Explore 785 historical events from 1850–1859.
Lovis Corinth was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism.
Lovis Corinth, German painter (died 1925)
Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, was a New Zealand artist and art teacher, who spent the majority of his life in Dunedin. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, he was one of the…
Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (died 1941)
Thomas William Garrett was an early Australian Test cricketer and, later, a distinguished public servant.
Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (died 1943)
George Seymour Lyon was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medalist in golf, an eight-time Canadian Amateur Championship winner, and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He wo…
George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (died 1938)
Richard Dixon Oldham FRS was a British geologist who made the first clear identification of the separate arrivals of P-waves, S-waves and surface waves on seismograms and the first…
Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist (died 1936)
Marion Talbot was an American educator who served as Dean of Women at the University of Chicago from 1895 to 1925, and an influential leader in the higher education of women in the…
Marion Talbot, influential American educator (died 1948)
Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue was a French politician who served as President of France from 1924 to 1931.
Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (died 1937)
Johann Nepomuk Karl Maria Rott was an Austrian composer and organist. His music is little-known today, though he received high praise in his time from Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruck…
Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (died 1884)
Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamin…
Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
Edith Nesbit was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children and others as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. She was also a poli…
E. Nesbit, English author and poet (died 1924)
Arthur Achleitner was a German writer. His works are noteworthy because he describes local customs and peculiarities of the people in the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, and the Medite…
Arthur Achleitner, German author (died 1927)
Marion Talbot was an American educator who served as Dean of Women at the University of Chicago from 1895 to 1925, and an influential leader in the higher education of women in the…
Marion Talbot, American educator (died 1948)
Ellen Ann Willmott was an English horticulturist. She was an influential member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and a recipient of the first Victoria Medal of Honour, awarded t…
Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (died 1934)
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Aust…
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (died 1889)
Giuseppe Peano was an Italian mathematician and glottologist. The author of over 200 books and papers, he was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, to which he contribute…
Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1932)
Ignaz Stanislaus Sowinski was a Polish architect and journalist who was active in Galicia from the middle of the 1880s and until the outbreak of World War I.
Ignaz Sowinski, Galician architect (died 1917)
Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand, in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuar…
Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (died 1916)
Jenő Hubay de Szalatnya, also known by his German name Eugen Huber, was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher.
Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (died 1937)
Sir Edward Marshall Hall, was an English barrister and politician who had a formidable reputation as an orator. He successfully defended many people accused of murder and became kn…
Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (died 1927)
Andrew Bonar Law was a British Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923. His premiership lasted 211 days; he resigned in May 1923 afte…
Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1923)
Catherine Booth-Clibborn was an English Salvationist and evangelist who extended the Salvation Army into France and Switzerland against local opposition. She was the oldest daughte…
Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (died 1955)
Eugene Noble Foss was an American politician and manufacturer from Massachusetts. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor …
Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1939)
Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse, often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress, rated by many as the greatest of her time. She performed in many countries, notably in the plays of…
Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (died 1924)
Léon Serpollet was a French engineer and developer of flash steam boilers and steam automobiles.
Léon Serpollet, French businessman (died 1903)