Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
The Fujita scale, or Fujita–Pearson scale, is a retired scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation…
The F4-strength St
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess, was an Italian radio-frequency engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless te…
Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-cla…
Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile and also gives it a successful test run
The 1896 Sanriku earthquake was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 on June 15, 1896, approximately 166 …
One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people
The death of Bridget Driscoll was the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in Great Britain.
Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United…
The Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan, also called the Dongola Campaign or the Sudan Campaign, was a reconquest of territory lost by the Khedives of Egypt in 1884–1885 during the Ma…
Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
Árpád Weisz was a Hungarian footballer and manager. Weisz was Jewish and was murdered with his wife and children by the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II at Auschwitz.
Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (died 1944)
Wenceslao Moreno Centeno, known professionally as Señor Wences, was a Spanish ventriloquist and comedian. His popularity grew with his frequent television appearances on CBS's The …
Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist (died 1999)
Fred Girard Haney was an American third baseman, manager, coach and executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a manager, he won two pennants and a world championship with the Mi…
Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1977)
William Jennings Bryan was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of …
William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National…
Miami is a coastal city in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the second-most populous city proper in Florida, with a population of 442,241 at the 2020 censu…
The city of Miami is incorporated.
The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Sultanate of Zanzibar on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, mar…
Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
The Philippine Revolution was a war of independence waged by the revolutionary organization Katipunan against the Spanish Empire from 1896 to 1898. It was the culmination of the 33…
Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines…
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than those of …
Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history (later…
Ruut Tarmo was an Estonian stage and film actor and stage director whose career spanned more than five decades.
Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (died 1967)
Ernst Udet was a German pilot during World War I and a Luftwaffe Colonel-General (Generaloberst) during World War II.
Ernst Udet, leading German fighter pilot in World War I and Chief of Procurement and Supply in the Luftwaffe (died 1941
Rogers Hornsby, nicknamed "the Rajah", was an American baseball player, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardina…
Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1963)
Sir William Hudson was a New Zealand-born engineer who headed construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme for hydroelectricity and irrigation in Australia from 1949 to 1967, when he…
William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (died 1978)
Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon.
Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon (died 1937)
Na Hye-sŏk (Korean: 나혜석, April 28, 1896 – December 10, 1948) was a Korean feminist, poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. Her art name was Jeongwol. She was a pioneering…
Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (died 1948)
Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film direc…
Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (died 1963)
Gary D. Davis, known as Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Gary Davis, was an American blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Lauren…
Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (died 1972)
Hans List was a technical scientist and inventor and entrepreneur.
Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (died 1996)
Herbert Friedrich Wilhelm Backe was a German politician and SS-Obergruppenführer who served as State Secretary and Reichsminister in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He …
Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (died 1947)