Explore 369 historical events from 1870–1879.
Anton Joseph Cermak was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from 1931 until he was fatally wounded in 1933 by Giuseppe Zangara, who was trying to assassi…
Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (died 1933)
James Edward Hervey MacDonald was an English-born Canadian artist, best known as a member of the Group of Seven who asserted a distinct national identity combined with a common her…
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Hans Berger was a German psychiatrist. He is best known as the inventor of electroencephalography (EEG) in 1924, which is a method used for recording the electrical activity of the…
Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (died 1941)
Leon Frank Czolgosz was an American wireworker and anarchist who assassinated United States president William McKinley in 1901. Czolgosz had lost his job during the economic Panic …
Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (died 1901)
Antti Oskari Tokoi was a Finnish socialist politician who served as a leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. Tokoi became Chairman of the Senate of Finland in 1917, and …
Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (died 1963)
Henri Barbusse was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist. He began his literary career in the 1890s as a Symbolist poet and continued as a …
Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist (died 1935)
Dorothy Miller Richardson was a British author and journalist. Author of Pilgrimage, a sequence of 13 semi-autobiographical novels published between 1915 and 1967—though Richardson…
Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist (died 1957)
Olaf Leonhard Gulbransson was a Norwegian artist, painter and designer. He is probably best known for his caricatures and illustrations.
Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1958)
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His compositions include among othe…
Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer (died 1918)
Elena Alistar-Romanescu was a Bessarabian physician and politician who was part of Sfatul Țării from Bessarabia.
Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician (died 1955)
Otto Loewi was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For this discovery, he was awarded the N…
Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
Nictzin Wilstone Dyalhis was an American chemist and short story writer who specialized in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He wrote as Nictzin Dyalhis. During his lifeti…
Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (died 1942)
Jacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.
Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (died 1944)
Karin Swanström was a Swedish actress, producer and director.
Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (died 1942)
Sir William Tite was an English architect who twice served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was particularly associated with various London buildings, …
William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (born 1798)
Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy was a Russian artist who served as Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years (1828–1868). His works – wax-reliefs, watercolours,…
Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (born 1783)
Justus Freiherr von Liebig was a German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biological chemist…
Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (born 1803)
William Charles Macready was an English stage actor. The son of Irish actor-manager William Macready the Elder he emerged as a leading West End performer during the Regency era.
William Macready, English actor and manager (born 1793)
David Livingstone was a Scottish doctor, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa. Livingstone was married to …
David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (born 1813)
Gideon Brecher, also known by the pen name Gedaliah ben Eliezer (Hebrew: גדליה בן אליעזר, was an Austrian writer and physician. He was a central figure in the Moravian Haskalah.
Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (born 1797)
Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling…
George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (born 1814)
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine was a son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, and was the grandson of Queen Victoria. He was the mate…
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1870)
Karāmat ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, born as Muḥammad ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, was a nineteenth-century Indian Muslim social reformer and founder of the Taiyuni movement. He played a major role in propaga…
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, Indian Muslim scholar, (born 1800)
Joseph Howe was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, public servant, and poet. Howe is often ranked as one of Nova Scotia's most admired politicians and his considerable skills a…
Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1804)