The 1890s

Explore 552 historical events from 1890–1899.

1898

Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983)

Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt was the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, and his wife, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. She married and divorced a son of Kaiser Wil…

Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983)

1898

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Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for mo…

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1897

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Sir Joseph John Thomson was a British physicist. He received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations …

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