March 1890 in History

Events in History

Sherlock Holmes

Mar 1 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes' first story "A Study in Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle published

Event of Interest

Mar 4 Longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge (railway) at 1,710 ft in length is opened in Scotland by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII

Mar 18 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)

Bismarck Resigns

Mar 18 German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck resigns after 19 years after disagreement with German Emperor Wilhelm II

German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II

Mar 20 General Federation of Women's Clubs founded in the United States
Mar 21 Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
Mar 27 A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.

Birthdays in History

Mar 1 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Zonnestral), born in The Hague, the Netherlands (d. 1935)

Norman Bethune (1890-1939)

Mar 3 Canadian doctor, communist and humanitarian (Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War), born in Gravenhurst, Ontario

Mar 8 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist and philosopher, born in Trier, Germany (d. 1991)

Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986)

Mar 9 Russian politician (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1939-49, 1953-6), born in Kukarka, Russian Empire

Mar 11 Vannevar Bush, American engineer and science administrator (developed 1st electronic analogue computer), born in Everett, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Mar 12 William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (d. 1965)
Mar 24 Agnes Macphail, Canadian politician (first women elected to Canada's House of Commons), born in Proton Township, Ontario (d. 1954) [1]
Mar 24 John Rock, American obstetrician and gynecologist who co-developed the 1st birth control pill, born in Marlborough, Massachusetts (d. 1984)
Mar 26 Jozef Arras, Flemish writer, born in Lier (d. 1919)
Mar 29 Harold Spencer Jones, English astronomer and 10th astronomer royal of England whose work led to a more accurate determination of the distance between the Earth and the Sun, born in London (d. 1960)
Mar 31 (William) Lawrence Bragg, English physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics, 1915 - crystalline structure analysis by means of X-rays), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 1971) [1]

Deaths in History

Mar 16 Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)
Mar 20 Alexander F. Mozhaiski, Russian aviation pioneer, dies at 65
Mar 22 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, dies at 85