1890

Births 
 March 3 – Norman Bethune
 May 19 - Ho Chi Minh leader of Viet Nam
 August 24 – Duke Kahanamoku, American athlete
 October 14 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, thirty-fourth President of the United States (b. 1969)
 December 5 – Fritz Lang, Austrian movie director

Deaths
 April 11 – Joseph Merrick, English man who was known as the 'Elephant Man'

Events
 January 15 – Premiere of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty

Unknown date
The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is built in the city of Philadelphia.