1890 deaths

Dutch painter (1853–1890)

Hunkpapa Lakota medicine man and holy man (1831–1890)

Italian writer (1826–1890)

German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)

British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)

English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)

Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819–1890)

Italian Royal and temporary Head of State of Spain (1845–1890)

Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)

King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817-1890)

British man with severe deformities known as the Elephant Man

French critic, journalist, and novelist (1808-1890)

Hungarian statesman (1823–1890)

Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat

American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)

German empress (1811-1890)

businessman (1814-1890)

German-American academic and astronomer (1813–1890)

Estonian journalist and cultural activist (1819–1890)

Baltic German botanist (1803–1890)

Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher (1817–1890)

French poet (1813-1890)

Dutch physicist (*1817 – †1890)

German legal scholar (1815-1890)

19th-century Portuguese writer (1825–1890)

American politician (1819–1890)

Croatian writer and politician (1814-1890)

American murderer (1860–1890)

Danish painter (1834–1890)

Russian aerospace engineer (1825–1890)

English philanthropist, painter, biologist and botanical artist (1830-1890)

French writer (1821–1890)

Princess of Montenegro (1864-1890); mother of Alexander I of Yugoslavia

German Catholic priest, theologian and historian (1799–1890)

Indian social reformer (1827-1890)

British activist, botanist and astronomist (1827-1890)

German composer and conductor (1803-1890)

French Royal (1824–1890)

Russian scientist (1808–1890)

Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor (1808–1890)

Bavarian princess; wife of Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1834-1890)

German Lutheran theologian and hebraist (1813-1890)

Swiss chemist (1827-1890)

Polish zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, herpetologist, curator and taxonomist (1819–1890)

Italian journalist, writer and patriot (1815-1890)

German chemist (1803–1890)

Mother of The Salvation Army (1829–1890)

British politician and leading member of the Conservative Party (1831-1890)

Polish ethnologist, folklorist, and composer (1814-1890)

American politician (1810-1890)

physician (1816–1890)

German Church historian and canonist (1824-1890)

British social reformer (1800-1890)

metallurgist and inventor of the early plastic Parkesine (1813–1890)

Lalon (; 1772 – 17 October 1890), also known as Lalon Shah, Lalon Fakir and Shahji, was a Bengali spiritual leader, philosopher, mystic poet and social reformer. Born in what is now Khulna Division in Bangladesh, Lalon is regarded as an icon of Bengali culture, as he inspired and influenced many philosophers, poets and social thinkers including Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Allen Ginsberg. Lalon's philosophy of humanity rejects all distinctions of caste, class, and creed and takes a stand against theological conflicts and racism. It denies all worldly affairs in search of the soul

2nd Governor of Hong Kong (1795–1890)

German master mechanic (1814-1890)

English mathematician, philologist and musician

United States Army general during American Civil War and Indian Wars (1828–1890)

Italian politician (1819-1890)