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  • Hong Kong
    1890
    Xinhai Revolution

    Furen Literary Society

    Hong Kong
    1890

    There were many revolutionaries and groups that wanted to overthrow the Qing government to re-establish Han led government. The earliest revolutionary organizations were founded outside of China, such as Yeung Ku-wan's Furen Literary Society, created in Hong Kong in 1890.




  • Paris, France
    1890
    Marie Curie

    Bronisława Invited Maria To Paris

    Paris, France
    1890

    At the beginning of 1890, Bronisława—who a few months earlier had married Kazimierz Dłuski, a Polish physician and social and political activist—invited Maria to join them in Paris.




  • Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)
    1890
    Marie Curie

    She began Her Practical Scientific Training

    Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)
    1890

    She tutored, studied at the Flying University, and began her practical scientific training (1890–91) in a chemical laboratory at the Museum of Industry and Agriculture at Krakowskie Przedmieście 66, near Warsaw's Old Town.




  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1890
    Nikola Tesla

    Westinghouse Electric was in trouble

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1890

    Two years after signing the Tesla contract, Westinghouse Electric was in trouble. The near collapse of Barings Bank in London triggered the financial panic of 1890, causing investors to call in their loans to Westinghouse Electric.




  • Porto-Novo, Benin
    1890
    Dahomey Amazons

    First Franco-Dahomean War

    Porto-Novo, Benin
    1890

    The First Franco-Dahomean War, which raged in 1890, was a conflict between France, led by General Alfred-Amédée Dodds, and Dahomey under King Béhanzin. The French emerged triumphant after winning the Battle of Abomey.




  • Porto-Novo, Benin
    1890
    Dahomey Amazons

    The great role of women in the War

    Porto-Novo, Benin
    1890

    In 1890, King Béhanzin started fighting French forces in the course of the First Franco-Dahomean War. European observers noted that the women "handled admirably" in hand-to-hand combat, but fired their flintlocks from the hip rather than firing from the shoulder.




  • Germany
    1890
    Unification of Germany

    Bismarck was the first chancellor of Germany

    Germany
    1890

    Bismarck was born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat.


  • Kim Liên, Nam Đàn District, Nghe An, Vietnam
    Monday May 19, 1890
    Ho Chi Minh

    Born

    Kim Liên, Nam Đàn District, Nghe An, Vietnam
    Monday May 19, 1890

    Hồ Chí Minh was born as Nguyễn Sinh Cung in 1890 in the village of Hoàng Trù, his mother's village.


  • U.S.
    Friday Jul 4, 1890
    Flag of the United States

    5 More stars

    U.S.
    Friday Jul 4, 1890

    The flag was changed to have 43 stars. (for North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho)


  • U.S.
    1890
    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla induction motor had been unsuccessful

    U.S.
    1890

    At that point, the Tesla induction motor had been unsuccessful and was stuck in development.


  • Henryville, Indiana, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 9, 1890
    KFC

    Birth of Creator

    Henryville, Indiana, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 9, 1890

    On 9 September 1890, Harland Sanders was born and raised on a farm outside Henryville, Indiana (near Louisville, Kentucky).


  • Denison, Texas, U.S.
    Tuesday Oct 14, 1890
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Birth

    Denison, Texas, U.S.
    Tuesday Oct 14, 1890

    Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third of seven sons born to David J. Eisenhower and Ida Stover.


  • Lille, France
    Saturday Nov 22, 1890
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle's birth

    Lille, France
    Saturday Nov 22, 1890

    Charles de Gaulle born in Lille on 22 November 1890.


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