK">folding carton</a> box is invented by <a href="/facts/Robert_Gair/zKNppyQW">Robert Gair</a>, a <a href="/facts/Brooklyn/UnUzxCFe">Brooklyn</a> printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in <a href="/facts/1879/f5X2q52U">1879</a>.</li> <li>The United States city of <a href="/facts/Boise,_Idaho/27UTaYKm">Boise, Idaho</a>, drills the first <a href="/facts/Geothermal_energy/ClKR9sTL">geothermal</a> well.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brown_trout/hCeWeen7">Brown trout</a> are introduced into the upper <a href="/facts/Firehole_River/zTxrm878">Firehole River</a>, in <a href="/facts/Yellowstone_National_Park/NnavuSNu">Yellowstone National Park</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/High_School_Cadets/L8gXs9fe">High School Cadets</a></i> is written by <a href="/facts/John_Philip_Sousa/ypdXTn4f">John Philip Sousa</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor/pG9lIa9K">William II of Prussia</a> opposes Bismarck's attempt to renew the law outlawing the <a href="/facts/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany/GyXlKgqJ">Social Democratic Party</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Blackwall_Buildings/dcehvu3W">Blackwall Buildings</a>, <a href="/facts/Whitechapel/bQQNaal9">Whitechapel</a>, noted <a href="/facts/Philanthropy/Xep5s0gd">philanthropic</a> housing, is built in the <a href="/facts/East_End_of_London/20qrEv2Q">East End of London</a>.</li> <li>English archaeologist <a href="/facts/Flinders_Petrie/Xgf6g1v6">Flinders Petrie</a> excavates at <a href="/facts/Tell_el-Hesi/LVw6Kynm">Tell el-Hesi</a>, <a href="/facts/Palestine_(region)/HxMSPazK">Palestine</a> (mistakenly identified as <a href="/facts/Tel_Lachish/Id23lpVY">Tel Lachish</a>), the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the <a href="/facts/Holy_Land/lju6CuUX">Holy Land</a>, during which he discovers how <a href="/facts/Tell_(archaeology)/mm2YwoWJ">tells</a> are formed.</li> <li>American <a href="/facts/Geostrategy/Wat4vHz5">geostrategist</a> <a href="/facts/Alfred_Thayer_Mahan/9jL9y6e2">Alfred Thayer Mahan</a> publishes his influential book <i><a href="/facts/The_Influence_of_Sea_Power_upon_History/9aB0PnBM">The Influence of Sea Power upon History</a>, 1660–1783</i>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Galton/9Hu0Ex1R">Francis Galton</a> announces a statistical demonstration of the uniqueness and classifiability of individual human <a href="/facts/Fingerprint/5WLcd20T">fingerprints</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japanese</a> <a href="/facts/Tractor/gNc7kb4a">tractor</a> and <a href="/facts/Cast_iron_pipe/dLaYHYmr">iron pipe</a> <a href="/facts/Brand/hP6SnDWU">brand</a>, <a href="/facts/Kubota/rI9vFzu5">Kubota</a> founded in <a href="/facts/Osaka/sbS1N7sl">Osaka</a>, Japan.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Emerson_Electric/61D4tUUn">Emerson Electric</a>, an <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">American</a> <a href="/facts/Electronics_industry/YX8VCvKC">electronics industry</a> giant, is founded in <a href="/facts/Missouri/wQ3VAb99">Missouri</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <h3>January</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_1/SI1VAKRT">January 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Anton_Melik/qoVpI2Ac">Anton Melik</a>, Slovenian geographer (d. <a href="/facts/1966/6ET4QfEl">1966</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_4/krKQrxA8">January 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Augustus_Agar/lTpWXxro">Augustus Agar</a>, British <a href="/facts/Commodore_(Royal_Navy)/QWW5dXB2">commodore</a>, <a href="/facts/Victoria_Cross/abfXKEQl">Victoria Cross</a> recipient (d. <a href="/facts/1968/KPacXbuQ">1968</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Victor_Lustig/qf0ILSky">Victor Lustig</a>, Bohemian-born con artist (d. <a href="/facts/1947/Wy1AYbDz">1947</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_5/SELkhFAN">January 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Sarah_Aaronsohn/6vBhdg92">Sarah Aaronsohn</a>, member of the Jewish spy ring <a href="/facts/Nili/W9SxNIsl">Nili</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1917/f4XunIGQ">1917</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_8/SGESoya0">January 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Taixu/okmgp4ff">Taixu</a>, Chinese Buddhist activist (d. <a href="/facts/1947/Wy1AYbDz">1947</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_9/06hhKL3W">January 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kurt_Tucholsky/T6YosW7m">Kurt Tucholsky</a>, German-born journalist and satirist (d. <a href="/facts/1935/cgLN91AJ">1935</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Karel_%C4%8Capek/Ak5gs92Y">Karel Čapek</a>, Czech writer (d. <a href="/facts/1938/auSpdqeH">1938</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Oswald_de_Andrade/mF89PLCd">Oswald de Andrade</a>, Brazilian <a href="/facts/Modernism/AfPDL45X">Modernist</a> writer (d.<a href="/facts/1954/qggMYsgW">1954</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_13/rvD8TxJq">January 13</a> – <a href="/facts/J%C3%BCri_Uluots/XSDHMVmj">Jüri Uluots</a>, 8th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. <a href="/facts/1945/w7Rc9CUl">1945</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_19/hsIjnw1V">January 19</a> – <a href="/facts/%C3%89lise_Rivet/sHhCppAd">Élise Rivet</a>, French Roman Catholic nun and war heroine (d. <a href="/facts/1945/w7Rc9CUl">1945</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_20/GcrSc1fb">January 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Boris_Kozo-Polyansky/vY0SrBH9">Boris Kozo-Polyansky</a>, Russian botanist and evolutionary biologist (d. <a href="/facts/1957/6Aeq0xSI">1957</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_22/bFz2ke95">January 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Fred_M._Vinson/6H9G0Ssb">Fred M. Vinson</a>, <a href="/facts/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States/nok98zla">Chief Justice of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1953/9mQVlynh">1953</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_28/uuAQcD5G">January 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/N%C3%A9stor_Guill%C3%A9n/v2Vq23cQ">Néstor Guillén</a>, Bolivian politician, 40th <a href="/facts/President_of_Bolivia/PLSKt2co">President of Bolivia</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1966/6ET4QfEl">1966</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Stroud/KYhqDn5V">Robert Stroud</a>, <i>Birdman of Alcatraz</i> (d. <a href="/facts/1963/IAgXNXRm">1963</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>February</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_10/aJzm0rGH">February 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Boris_Pasternak/EQVyJRU6">Boris Pasternak</a>, Russian writer (<i><a href="/facts/Doctor_Zhivago_(novel)/adjWRDt4">Doctor Zhivago</a></i>), <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature/wWVXbIbp">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (declined) (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Nina_Hamnett/sCFPJEBM">Nina Hamnett</a>, Welsh painter (d. <a href="/facts/1956/s8lywmqd">1956</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_15/355a45P4">February 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Matome_Ugaki/WRmm3vIU">Matome Ugaki</a>, Japanese admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1945/w7Rc9CUl">1945</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_16/Bba5egQV">February 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Francesco_de_Pinedo/hPVwm6cN">Francesco de Pinedo</a>, Italian aviator (d. <a href="/facts/1933/2LFFswPa">1933</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_17/B2p5gwTb">February 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Ronald_Fisher/I2FVIpy9">Ronald Fisher</a>, English statistician and geneticist (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_18/WmbangCr">February 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Edward_Arnold_(actor)/0J7FA46X">Edward Arnold</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/1956/s8lywmqd">1956</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adolphe_Menjou/4Yqm3rXF">Adolphe Menjou</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/1963/IAgXNXRm">1963</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_24/Bw3LGK6c">February 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Marjorie_Main/F8vy2tbr">Marjorie Main</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/facts/1975/VYMnwoeF">1975</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_25/80yUkkDG">February 25</a> <ul><li>Dame <a href="/facts/Myra_Hess/TJErQ4Uo">Myra Hess</a>, English pianist (d. <a href="/facts/1965/RlpYNuG1">1965</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kiyohide_Shima/Slb6RYH2">Kiyohide Shima</a>, Japanese admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_27/FlkwRkJG">February 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Freddie_Keppard/hPH6u4q0">Freddie Keppard</a>, American jazz musician (d. <a href="/facts/1933/2LFFswPa">1933</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Art_Smith_(pilot)/4YP7UDcs">Art Smith</a>, American pilot (d. <a href="/facts/1926/03cK1qtm">1926</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Unknown date – <a href="/facts/Annie_Krohn/pLJnPmYf">Annie Krohn</a>, Indonesian actress</li></ul> <h3>March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_1/vxP4Lalf">March 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Theresa_Bernstein/FDEDrcP5">Theresa Bernstein</a>, Polish-born American artist and writer (d. <a href="/facts/2002/8anKm4m1">2002</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_4/BsxaJumF">March 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Norman_Bethune/CxPFfUaW">Norman Bethune</a>, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. <a href="/facts/1939/qMDTC2rc">1939</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_8/b66u0pus">March 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Eugeniusz_Baziak/ujfhNU5m">Eugeniusz Baziak</a>, Polish <a href="/facts/Roman_Catholic/rJ4F4gqH">Roman Catholic</a> archbishop (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_9/t1F5wBxw">March 9</a> (new style) – <a href="/facts/Vyacheslav_Molotov/KW5cfwvd">Vyacheslav Molotov</a>, <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet</a> politician (d. <a href="/facts/1986/8uT5tERV">1986</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_11/jQh5H0Rn">March 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Vannevar_Bush/F12rLyGQ">Vannevar Bush</a>, American engineer, inventor and politician (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_19/dnyjjGjF">March 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Nancy_Elizabeth_Prophet/V2QSYlBD">Nancy Elizabeth Prophet</a>, African-American artist known for her sculpture (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_20/SRICqcXd">March 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Beniamino_Gigli/EdgHo3Cr">Beniamino Gigli</a>, Italian tenor (d. <a href="/facts/1957/6Aeq0xSI">1957</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lauritz_Melchior/vgJlwM4u">Lauritz Melchior</a>, Danish-American tenor (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_26/whb9JaUk">March 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Aaron_S._Merrill/8qM2xlJA">Aaron S. Merrill</a>, American admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1961/aVtANPeE">1961</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_28/4dtge7PT">March 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Whiteman/gXq2yXxJ">Paul Whiteman</a>, American bandleader (d. <a href="/facts/1967/dmIuJ9Qy">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_31/6x7dDjky">March 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Bragg/MGbHcMPa">Lawrence Bragg</a>, English physicist, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize/3z1Y3oFL">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (d. <a href="/facts/1971/436B8JtH">1971</a>)</li></ul> <h3>April</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_6/dHolSS8U">April 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Anthony_Fokker/gkhyFGn2">Anthony Fokker</a>, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (d. <a href="/facts/1939/qMDTC2rc">1939</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_7/RqhK5GY4">April 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas/mfV8ykwu">Marjory Stoneman Douglas</a>, American conservationist and writer (d. <a href="/facts/1998/m0E92lbX">1998</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_13/DI6WefJX">April 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Frank_Murphy/Au0v2a63">Frank Murphy</a>, American politician and <a href="/facts/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States/K88lDBQu">Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1949/25neuEUm">1949</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dadasaheb_Torne/eCLkIRGu">Dadasaheb Torne</a>, Indian filmmaker (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_16/2EvLEGQn">April 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fred_Root/fpuG4jAa">Fred Root</a>, English cricketer (d. <a href="/facts/1954/qggMYsgW">1954</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vernon_Sturdee/P0MMxhvg">Vernon Sturdee</a>, Australian general (d. <a href="/facts/1966/6ET4QfEl">1966</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_17/6f3EB07w">April 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Victor_Chapman/QPkzaSme">Victor Chapman</a>, French-American fighter pilot (d. <a href="/facts/1916/Vfq2LjJ1">1916</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Grand_Duchess_Maria_Pavlovna_of_Russia_(1890%E2%80%931958)/6P4GjQzJ">Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia</a> (d.<a href="/facts/1958/hMBPu5oV">1958</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_20/1BBXYqb0">April 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Maurice_Duplessis/kkkCPoQH">Maurice Duplessis</a>, <a href="/facts/Premier_of_Quebec/87oUrW5u">premier of Quebec</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adolf_Sch%C3%A4rf/W4QBcoo1">Adolf Schärf</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_Austria/Jqjnqax1">President of Austria</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1965/RlpYNuG1">1965</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_26/ydYjk2W6">April 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Edgar_Kennedy/gLMz6dox">Edgar Kennedy</a>, American comedic actor (d. <a href="/facts/1948/8PpY1FY5">1948</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_30/lGmwclAH">April 30</a> – <a href="/facts/G%C3%A9za_Lakatos/JykVI7qt">Géza Lakatos</a>, 36th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. <a href="/facts/1967/dmIuJ9Qy">1967</a>)</li></ul> <h3>May</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_1/eRu0VIw3">May 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Clelia_Lollini/ubyHbqwW">Clelia Lollini</a>, Italian physician (d. <a href="/facts/1963/IAgXNXRm">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_4/m5CrVBfW">May 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Franklin_Carmichael/z7KMPHjY">Franklin Carmichael</a>, Canadian landscape painter and graphic designer (d. <a href="/facts/1945/w7Rc9CUl">1945</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_10/BkQqYRkX">May 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Alfred_Jodl/LFkpDcWl">Alfred Jodl</a>, German general (d. <a href="/facts/1946/BnTf4qUs">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_15/rRHwCQV6">May 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Katherine_Anne_Porter/v1KEogdF">Katherine Anne Porter</a>, American author (d. <a href="/facts/1980/LlDU6MAx">1980</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_19/XY34HCek">May 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Ho_Chi_Minh/JLRhYPI7">Ho Chi Minh</a>, Prime minister/President of <a href="/facts/North_Vietnam/1d0osuEy">North Vietnam</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1969/Qunmv17a">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Herbert_Marshall/oDmaJpaK">Herbert Marshall</a>, English actor (d. <a href="/facts/1966/6ET4QfEl">1966</a>)</li></ul> <h3>June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Frank_Morgan/nr1w9LKB">Frank Morgan</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/1949/25neuEUm">1949</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_6/n68FjLjI">June 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ted_Lewis_(musician)/8NKItauR">Ted Lewis</a>, American jazz musician and entertainer (d. <a href="/facts/1971/436B8JtH">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Naomasa_Sakonju/W8ysGmTn">Naomasa Sakonju</a>, Japanese admiral and war criminal (d. <a href="/facts/1948/8PpY1FY5">1948</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_10/nlhwysHq">June 10</a> – <a href="/facts/William_A._Seiter/aXcWaRat">William A. Seiter</a>, American film director (d. <a href="/facts/1964/3juQ3GsC">1964</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_11/8w4EmInf">June 11</a> – <a href="/facts/B%C3%A9la_Mikl%C3%B3s/FX7Cm1lP">Béla Miklós</a>, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. <a href="/facts/1948/8PpY1FY5">1948</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_16/WtGcu88a">June 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Stan_Laurel/Vw2ydC7V">Stan Laurel</a>, English-born actor (d. <a href="/facts/1965/RlpYNuG1">1965</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_17/1bFlHRf9">June 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Hataz%C5%8D_Adachi/8Gcf3AWp">Hatazō Adachi</a>, Japanese general (d. <a href="/facts/1947/Wy1AYbDz">1947</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_21/fsEYpDER">June 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Lewis_H._Brereton/6lrRtJD2">Lewis H. Brereton</a>, American aviation pioneer and air force general (d. <a href="/facts/1967/dmIuJ9Qy">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_25/3dtwUR6Q">June 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Charlotte_Greenwood/5QtzLvSH">Charlotte Greenwood</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/facts/1977/wrXpt5jT">1977</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_26/KnqlWh62">June 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Jeanne_Eagels/bNzuto1k">Jeanne Eagels</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/facts/1929/CqjpW93q">1929</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_29/3QLmKXqL">June 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hendrikje_van_Andel-Schipper/prRhfn1Q">Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper</a>, Dutch supercentenarian (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pietro_Montana/7MeE3SQ3">Pietro Montana</a>, Italian-American sculptor, painter and teacher (d. <a href="/facts/1978/0yIlakn7">1978</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_30/jPfW3sLy">June 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Boffa/NNeXGqah">Paul Boffa</a>, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_11/Q2AsEnr6">July 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Arthur_Tedder,_1st_Baron_Tedder/uBqQMhbk">Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder</a>, British air force air marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1967/dmIuJ9Qy">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_18/MUuDmATT">July 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Frank_Forde/CVYobek9">Frank Forde</a>, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. <a href="/facts/1983/Hh9D0QTA">1983</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_19/I0r0n2mL">July 19</a> – <a href="/facts/George_II_of_Greece/WfxYzNYl">George II of Greece</a>, King of Greece (d. <a href="/facts/1947/Wy1AYbDz">1947</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_20/vLon7lPc">July 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Verna_Felton/uNeKoJc3">Verna Felton</a>, American character actress (d. <a href="/facts/1966/6ET4QfEl">1966</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_22/ELjSgYau">July 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Rose_Kennedy/x1BTgpPs">Rose Kennedy</a>, American <a href="/facts/Philanthropy/Xep5s0gd">philanthropist</a> and matriarch of the <a href="/facts/Kennedy_family/qYch9lc3">Kennedy family</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1995/d3Qass5d">1995</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_26/ebcBBhNG">July 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Daniel_J._Callaghan/gp7SRxgW">Daniel J. Callaghan</a>, American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient (d. <a href="/facts/1942/Hv8rLssG">1942</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Seiichi_It%C5%8D/IxKB91w9">Seiichi Itō</a>, Japanese admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1945/w7Rc9CUl">1945</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_29/DmHsLUFu">July 29</a> – <a href="/facts/P._S._Subrahmanya_Sastri/ej77WvB5">P. S. Subrahmanya Sastri</a>, Indian Sanskrit scholar (d. <a href="/facts/1978/0yIlakn7">1978</a>)</li></ul> <h3>August</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_2/0QFdESJe">August 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Marin_Sais/VwzVfgjm">Marin Sais</a>, American film actress (d. <a href="/facts/1971/436B8JtH">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_3/9AcKoe0e">August 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Konstantin_Melnikov/E5gUj5yg">Konstantin Melnikov</a>, Russian avant-garde architect (d. <a href="/facts/1974/yb8hxjWJ">1974</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_5/0HFogU69">August 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Erich_Kleiber/1y4tLxTK">Erich Kleiber</a>, Austrian conductor (d. <a href="/facts/1956/s8lywmqd">1956</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_10/gbkk1UJQ">August 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Angus_Lewis_Macdonald/UtJWz0tc">Angus Lewis Macdonald</a>, <a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a> Premier (d. <a href="/facts/1954/qggMYsgW">1954</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bechara_El_Khoury/FhyDju7c">Bechara El Khoury</a>, 2-Time Prime Minister and 2-Time President of Lebanon (d. <a href="/facts/1964/3juQ3GsC">1964</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_15/UkXS3RX1">August 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Ibert/MUuJEEAE">Jacques Ibert</a>, French composer (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Bolden/h2kbvuEX">Elizabeth Bolden</a>, American supercentenarian, last surviving person born in 1890 (d. <a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_18/BLYFtpnd">August 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Walther_Funk/vS71KHP9">Walther Funk</a>, German politician (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_20/a2rr3sGH">August 20</a> – <a href="/facts/H._P._Lovecraft/hUATuFcN">H. P. Lovecraft</a>, American writer (d. <a href="/facts/1937/BUX8Hwbf">1937</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_22/h6zS4KCm">August 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hans-Joachim_Buddecke/L53FuUBL">Hans-Joachim Buddecke</a>, German <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a> fighter pilot and ace (d. <a href="/facts/1918/eIGlxNIx">1918</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cecil_Kellaway/epTbBA3c">Cecil Kellaway</a>, South African <a href="/facts/Character_actor/KCaW7YrQ">character actor</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_24/mVIkGKN1">August 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Duke_Kahanamoku/Sr6x3nnY">Duke Kahanamoku</a>, American swimmer (d. <a href="/facts/1968/KPacXbuQ">1968</a>)</li></ul> <h3>September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_8/vJWAPBPB">September 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Dorothy_Price/czSo6fJk">Dorothy Price</a>, Irish physician (d. <a href="/facts/1954/qggMYsgW">1954</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_9/ehh04KhX">September 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Colonel_Sanders/oG7BI5yL">Colonel Sanders</a>, American founder of <a href="/facts/KFC/7RazSJ4u">KFC</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1980/LlDU6MAx">1980</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_10/1EqUc6E2">September 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Elsa_Schiaparelli/Y0xPvqbA">Elsa Schiaparelli</a>, French couturiere (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mortimer_Wheeler/BIWU6uLm">Sir Mortimer Wheeler</a>, British archaeologist (d. <a href="/facts/1976/78RFM9Xk">1976</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_15/UeGjN5mu">September 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Agatha_Christie/KHLx14IY">Agatha Christie</a>, English writer (d. <a href="/facts/1976/78RFM9Xk">1976</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frank_Martin_(composer)/nvSQFm0j">Frank Martin</a>, Swiss composer (d. <a href="/facts/1974/yb8hxjWJ">1974</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_20/QLfbxI7z">September 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jelly_Roll_Morton/umMhh9Mw">Jelly Roll Morton</a>, American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader (d. <a href="/facts/1941/MxJwh6rk">1941</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rachel_Bluwstein/vDQaXRfs">Rachel Bluwstein</a>, Israeli poet (d. <a href="/facts/1931/JK9FEYxa">1931</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_21/M05hqK1K">September 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Max_Immelmann/rHIlSXHQ">Max Immelmann</a>, German World War I fighter ace (d. <a href="/facts/1916/Vfq2LjJ1">1916</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_23/0VDxMSs7">September 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kakuji_Kakuta/h2fQM6j0">Kakuji Kakuta</a>, Japanese admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1944/A6Jvm3T6">1944</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Friedrich_Paulus/XB1lYnsn">Friedrich Paulus</a>, German field marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1957/6Aeq0xSI">1957</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_24/ykTEzw6d">September 24</a> – <a href="/facts/A._P._Herbert/gNugzRUM">A. P. Herbert</a>, English humorist, novelist, playwright and law reform activist (d. <a href="/facts/1971/436B8JtH">1971</a>)</li></ul> <h3>October</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_1/1S5rC5p7">October 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Stanley_Holloway/9aI3nGVP">Stanley Holloway</a>, English actor (d. <a href="/facts/1982/oMGkW7wb">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alice_Joyce/UWYCwCMq">Alice Joyce</a>, American silent film actress (d. <a href="/facts/1955/UeUsbRq8">1955</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Blanche_Oelrichs/GwyBdJnu">Blanche Oelrichs</a>, American poet, second wife of <a href="/facts/John_Barrymore/TSRFAhAl">John Barrymore</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1950/mxu5oLbY">1950</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_2/Mx6naLFK">October 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Groucho_Marx/74xuAc9n">Groucho Marx</a>, American comedian (d. <a href="/facts/1977/wrXpt5jT">1977</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_3/vvevkuTv">October 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Emilio_Portes_Gil/fH1C7qpy">Emilio Portes Gil</a>, Mexican teacher, journalist, lawyer and substitute <a href="/facts/President_of_Mexico/WKeRteSb">President of Mexico</a>, 1928–1930 (d. <a href="/facts/1978/0yIlakn7">1978</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_8/8L9N9dls">October 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Henrich_Focke/sFdXQxSB">Henrich Focke</a>, German aviation pioneer (d. <a href="/facts/1979/V4o6YhYF">1979</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eddie_Rickenbacker/fkcnR9fM">Eddie Rickenbacker</a>, American race car driver and World War I fighter pilot (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_9/HbzR2evC">October 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Aimee_Semple_McPherson/mwHaEn51">Aimee Semple McPherson</a>, Canadian-American Pentecostal Evangelist (d. <a href="/facts/1944/A6Jvm3T6">1944</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_13/DBumjTCV">October 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Conrad_Richter/B9lzppLk">Conrad Richter</a>, American novelist and short story writer (d. <a href="/facts/1968/KPacXbuQ">1968</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_14/m78KG8kX">October 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Dwight_D._Eisenhower/a21WXe8r">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, US general and 34th <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">President of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1969/Qunmv17a">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_16/p5T0pKk1">October 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)/G6J1DFmL">Michael Collins</a>, Irish patriot (d. <a href="/facts/1922/AFrJQ34X">1922</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Strand/xTQNXQE0">Paul Strand</a>, American photographer (d. <a href="/facts/1976/78RFM9Xk">1976</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_17/WCRlMQyF">October 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Roy_Kilner/3cT056l8">Roy Kilner</a>, English cricketer (d. <a href="/facts/1928/GY8IzJk3">1928</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_20/WhXdq8lt">October 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Sherman_Minton/dBP6SuG8">Sherman Minton</a>, American politician and <a href="/facts/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States/K88lDBQu">Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1965/RlpYNuG1">1965</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_23/s5BlQbcW">October 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Abdul_Hamid_Karami/YGWY4RVg">Abdul Hamid Karami</a>, 16th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. <a href="/facts/1950/mxu5oLbY">1950</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_25/sRbwCcIf">October 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Floyd_Bennett/JWQMbUC4">Floyd Bennett</a>, American aviator and explorer (d. <a href="/facts/1928/GY8IzJk3">1928</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_29/JP1TLGYp">October 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Hans-Valentin_Hube/sY8ndXG4">Hans-Valentin Hube</a>, German army general (d. <a href="/facts/1944/A6Jvm3T6">1944</a>)</li></ul> <h3>November</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_4/c1quLHEN">November 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Saadi_Al_Munla/YSXnghUm">Saadi Al Munla</a>, 17th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. <a href="/facts/1975/VYMnwoeF">1975</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_7/mYeHmRT9">November 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tomitar%C5%8D_Horii/IGe3JeHo">Tomitarō Horii</a>, Japanese general (d. <a href="/facts/1942/Hv8rLssG">1942</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jan_Matulka/b6NlbqG9">Jan Matulka</a>, American painter (d. <a href="/facts/1972/PDtUApJJ">1972</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Grigory_Kulik/yTGYlwQx">Grigory Kulik</a>, Soviet military officer, <a href="/facts/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union/Rkf5Ihqv">Marshal of the Soviet Union</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1950/mxu5oLbY">1950</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_16/9NKJYenm">November 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/George_Seldes/gM0dKTDg">George Seldes</a>, American investigative journalist (d. <a href="/facts/1995/d3Qass5d">1995</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elpidio_Quirino/mI1mjJrS">Elpidio Quirino</a>, 6th <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Philippines/RWoHauBW">President of the Philippines</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1956/s8lywmqd">1956</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_22/I2Yrha0Y">November 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_de_Gaulle/elj4Djpo">Charles de Gaulle</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_France/Iu5uRMET">President of France</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1970/zvXkpYmn">1970</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_23/8SFDmo7f">November 23</a> – <a href="/facts/El_Lissitzky/nne76mgc">El Lissitzky</a>, Russian artist and architect (d. <a href="/facts/1941/MxJwh6rk">1941</a>)</li></ul> <h3>December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/December_5/qEN5wMzt">December 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/David_Bomberg/fCaDKFL6">David Bomberg</a>, English painter (d. <a href="/facts/1957/6Aeq0xSI">1957</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fritz_Lang/Wdzbc5uw">Fritz Lang</a>, Austrian-born film director, screenwriter and actor (d. <a href="/facts/1976/78RFM9Xk">1976</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_6/QWKuQS0n">December 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Dion_Fortune/YIox0bBS">Dion Fortune</a>, British occultist (d. <a href="/facts/1946/BnTf4qUs">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_8/6efHKDyg">December 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Bohuslav_Martin%C5%AF/mVQHkzqa">Bohuslav Martinů</a>, Czech composer (d. <a href="/facts/1959/3NCLPH6G">1959</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_B%C3%A1rdossy/ITA30ljA">László Bárdossy</a>, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. <a href="/facts/1946/BnTf4qUs">1946</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Louis_Larsen/2YwXvIyM">Henry Louis Larsen</a>, American Marine Corps General; <a href="/facts/Governor_of_American_Samoa/ccH8rI59">Governor of American Samoa</a> and <a href="/facts/Governor_of_Guam/XWtMNgFn">Governor of Guam</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_11/HVStcgwJ">December 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Carlos_Gardel/o4Asao62">Carlos Gardel</a>, <a href="/facts/Argentine_tango/y93mymkG">Argentine tango</a> singer (d. <a href="/facts/1935/cgLN91AJ">1935</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_17/XUw2Jewn">December 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Prince_Joachim_of_Prussia/17drhtzP">Prince Joachim of Prussia</a> (suicide <a href="/facts/1920/cMv9MvzA">1920</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_20/swF1aEQn">December 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Jaroslav_Heyrovsk%C3%BD/G3mqXoad">Jaroslav Heyrovský</a>, Czech chemist, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (d. <a href="/facts/1967/dmIuJ9Qy">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_21/MzKxmA6t">December 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Hermann_Joseph_Muller/vmQSDmDC">Hermann Joseph Muller</a>, American geneticist, recipient of the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine/rlnpJX84">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1967/dmIuJ9Qy">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_25/cQC6alfX">December 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Ripley/KIEJEhTA">Robert Ripley</a>, American collector of odd facts (d. <a href="/facts/1949/25neuEUm">1949</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_26/lt6JQINt">December 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Konstantinos_Georgakopoulos/1lIN7wF6">Konstantinos Georgakopoulos</a>, Greek lawyer and professor, 152nd <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Greece/FRFuTn6y">Prime Minister of Greece</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_30/czU1eCdo">December 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Lanoe_Hawker/TfutgWIs">Lanoe Hawker</a>, British fighter pilot (d. <a href="/facts/1916/Vfq2LjJ1">1916</a>)</li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sava_Caraca%C8%99/3uEJ5q5Y">Sava Caracaș</a>, Romanian general (d. <a href="/facts/1945/w7Rc9CUl">1945</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hat%C4%B1_%C3%87%C4%B1rpan/8ch4z4SF">Hatı Çırpan</a>, Turkish politician (d. <a href="/facts/1956/s8lywmqd">1956</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederic_Johnson/XmPN7r7j">Frederic Johnson</a>, English civil servant (d. 1972)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_2/awKrLGc0">January 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Juli%C3%A1n_Gayarre/C49tTF9o">Julián Gayarre</a>, Spanish opera singer (b. <a href="/facts/1844/lV62gfHq">1844</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_7/TENKxMQr">January 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Augusta_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach/xzYzFGRJ">Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach</a>, Empress Consort of <a href="/facts/William_I,_German_Emperor/6tKlMGlq">William I, German Emperor</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1811/t8Uwt7ka">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> – King <a href="/facts/Amadeo_I_of_Spain/F7EwQp5P">Amadeo I of Spain</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1845/m0aMtAtX">1845</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_18/WmbangCr">February 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Gyula_Andr%C3%A1ssy/FfVtMwAv">Gyula Andrássy</a>, Hungarian statesman, 4th <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Hungary/stkAFHy8">Prime Minister of Hungary</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1823/jrk4eX9n">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_22/hmqWo2Jy">February 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Jacob_Astor_III/lEH1vV2l">John Jacob Astor III</a>, American businessman (b. <a href="/facts/1822/zW0hg5wI">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carl_Heinrich_Bloch/dQrrqNKp">Carl Heinrich Bloch</a>, Danish painter (b. <a href="/facts/1834/zTS0oaSP">1834</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_23/2Hhq7rW0">January 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Emily_Jane_Pfeiffer/mqaN1HXq">Emily Jane Pfeiffer</a>, Welsh poet and philanthropist (b. <a href="/facts/1827/3VPfpxnF">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_3/vluyLoq4">March 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Innocenzo_da_Berzo/qNg6wfCU">Innocenzo da Berzo</a>, Italian <a href="/facts/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Capuchin/SKFb6KU4">Capuchin</a> friar and blessed (b. <a href="/facts/1844/lV62gfHq">1844</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_7/GNEJyzVn">March 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Karl_Rudolf_Friedenthal/95aQaw3Q">Karl Rudolf Friedenthal</a>, Prussian statesman (b. <a href="/facts/1827/3VPfpxnF">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_9/t1F5wBxw">March 9</a> – Sir <a href="/facts/Mangaldas_Nathubhoy/5DWPSTPD">Mangaldas Nathubhoy</a>, Indian politician (b. <a href="/facts/1832/dstWW7GR">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_16/UN5MQNl6">March 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Princess_Zorka_of_Montenegro/Td1EbN9c">Princess Zorka of Montenegro</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1864/xmYu2SP5">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_23/cKARFNn0">March 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Mary_Jane_Katzmann/jTuuGH9b">Mary Jane Katzmann</a>, Canadian historian (b. <a href="/facts/1828/dgLDhnSW">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_27/2MucWS7r">March 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Carl_Jacob_L%C3%B6wig/7X8YeNCm">Carl Jacob Löwig</a>, German chemist (b. <a href="/facts/1803/YrFcxtRR">1803</a>)</li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_1/Tvc7dV2L">April 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/David_Wilber/K7DewulA">David Wilber</a>, American politician (b. <a href="/facts/1820/r9SR83gv">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Mozhaysky/7eJfo1aX">Alexander Mozhaysky</a>, Russian aeronautical pioneer (b. <a href="/facts/1825/1G8RPV5b">1825</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_4/2L9S4wXV">April 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Pierre-Joseph-Olivier_Chauveau/Vk3GPC7t">Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau</a>, Canadian politician, 1st <a href="/facts/Premier_of_Quebec/87oUrW5u">Premier of Quebec</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1820/r9SR83gv">1820</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_11/BEmEY0CG">April 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/David_de_Jahacob_Lopez_Cardozo/Ymv6f42T">David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo</a>, Dutch Talmudist (b. <a href="/facts/1808/hsoKVjT6">1808</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Merrick/GV455Iql">Joseph Merrick</a> (The Elephant Man), British oddity (b. <a href="/facts/1862/wLde0GHd">1862</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Pawe%C5%82_Bryli%C5%84ski/vlKdI9hv">Paweł Bryliński</a>, Polish sculptor (b. <a href="/facts/1814/j29hWtXH">1814</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_19/7VAgzapI">April 19</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Pollock_(American_politician)/E2K9IqN9">James Pollock</a>, American politician, <a href="/facts/Governor_of_Pennsylvania/JXAXWxwr">Governor of Pennsylvania</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1810/KghrRXX6">1810</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_22/Skm5fcCt">May 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Eduard_von_Fransecky/tPBF9Stk">Eduard von Fransecky</a>, Prussian general (b. <a href="/facts/1807/WIELGVCy">1807</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Camilo_Castelo_Branco/lNfvSyh4">Camilo Castelo Branco</a>, Portuguese writer (b. <a href="/facts/1825/1G8RPV5b">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_24/aLzslkNw">June 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Tallapragada_Subba_Row/5NAhjDsR">Subba Row</a>, Hindu theosophist (b. <a href="/facts/1856/vURzaXKl">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_30/jPfW3sLy">June 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Samuel_Parkman_Tuckerman/wpdchFxE">Samuel Parkman Tuckerman</a>, American composer (b. <a href="/facts/1819/H4JYLWFl">1819</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_7/k6IWlEDM">July 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Henri_Nestl%C3%A9/ppV0q3Kd">Henri Nestlé</a>, Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé (b. <a href="/facts/1814/j29hWtXH">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_9/Yp5pBkUI">July 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Clinton_B._Fisk/yJYTMnPw">Clinton B. Fisk</a>, American <a href="/facts/Philanthropy/Xep5s0gd">philanthropist</a> and <a href="/facts/Temperance_movement_in_the_United_States/umQ2GPgx">temperance</a> activist (b. <a href="/facts/1828/dgLDhnSW">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont/IAAgV0an">John C. Frémont</a>, American explorer and military officer (b. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Voldemar_Jannsen/Hy13mPen">Johann Voldemar Jannsen</a>, Estonian journalist and poet (b. <a href="/facts/1819/H4JYLWFl">1819</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_15/mPfeUQQy">July 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Gottfried_Keller/Xmq2uBRB">Gottfried Keller</a>, Swiss writer (b. <a href="/facts/1819/H4JYLWFl">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_25/lXnpX5I5">July 25</a> – <a href="/facts/House_of_Khalifa/tGFpfoSA">Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa</a>, Ruler of Bahrain (b. <a href="/facts/1813/24mtbexz">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_29/DmHsLUFu">July 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Vincent_van_Gogh/q9aWnV4l">Vincent van Gogh</a>, Dutch painter (b. <a href="/facts/1853/cFa6GXyc">1853</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_6/wz7oRcfk">August 6</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Kemmler/3IVGY5Cu">William Kemmler</a>, American murderer, first person executed in the <a href="/facts/Electric_chair/tchgfBBg">electric chair</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1860/4dczHW4c">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_10/gbkk1UJQ">August 10</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Boyle_O%27Reilly/daBpR38p">John Boyle O'Reilly</a>, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. <a href="/facts/1844/lV62gfHq">1844</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_11/wU6X1Ukc">August 11</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Henry_Newman/gqGbkUEG">John Henry Newman</a>, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. <a href="/facts/1801/wINkvk08">1801</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_18/BLYFtpnd">August 18</a> – <a href="/facts/August_von_Bulmerincq/RFdbTgyI">August von Bulmerincq</a>, <a href="/facts/Baltic_Germans/zjwxu4lK">Baltic German</a> legal scholar (b. <a href="/facts/1822/zW0hg5wI">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_27/WqlFNjvl">August 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Juan_Segu%C3%ADn/Nnwwemh4">Juan Seguín</a>, American soldier and politician (b. <a href="/facts/1806/gBqJvrdt">1806</a>)</li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_4/eRgxIz2l">October 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Catherine_Booth/AupW4NY5">Catherine Booth</a>, Mother of <a href="/facts/The_Salvation_Army/hf9jtHJV">The Salvation Army</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1829/G469b3pe">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_17/WCRlMQyF">October 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Julian_Gutowski/tDgKsvsx">Julian Gutowski</a>, Polish politician (b. <a href="/facts/1823/jrk4eX9n">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_20/WhXdq8lt">October 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Francis_Burton/VtHDnaGT">Richard Francis Burton</a>, English explorer, linguist, soldier (b. <a href="/facts/1821/5rq9kmS4">1821</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_26/fu1RczjD">October 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Carlo_Collodi/L1YUV1NE">Carlo Collodi</a>, Italian writer (<i><a href="/facts/The_Adventures_of_Pinocchio/yeaoY3dD">The Adventures of Pinocchio</a></i>) (b. <a href="/facts/1826/F7wxUTRB">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_3/dfF9YPTm">November 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Ulrich_Ochsenbein/ww9WK6Yw">Ulrich Ochsenbein</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_members_of_the_Swiss_Federal_Council/Yy8YzmQx">member of the Swiss Federal Council</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1811/t8Uwt7ka">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_4/c1quLHEN">November 4</a> – <a href="/facts/F%C3%A9lix_du_Temple_de_la_Croix/5buhKFoc">Félix du Temple de la Croix</a>, French Army Captain & aviation pioneer (b. <a href="/facts/1823/jrk4eX9n">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_7/mYeHmRT9">November 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Comanche_(horse)/EvVH25sN">Comanche</a>, American horse, survivor of <a href="/facts/George_Armstrong_Custer/IR5GS3Qz">Custer</a>'s cavalry at the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn/eLefueuq">Battle of the Little Bighorn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_8/gcIyKoSF">November 8</a> – <a href="/facts/C%C3%A9sar_Franck/XmmxWbmq">César Franck</a>, Belgian composer and organist (b. <a href="/facts/1822/zW0hg5wI">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_11/wUfLGUtc">November 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Marie-Charles_David_de_Mayr%C3%A9na/7bMXbHtM">Marie-Charles David de Mayréna</a>, French adventurer and self-styled <i>King of Sedang</i> (b. <a href="/facts/1842/K6paMgBm">1842</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_21/MzKxmA6t">December 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Sherman_Conant/fQ4C9Kyo">Sherman Conant</a>, American soldier and politician (b. <a href="/facts/1839/D4oVgcgX">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_23/8SFDmo7f">November 23</a> – King <a href="/facts/William_III_of_the_Netherlands/TVDfYlfm">William III of the Netherlands</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1817/0Qb5vfNS">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_24/MYa9bfaS">November 24</a> – <a href="/facts/August_Belmont/KPwbYPu5">August Belmont</a>, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. <a href="/facts/1816/dPVlnRvX">1816</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_15/JNJ0bo0L">December 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Sitting_Bull/H47DzKR0">Sitting Bull</a>, Native American chief (b. c. <a href="/facts/1831/24zmwew1">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_21/MzKxmA6t">December 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Johanne_Luise_Heiberg/wW0uUQ8n">Johanne Luise Heiberg</a>, Danish actress (b. <a href="/facts/1812/XISCd2Wu">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_23/FRYjWUUS">December 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Alphonse_Lecointe/I0SoQPaD">Alphonse Lecointe</a>, French general and politician (b. <a href="/facts/1817/0Qb5vfNS">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_26/lt6JQINt">December 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Heinrich_Schliemann/xpTGN1TS">Heinrich Schliemann</a>, German archaeologist (b. <a href="/facts/1822/zW0hg5wI">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_31/YBW5G3CP">December 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Pancha_Carrasco/GaMA15oP">Pancha Carrasco</a>, Costa Rican war heroine (b. <a href="/facts/1826/F7wxUTRB">1826</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading-and-year-books">Further reading and year books</h2> <ul><li><i>1890 Annual Cyclopedia</i> <a href="https://archive.org/details/appletonsannual56unkngoog">online</a>; highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" (1891); compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"This Day in History: 1890". 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