Explore 723 historical events from 1870–1879.
Charles Douville Coburn was an American actor and theatrical producer. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award three times – for The Devil and Miss Jones (1941),…
Charles Coburn, American actor (died 1961)
Norman Gilbert Pritchard, also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was a British-Indian athlete and actor who became the first Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he…
Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (died 1929)
Rinaldo Cuneo, was an American artist known for his landscape paintings and murals. He was dubbed "the Painter of San Francisco".
Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") (died 1939)
Arnaud George Watson Massy was one of France's most successful professional golfers, most notable for winning the 1907 Open Championship. He was the first player from outside Scotl…
Arnaud Massy, French golfer (died 1950)
Ernst Ludwig Bresslau was a German zoologist. He was the son of historian Harry Bresslau.
Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (died 1935)
Robert Henry Mathews (1877–1970) was an Australian missionary and Sinologist, best known for his 1931 A Chinese-English Dictionary: Compiled for the China Inland Mission by R. H.…
Robert Henry Mathews, Australian linguist and missionary (died 1970)
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical tradition…
Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
Arthur Fielder was an English cricketer who played as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team from 1900 to 1914. He played a major role in Kent's fo…
Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (died 1949)
Thomas Crean was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving (AM).
Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer (died 1938)
Calogero Vizzini, also commonly known as "Don Calò", was a Sicilian Mafia boss of Villalba in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. He was considered to be one of the most influen…
Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (died 1954)
Jesse Lauriston Livermore was an American stock trader. He is considered a pioneer of day trading and was the basis for the main character of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a b…
Jesse Lauriston Livermore, American investor and security analyst, "Great Bear of Wall Street" (died 1940)
Ernst von Dohnányi was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor. He used the German form of his name on most published compositions.
Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
Jesse Lauriston Livermore was an American stock trader. He is considered a pioneer of day trading and was the basis for the main character of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a b…
Jesse Livermore, American investor and security analyst, "Great Bear of Wall Street" (died 1940)
Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of autho…
Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (died 1970)
Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt, known in English-language publications as George Hackenschmidt, was an Estonian strongman, amateur and professional wrestler, writer, and sports ph…
George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (died 1968)
Ravishankar Shukla was a leader of the Indian National Congress, Indian independence movement activist, the Premier of the Central Provinces and Berar from 27 April 1946 to 25 Janu…
Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (died 1956)
Dame Laura Knight was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced E…
Dame Laura Knight, English artist (died 1970)
Thomas John Thomson was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century. During his short career, he produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels and approximately 50 …
Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (died 1917)
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in…
Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1952)
Frank James Marshall was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.
Frank Marshall, American chess player and author (died 1944)
Adolph M. Christianson was an attorney and a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge (died 1954)
Albert Bartha de Nagyborosnyó was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence twice: in 1918 and, almost thirty years later, between 1946 and 194…
Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1960)
Tachiyama Mineemon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture. He was the sport's 22nd yokozuna. He was well known for his extreme strength and …
Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (died 1941)
Roque Ruaño Garrido, O.P. was a Spanish priest and civil engineer. He was known after he drew up plans for University of Santo Tomas (UST) Main Building, the first earthquake-shock…
Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (died 1935)