Editing 1890 (section)

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* The [[folding carton]] box is invented by [[Robert Gair]], a [[Brooklyn]] printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in [[1879]].
* The United States city of [[Boise, Idaho]], drills the first [[Geothermal energy|geothermal]] well.
* [[Brown trout]] are introduced into the upper [[Firehole River]], in [[Yellowstone National Park]].
* ''[[High School Cadets]]'' is written by [[John Philip Sousa]].
* [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|William II of Prussia]] opposes Bismarck's attempt to renew the law outlawing the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]].
* [[Blackwall Buildings]], [[Whitechapel]], noted [[philanthropy|philanthropic]] housing, is built in the [[East End of London]].
* English archaeologist [[Flinders Petrie]] excavates at [[Tell el-Hesi]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] (mistakenly identified as [[Tel Lachish]]), the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the [[Holy Land]], during which he discovers how [[tell (archaeology)|tells]] are formed.
* American [[Geostrategy|geostrategist]] [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]] publishes his influential book ''[[The Influence of Sea Power upon History]], 1660–1783''.
* [[Francis Galton]] announces a statistical demonstration of the uniqueness and classifiability of individual human [[fingerprint]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Patterns in Thumb and Finger Marks – On Their Arrangement into Naturally Distinct Classes, the Permanence of the Papillary Ridges that Make Them, and the Resemblance of Their Classes to Ordinary Genera|pages=1–23|first=Francis|last=Galton|journal=[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B]]|volume=182|year=1891|jstor=91733|doi=10.1098/rstb.1891.0001|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[Japan]]ese [[tractor]] and [[Cast iron pipe|iron pipe]] [[brand]], [[Kubota]] founded in [[Osaka]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=1890 › 1926|url=https://www.kubota.com/museum/history/1890_1926.html|work=Kubota Virtual Museum|accessdate=2023-03-16}}</ref>
* [[Emerson Electric]], an [[United States|American]] [[electronics industry]] giant, is founded in [[Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emerson Company History|url=https://www.emerson.com/en-us/about-us/company-history|website=emerson.com|publisher=Emerson Electric|access-date=2021-03-04}}</ref>