1890

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1860s  1870s  1880s  – 1890s –  1900s  1910s  1920s
Years:	1887 1888 1889 – 1890 – 1891 1892 1893

Births

• March 3 – Norman Bethune
• May 19 - Ho Chi Minh leader of Viet Nam
• August 24 – Duke Kahanamoku, American athlete
• October 14 – Dwight D. Eisenhower
• December 5 – Fritz Lang, Austrian movie director

Deaths

• April 11 – Joseph Merrick, English man who was known as the 'Elephant Man'

Events

• January 15 – Premiere of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty

Unknown date

• The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is built in the city of Philadelphia.