Explore 785 historical events from 1850–1859.
Thorstein Bunde Veblen was an American economist and sociologist who, during his lifetime, emerged as a well-known critic of capitalism.
Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (died 1929)
John Wesley Glasscock was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1879 to 1895. Nicknamed "Pebbly Jack", he was the top player at his posit…
Jack Glasscock, American baseball player (died 1947)
Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade was a French composer and pianist. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer.
Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (died 1944)
Ernestine von Kirchsberg was an Austrian landscape painter.
Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator (died 1924)
Libert H. Boeynaems, formally Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems was a Belgian Catholic priest who served as the fourth vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian I…
Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary (died 1926)
George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones was a British writer. He was active mainly in the science fiction genre—or as it was known at the time, scientific romance—in particular writing many…
George Griffith, British writer (died 1906)
Edward Hugh Hanlon, also known as "Foxy Ned", and sometimes referred to as "the Father of Modern Baseball", was an American professional baseball player and manager whose career sp…
Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near…
E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (died 1934)
Albert Ballin was a German shipping magnate. He was the general director of the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) or Hamburg-America Line, which for a t…
Albert Ballin, German businessman (died 1918)
Sandford Spence Schultz, known in later life as Sandford Spence Storey, was an English cricketer, who played for Uppingham Rovers, Cambridge University, and Lancashire and played i…
Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (died 1937)
Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialised in pre-Aztec Mexican cultures and pre-Columbian manuscripts. She discovered two forgo…
Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (died 1933)
Georg Michaelis was the imperial chancellor of the German Empire for a few months in 1917 during the First World War. He was the first commoner to hold the post, though the Supreme…
Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (died 1936)
Manuel Espinosa Batista was a Colombian pharmacist turned politician who campaigned for a separate Panama state and became one of "Founders of the Republic". He is known for his ph…
Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician (died 1919)
Michał Drzymała was a Polish peasant living in the Greater Poland region under Prussian rule.
Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel and activist (died 1937)
Milton Snavely Hershey was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist.
Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (died 1945)
Julia Barlow Platt was an American embryologist, politician and mayor.
Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935)
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have …
William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (died 1930)
Anna Winlock (1857–1904) was an American astronomer and human computer, one of the first members of female computer group known as "the Harvard Computers." She made the most comple…
Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (died 1904)
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space f…
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (died 1935)
John Hessin Clarke was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1922.
John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (died 1945)
John Mackenzie Moore was a Canadian architect and politician who served as the mayor of London, Ontario, from 1926 to 1927. An apprentice of William Robinson and Thomas Henry Tracy…
John Mackenzie Moore, Canadian architect (died 1930)
Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first rec…
Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (died 1899)
Edward Nagle Williamson was an American professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for three teams: the Indianapolis Blues of the National League (NL) for …
Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died 1894)
Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette was a French neurologist and the eponym of Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by tics. His main cont…
Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904)