1890

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• Andrew T. Cluness was born.
• Writer Willa Muir was born.
• Shetland Pony Stud-Book Society formed.
• The number of horses and ponies was reported at 4,803, of which 787 were used for agriculture and 4,016 were unbroken and used solely for breeding.

February

• 8th
  Election of first County Council

May

• Diana memorial fountain inaugurated.

June

• 4th
  The Court of Session reached a verdict, in favour of the captors, in the case of the 340 whales captured at Hoswick in September 1888

July

• 24th
  Wooden fishing smack Southern Air sank at a position approx 6 miles SE of Voe, Dunrossness following a collision with the Lerwick vessel Brucklay Castle.

September

• 29th
  The wooden hulled smack Star Of The East broke from moorings in Wadbister Voe in storm conditions and wrecked on Girlsta Point, Wadbister Voe.

1889<->1891