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April 2 – Kashihara Shrine, a landmark spot in Nara Prefecture, Japan, is officially built by Emperor Mutsuhito (Emperor of Meiji). April 14 – At the First International Conference of American States, in Washington D. C., The Commercial Bureau of the American Republics is founded. May 1 – A coordinated series of mass rallies and one day strikes is held throughout many cities and mining towns in Europe and North America, to demand an eight hour workday. May 2 – President Benjamin Harrison signs the Oklahoma Organic Act, under which Oklahoma Territory is organized, a prerequisite for later statehood. May 12 – The first ever official English County Championship cricket match begins in Bristol; Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire, by eight wickets. May 20 – Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moves to Auvers sur Oise on the edge of Paris, in the care of Paul Gachet, where he will produce around seventy paintings in as many days. May 31 – The five story skylight Arcade opens in Cleveland, Ohio. June 1 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware. Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM. June 16 – Royal Dutch Petroleum, predecessor of Royal Dutch Shell, the major worldwide energy production and sales company, is founded in the Netherlands to develop an oilfield in Pangkalan Brandan, North Sumatra. June 20 – The Picture of Dorian Gray (by Oscar Wilde) is published by Philadelphia based Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (dated July). June 27 – Canadian born boxer George Dixon defeats the British bantamweight champion in London, giving him claim to be the first black world champion in any sport.

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 well. Brown trout are introduced into the upper Firehole River, in Yellowstone National Park. High School Cadets is written by John Philip Sousa. William II of Prussia opposes Bismarck's attempt to renew the law outlawing the Social Democratic Party. Blackwall Buildings, Whitechapel, noted philanthropic housing, is built in the East End of London. English archaeologist Flinders Petrie excavates at Tell el Hesi, Palestine (mistakenly identified as Tel Lachish), the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the Holy Land, during which he discovers how tells are formed. American 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 fingerprints. Japanese tractor and iron pipe brand, Kubota founded in Osaka, Japan. Emerson Electric, an American electronics industry giant, is founded in Missouri.

May 1 – Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963)
May 4 – Franklin Carmichael, Canadian landscape painter and graphic designer (d. 1945)
May 10 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
May 15 – Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
May 19 – Ho Chi Minh, Prime minister/President of North Vietnam (d. 1969)
May 23 – Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966)

Sava Caracaș, Romanian general (d. 1945)
Hatı Çırpan, Turkish politician (d. 1956)
Frederic Johnson, English civil servant (d. 1972)

1890 Annual Cyclopedia online; highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" (1891); compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage.