Explore 534 historical events from 1850–1859.
The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were r…
The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is…
Johan Ludwig William Valdemar Jensen, mostly known as Johan Jensen, was a Danish mathematician and engineer. He was the president of the Danish Mathematical Society from 1892 to 19…
Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (died 1925)
William Alden Smith was a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaste…
William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (died 1932)
Frank Wilson, was the ninth Premier of Western Australia, serving on two separate occasions – from 1910 to 1911 and then again from 1916 to 1917.
Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, ninth Premier of Western Australia (died 1918)
Pierre Curie was a French physicist and chemist, and a pioneer in crystallography and magnetism. He shared one half of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, f…
Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1906)
Horatio Gordon "Horace" Hutchinson was an English amateur golfer who played in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Hutchinson won the 1886 and 1887 Amateur Championships.…
Horace Hutchinson, English golfer (died 1932)
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is best known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories about the fictional consulting detective Sherlo…
Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (died 1930)
Tsubouchi Shōyō was a Japanese author, critic, playwright, translator, editor, educator, and professor at Waseda University. He has been referred to as a seminal figure in Japanes…
Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator (died 1935)
Emanuel Ludvig Nobel was a Swedish oil baron, the eldest son of Ludvig Nobel and his first wife, Mina Ahlsell, grandson of Immanuel Nobel and nephew of Alfred Nobel.
Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman (died 1932)
Christian von Ehrenfels was an Austrian philosopher, and is known as one of the founders and precursors of Gestalt psychology.
Christian von Ehrenfels, Austrian philosopher (died 1932)
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris…
Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (died 1937)
DeLancey Walker Gill was an American drafter, landscape painter, and photographer. Gill first became noted for his landscape illustrations and watercolors, featuring subjects such …
DeLancey W. Gill, American painter (died 1940)
Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan, commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a scheduled caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India. He is a Paraiyar i…
Rettamalai Srinivasan, Indian politician (died 1945)
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield was a British socialist, economist and reformer, who co-founded the London School of Economics. He was an early member of the Fabian Society …
Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1947)
Willy Hess was a German violinist and violin teacher.
Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (died 1928)
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, SJ, more commonly known as Father Cruz was a Portuguese Catholic priest. Revered in Portugal for his apostolic fervor and charity, he visited prisons a…
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, Portuguese priest (died 1948)
Sir Henry Simpson Lunn was an English humanitarian and religious figure, and also founder of Lunn Poly, one of the UK's largest travel companies.
Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly (died 1939)
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, s…
Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1952)
Katharine Lee Bates was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which …
Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (died 1929)
Charles Albert Comiskey, nicknamed "Commy" or "the Old Roman", was an American professional baseball first baseman, manager, and team owner. He played 13 seasons in the American As…
Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (died 1931)
Matilda "Lida" Scott Howell was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century. She won three gold medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the …
Matilda Howell, American archer (died 1938)
Vittorio Sella was an Italian photographer and mountaineer, whose photographs of mountains are regarded as some of the finest ever made.
Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (died 1943)
Tantia Tope was an Indian general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company.
Tatya Tope, Indian general (born 1814)
Joseph Diez Gergonne was a French mathematician and logician.
Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1771)