The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899. In American popular culture, the decade would …

December 29, 1890 - The Battle of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, occurs in the last major battle between United States troops and Indians. Hundreds of Indian men, women, and children are slain, …

Jul 24, 2024 · The 1890s were a dynamic and transformative period that laid the groundwork for many aspects of modern society punctuated by dramatic events.

A period of widespread social activism and political reform in the United States from the 1890s to the 1920s aimed at addressing issues caused by industrialization.

Jul 2, 2025 · 1890 stands as a crucial inflection point in American history, a year that witnessed significant shifts in demographics, economics, education, and antitrust regulation – all trends that …

Main Street was still the center of life in the 1890's. The drug store soda fountain was a gathering place and drives in a surrey were a way of courting. Dancing was a favorite pastime with the two-step …

By the 1890s, the Populists, an antimonopolist third party centered on the South and West, advocated government ownership of the railroads and the telegraphs. In many ways the antimonopolists were …

Historical events from year 1890. Learn about 116 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1890 or search by date or keyword.

Jul 16, 2023 · But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s certainly do. Technological change, economic concentration, and rising inequality; political partisanship, financial …

The late 1880s and early 1890s saw the American economy slide precipitously. As mentioned above, farmers were already struggling with economic woes, and the rest of the country followed quickly.