Explore 723 historical events from 1870–1879.
Sir William Arthur Stanier was an English railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
William Stanier, English engineer (died 1965)
Isaac Heinemann was an Israeli rabbinical scholar and a professor of classical literature, Hellenistic literature and philology.
Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1957)
Pierre Alexandre Tuffèri, also spelt Tuffère, was a French-Greek athlete, although he was born and lived in Athens, his father was French. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics a…
Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (died 1958)
Alfred Louis Kroeber was an American cultural anthropologist. He received his PhD under Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1901, the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by Co…
Alfred L
William Sealy Gosset was an English statistician, chemist and brewer who worked for Guinness. In statistics, he pioneered small-sample experimental design. Gosset published under t…
William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (died 1937)
William John Carr was an American rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American boat Vesper Boat Club, which won the gold medal in the eights.
William Carr, American rower (died 1942)
Edward Anthony Spitzka was an American anatomist who autopsied the brain of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of president William McKinley.
Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (died 1922)
Willem Hendrik Keesom was a Dutch physicist who, in 1926, invented a method to freeze liquid helium. He also developed the first mathematical description of dipole–dipole interacti…
Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic (died 1956)
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley was a British railway engineer. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the …
Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (died 1941)
The Most Reverend Pascual Díaz y Barreto, SJ was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Mexico City from June 22, 1929 until his death in 1936. Throu…
Pascual Díaz y Barreto, Mexican archbishop (died 1936)
Thomas Joseph Ryan was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919, as leader of the state Labor Party. He resigned to enter federal politics, si…
T. J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (died 1921)
Harriet Brooks was a Canadian nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research in radioactivity. She discovered atomic recoil, and transmutation of elements in radioactive de…
Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic (died 1933)
Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno was a German businessman and politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923 for a total of 264 days. His tenure included the beginning of th…
Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1933)
Ralph Barton Perry was an American philosopher. He was a strident moral idealist who stated in 1909 that, to him, idealism meant "to interpret life consistently with ethical, scien…
Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (died 1957)
Alexandros Papanastasiou was a Greek lawyer, sociologist and politician who served twice as the prime minister of Greece during the interwar period. He was a pioneer in the establi…
Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
Max Jacob was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic.
Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic (died 1944)
Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 until his death…
Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
Ludwig Otto Blumenthal was a German mathematician and professor at RWTH Aachen University.
Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic (died 1944)
Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya was a Russian actress and acting teacher. She achieved success as a stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an older woman in Hollywood films…
Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher (died 1949)
Pingali Venkayya was an Indian freedom fighter, known for designing the initial version of the Indian National Flag. Apart from his role in the independence movement, Venkayya was …
Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India (died 1963)
Giovanni Giuriati was an Italian fascist politician.
Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician (died 1970)
John Scaddan, CMG, popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.
John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (died 1934)
Mary Ritter Beard was an American historian, author, women's suffrage activist, and women's history archivist who was also a lifelong advocate of social justice. As a Progressive E…
Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist (died 1958)
Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Sh…
Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (died 1917)