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| 1 | 1613 |
- 21 Feb 1613—15 Mar 1917: The Romanov Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, begins when 16 year old Mikhail Romanov is elected as Czar.Russiapedia Hillwood
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| 2 | 1837 |
- 20 Jun 1837—22 Jan 1901: Victoria. Ruler of England 1837-1901. House of Hanover: Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort.HistoricUK
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| 3 | 1890 |
- 3 Jul 1890: Idaho becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com
- 10 Jul 1890: Wyoming becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com
- 6 Aug 1890: The first execution by electric chair is carried out.DPI ABA
- 23 Sep 1890: The first automatic fire alarm is patented.SD GooglePatents
- 11 Oct 1890: The Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.DAR FairPark
- 15 Dec 1890: Sitting Bull is killed during a confrontation with Indian police in Grand River, South Dakota.ICT SI
- 29 Dec 1890: On Wounded Knee Creek, near the Pine Ridge agency, the Seventh Cavalry of the U. S. Army opens fire on an encampment of Big Foot's band of Miniconjou Sioux killing nearly 300 of the original 350 men, women, and children.LoC ICT
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| 4 | 1891 |
- 17 Aug 1891: U.S. Government rainmaking experiments begin in Texas.SIMag
- 21 Dec 1891: James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, introduces a new game to his class, basket ball.HoopHall MassMoments
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| 5 | 1892 |
- 1 Jan 1892: Ellis Island Immigration Station opens.EI LoC
- 15 Jan 1892: The first rules of basketball are published by Dr. James Naismith.USAB OCLC
- 19 Apr 1892: Charles Duryea becomes the first American to build and sell a gasoline-powered automobile.Hemmings DPL
- 28 May 1892: The Sierra Club is incorporated.SierraClub UCB
- 4 Aug 1892: Lizzie Borden kills her father and stepmother with a hatchet.CM SIMag
- 27 Sep 1892: Book matches receive a patent.PSU Hagley
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| 6 | 1893 |
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| 7 | 1894 |
- 14 Aug 1894: The first wireless transmission of information using Morse code is demonstrated by Oliver Lodge during a meeting of the British Association at Oxford.RSP NS
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| 8 | 1895 |
- 11 Jun 1895: The first U. S. patent for a gasoline-driven automobile by a U. S. inventor was issued to Charles E. Duryea of the Duryea Motor Wagon Co. in Springfield.USNA HFM
- 27 Jun 1895: The first rail system in the U. S. using electric locomotives begins operating in Baltimore.HMdb A-R
- 26 Aug 1895: Water is diverted from Niagara Falls to begin the first large scale generation of electricity.SI BAH
- 8 Nov 1895: William Roentgen (Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen) discovers X-rays.NobelPrize APS
- 28 Nov 1895: The first American automobile race takes place in Chicago.LoC THF
- 28 Dec 1895: The world's first commercial movie screening takes place in Paris.
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1890 - Abt 1895 (5 years)