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Feb 28, 2021 · July 29, 1890: Artist Vincent Van Gogh died in France at the age of 37 after shooting himself two days earlier. October 1, 1890: At the urging of John Muir, The U.S. Congress designated Yosemite a National Park. Carleton E. Watkins/Getty Images. December 15, 1890: Sitting Bull, legendary Teton Lakota leader, died at the age of 59 in South Dakota.
1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1890th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 890th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1890, the ...
The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899.
- September 27, 1890 - Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. is created when President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation creating natural preservation in the wooded valley within urban District of Columbia.
- March 3, 1891 - The 51st Congress of the United States passes the International Copyright Act of 1891. More. April 1, 1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois, originally selling soap, baking powder, and the next year, chewing gum.
- January 1, 1892 - Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, opens as the main east coast immigration center, and would remain the initial debarkation point for European immigrants into the United States until its closure in 1954.
- January 14-17, 1893 - The United States Marines, under the direction of U.S. government minister John L. Stevens, but no authority from the U.S. Congress, intervene in the affairs of the independent Kingdom of Hawaii, which culminated in the overthrow of the government of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani.
The present century will not terminate till January 1, 1801, unless it can be made out that 99 are 100. Eighteen centuries are 1800 years, then how can 18 centuries be completed till the year 1800 has expired? What is the meaning of a century, but a clear distinct series of 100 years? How can 100 be completed by 99? — The Times (London), 26 ...
The period of US history from the 1890s to the 1920s is usually referred to as the Progressive Era, an era of intense social and political reform aimed at making progress toward a better society.
Aug 16, 2019 · July 2, 1881: President James Garfield is shot and wounded by Charles Guiteau at a Washington, D.C. train station. July 14, 1881: Outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by lawman Pat Garrett in the New Mexico territory. September 19, 1881: President James Garfield succumbs to the gunshot wound he'd received 11 weeks earlier.
