1890 in Italy

Kingdom of Italy

• Monarch – Umberto I
• Prime Minister – Francesco Crispi

  Events

• January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Italian Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa.
• May 17 – The Cavalleria rusticana opera by Pietro Mascagni premiers at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
• May 31 – The Teatro Massimo Bellini opera house in Catania, Sicily, named after the local-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, is inaugurated with a performance of the composer's masterwork, Norma.
• June 27 – In the First Battle of Agordat Italy defeats Mahdist Sudan.
• October 15 – The Ab apostolici papal encyclical against Freemasonry in Italy is promulgated by Pope Leo XIII.
• November 23 – First round of the Italian general election.
• November 30 – Second round of the Italian general election. The "ministerial" left-wing bloc of the Historical Left led by Francesco Crispi emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 401 of the 508 seats.
• December 9 – The Finance Minister, Giovanni Giolitti, and the Minister of Public Works, Gaspare Finali, resign over a contrast on the Ministry of Public Works expenses.

  Births

• January 10 – Pina Menichelli, Italian silent film actress
• January 19 – Ferruccio Parri, Italian partisan and Prime Minister
• February 11 – Anton Giulio Bragaglia, pioneer in Futurist photography and Futurist cinema
• February 16 – Francesco de Pinedo, Italian aviator
• March 20 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor
• September 10 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer

  Deaths

• April 10 - Aurelio Saffi, politician, active during the period of Italian unification close to Giuseppe Mazzini
• October 26 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer