1890

Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

Years: 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 - 1890 - 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895

Events

• U.S. Census - Herman Hollerith devises method using [punch cards]?(like Jacquard's? loom) to tabulate the data by machine, since existing methods would use more than ten years. (see also History of computing). Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM.

Births

• February 11 - [John de Vries]?, fairy tale writer.
• August 20 - H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer.
• October 14 - Dwight Eisenhower, the 34th (1953-1961) president of the United States, US general in World War II.
• October 16 - [Paul Strand]?, American photographer

Deaths

• July 29 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter