1st January » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italy known as Italian government.
1st January » The Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.
22nd January » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
25th January » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
4th March » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge (railway) Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring Convert 1710 ft m long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
27th March » A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
7th April » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
14th April » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
1st July » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraphy or telegraph cable.
2nd July » The Congress of the United States known as U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
3rd July » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
10th July » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
27th July » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
6th August » At Auburn Correctional Facility called Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be Capital punishment or executed by electric chair.
7th August » Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
12th September » Harare known as Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
24th September » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially 1890 Manifesto called renounces Mormonism and polygamy called polygamy.
25th September » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
1st October » Yosemite National Park is established by the United States Congress named U.S. Congress.
11th October » In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
23rd November » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Wilhelmina of the Netherlands e.g Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
29th November » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet of Japan called Diet convenes.
15th December » Hunkpapa Lakota people called Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
22nd December » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
29th December » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota people e.g Lakota killed by the 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States) called US Army.