Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
James Cash Penney Jr. was an American businessman and entrepreneur who founded the JCPenney stores in 1902.
James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (died 1971)
Tomás Burgos Sotomayor was a Chilean philanthropist, one of the strongest supporters of the "mutualist movement" and the founder of "Villa Lo Burgos", the present city of Purranque…
Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (died 1945)
Matthias Erzberger was a German Centre Party politician who, from 1919-1920, served as the Minister of Finance and, in 1919, Vice Chancellor of Germany.
Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (died 1921)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish.
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (died 1911)
Edmund Gwenn was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Awa…
Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor (died 1959)
Pattie Ruffner Jacobs was an American suffragist from Birmingham, Alabama. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1978.
Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist (died 1935)
Gerardo Murillo Coronado, also known by his signature "Dr. Atl", was a Mexican painter, writer and intellectual. He is most famous for his works inspired by the Mexican landscape, …
Dr. Atl, Mexican painter (died 1964)
Hugh Laurence Doherty was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty. He was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a double Olympic Gold medalis…
Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (died 1919)
Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. As the founder of the religion of Thelema in the early 20th century, he id…
Aleister Crowley, English magician and author (died 1947)
Leonard Charles Braund was a cricketer who played for Surrey, Somerset and England.
Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 1955)
Jean-Théodore Monbeig-Andrieu, MEP was a French Catholic missionary and botanist who collected plants for the Paris Natural History Museum from northern Yunnan where he was posted.…
Théodore Monbeig, French Catholic missionary and botanist (died 1914)
David van Embden, was a Dutch politician, first for the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB), later for the Labour Party (PvdA).
David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician (died 1962)
Gilbert Newton Lewis was an American physical chemist and a dean of the college of chemistry at University of California, Berkeley. Lewis was best known for his discovery of the co…
Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic (died 1946)
Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon was a Russian painter and theatre designer associated with Mir Iskusstva. Later, he co-founded the Union of Russian Artists and the Association …
Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (died 1958)
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1875–1961) was an American children's author.
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author and educator (died 1961)
A cricket match was played as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics, which took place on 19–20 August at the Vélodrome de Vincennes between teams representing Great Britain and France.
Arthur Birkett, British cricketer (died 1941)
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor was an American magazine editor who was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine from 1899 to 1954, and is credited with having consol…
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966)
Marie was the last queen consort of Romania from 10 October 1914 to 20 July 1927 as the wife of King Ferdinand I.
Marie of Romania (died 1938)
Trinley Gyatso also spelled: Thinle Gyatso was the 12th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
12th Dalai Lama (born 1857)
Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck was a French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer. He was a man of talent and accomplishment, but his love of self-promotion and refus…
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (born 1766)
John Cabell Breckinridge was an American politician who served as the 14th vice president of the United States, with President James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861, and as a general i…
John C
Rosa May Billinghurst was a British suffragette and women's rights activist. She was known popularly as the "cripple suffragette" as she campaigned in a tricycle.
Rosa May Billinghurst, "cripple suffragette" (sic)
Józef Kremer was a Polish historian of art, philosopher, aesthetician and psychologist.
Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (born 1806)
Georges Bizet was a French composer of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Car…
Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (born 1838)