Wounded Knee Massacre — violent attack on Lakota Indians in 1890 by the United States Army

1890 in film — overview of film-related events during the year of 1890

World Chess Championship 1891 — chess match between Wilheilm Steinitz and Isidor Gunsberg

1892-1899 miners' strikes in Idaho, United States

1890 battle between Babatu and Builsa people

Massacre in South Australia

Convention of Calcutta

Last major engagement of the First Franco-Dahomean War

Treaty of 1890 between Peru and Ecuador

1890 British-German treaty

Uprising in Argentina on July 26, 1890