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July 1890 in History

Events in History

  • Jul 1 Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable
  • Jul 1 Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty
  • Jul 2 US Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act
  • Jul 3 Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
  • Jul 3 King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium
  • Jul 10 Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)

Event of Interest

Jul 17 Cecil Rhodes becomes Premier of Cape Colony

Cecil Rhodes
British Businessman and Imperialist Politician Cecil Rhodes
  • Jul 20 "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing
  • Jul 20 Snow and hail in Calais, Maine

Event of Interest

Jul 27 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh shoots himself in Auvers-sur-Oise, dies of injuries 2 days later

Vincent van Gogh
Painter Vincent van Gogh

Birthdays in History

  • Jul 2 Earl Roy Curry, American religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
  • Jul 5 Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian and editor of Harper's Magazine, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
  • Jul 8 Walter Hasenvlever, German writer, born in Aachen (d. 1940)
  • Jul 11 Arthur Tedder, British air marshal (deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during Normandy landings WWII), born in Glenguin, Scotland (d. 1967)
  • Jul 14 Ossip Zadkine [Zadkin], Russian French sculptor (Destroyed City), born in Vitsebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1967)
  • Jul 18 Charles Erwin Wilson, American engineer (President and CEO of General Motors) and politician (United States Secretary of Defense 1953-57), born in Minerva, Ohio (d. 1961)
  • Jul 18 Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history-8 days), born in Mitchell, Queensland, Australia (d. 1983)
  • Jul 20 George II, King of Greece (1922-1924, and 1935-1947), born in Tatoi, Greece (d. 1947)

Rose Fitzgerald KennedyRose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890-1995)

Jul 22 American matriarch, mother of JFK, RFK & Ted, born in Boston, Massachusetts

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
  • Jul 26 Daniel J. Callaghan, US Admiral (Medal of Honor), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1942)

Deaths in History

  • Jul 3 Gilman Marston, American Brigadier General (Union Army) and politician (R-NH), dies at 78
  • Jul 6 Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer (Poor law reform, sanitation movement), dies at 90

Henri NestléHenri Nestlé (1814-1890)

Jul 7 German-Swiss industrialist (founder of Nestlé), dies from heart attack at 75

Henri Nestlé
  • Jul 13 John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer of the American West and presidential candidate, dies at 77
  • Jul 16 Gottfried Keller, German-Swiss novelist and poet, dies at 70

Vincent van GoghVincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

Jul 29 Dutch artist, painter and pioneer of Expressionism (The Potato Eaters, Irises, Sunflowers), dies 2 days after shooting himself at 37

Vincent van Gogh


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