1890s: 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 later be nostalgically referred to as the "Gay Nineties ... (Decade of the Gregorian calendar) [89%] 2024-01-10 [1890s] [1890s decade overviews]...