Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
Clemens Peter Freiherr von Pirquet was an Austrian scientist and pediatrician best known for his contributions to the fields of bacteriology and immunology.
Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist (died 1929)
George Herbert Sheldon was an American diver who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and won the inaugural platform diving competition.
George Sheldon, American diver (died 1907)
Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been one of the fastest run-scorers cricket has ever known. He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898 …
Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (died 1955)
Daniël François Malan was a South African politician who served as the fourth prime minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The National Party implemented the system of aparthe…
Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1959)
Sir Thomas Rainsford Bavin, was an Australian lawyer and politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930. He was born in New Zealand and arrived in Australia …
Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (died 1941)
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was a Hessian and Rhenish princess, a member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the youngest child and fifth daughter of Louis IV, Grand …
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1878)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English Christian apologist writer. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century l…
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Ernest Duchesne was a French physician who noted that certain molds kill bacteria. He made this discovery 32 years before Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic properties of …
Ernest Duchesne, French physician (died 1912)
Yury Nikolaevitch Voronov was a Russian botanist. He worked at the Botanical Garden in Leningrad.
Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist (died 1931)
Launceston Elliot was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion.
Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (died 1930)
Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Part…
Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1960)
Peder Oluf Pedersen was a Danish engineer and physicist. He is notable for his work on electrotechnology, his cooperation with Valdemar Poulsen on the developmental work on Wire re…
Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (died 1941)
Jakob Linzbach was an Estonian linguist.
Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist (died 1953)
Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto was a German classical philologist particularly known for his work on the meaning and legacy of Greek religion and mythology, especially as rep…
Walter Friedrich Otto, German philologist and scholar (died 1958)
Rose Cecil O'Neill was an American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer. She rose to fame for her creation of the popular comic strip characters, Kewpies, in 1909, and was a…
Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (died 1944)
Jean Collas was a French rugby union player and tug of war competitor, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold …
Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (died 1928)
Sir John Cameron McPhee, KCMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 June 1928 to 15 March 1934.
John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (died 1952)
Eugen Fischer was a German professor of medicine, anthropology, and eugenics, and a member of the Nazi Party. He served as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology,…
Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (died 1967)
Erwin Konrad Eduard Bumke was the last president of the Reichsgericht, the supreme civil and criminal court of the German Reich, serving from 1929 to 1945. As such, according to th…
Erwin Bumke, German lawyer and jurist (died 1945)
Sergey Timofeyevich Konenkov, also Sergei Konyonkov was a Russian and Soviet sculptor. He was often called "the Russian Rodin".
Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (died 1971)
Abbas Helmy II was the last Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan, ruling from 8 January 1892 to 19 December 1914. In 1914, after the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in World War…
Abbas II of Egypt (died 1944)
Crawford Vaughan was an Australian politician, and the Premier of South Australia from 1915 to 1917. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1905 to 1918, re…
Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (died 1947)
Oswald Chambers was an early-20th-century Scottish Baptist evangelist and teacher who was aligned with the Holiness Movement. He is best known for the daily devotional My Utmost fo…
Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author (died 1917)
Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian and American conductor, composer, and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 194…
Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (died 1951)