Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite…
Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (died 1945)
Albert François Lebrun was a French politician who served as President of France from 1932 to 1940. He was the last president of the Third Republic before its dissolution into the …
Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (died 1950)
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described…
Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)
James Edward Ferguson Jr., known as Pa Ferguson, was an American Democratic politician who served as the 26th governor of Texas from 1915 to 1917. He was indicted and impeached dur…
James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th governor of Texas (died 1944)
Joshua Reuben Clark Jr. was an American attorney, civil servant, and a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Grantsville, Utah Territory, he was an att…
J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (died 1961)
Friedrich Karl Akel was an Estonian diplomat and politician who served as State Elder of Estonia in 1924.
Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
George Herbert Hirst was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929…
George Hirst, English cricketer and coach (died 1954)
Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin, was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He started the McLaughlin Motor Car Company in 1907, one of the first major automobile manufacturer…
Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (died 1972)
Charles Benjamin Collett was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed the GWR's 4-6-0 Castle and King Class express passenger locomotiv…
Charles Collett, English engineer (died 1952)
Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, commonly known as Scipione Borghese, was an Italian aristocrat, industrialist, politician, explorer, mountain climber …
Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (died 1927)
Eivind Astrup was a Norwegian explorer and writer. Astrup participated in Robert Peary's expedition to Greenland in 1891–92 and mapped northern Greenland. In the follow-up Greenlan…
Eivind Astrup, Norwegian explorer (died 1895)
Frederick Ruple was a 20th-century Swiss-American painter, primarily of portraits. He was commissioned to paint Confederate Civil War battle scenes and murals. At times Ruple lived…
Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (died 1938)
Charlotte Dod was an English multi-sport athlete, best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only 15 i…
Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (died 1960)
Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity p…
Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
Martha Brookes Hutcheson was an American landscape architect, lecturer, and author, active in New England, New York, and New Jersey.
Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (died 1959)
Georges Gauthier was a French Canadian archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal.
Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (died 1940)
Johan Oscar Smith was a Norwegian Christian leader who founded the evangelical non-denominational fellowship now known as Brunstad Christian Church.
Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (died 1943)
Alexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky was an Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher.
Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher (died 1942)
Cordell Hull was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of state for nearly twelve years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from 1933 to …
Cordell Hull, American politician, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz was a pioneering Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé…
Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (died 1929)
Atul Prasad Sen was a Bengali composer, lyricist, singer, writer, lawyer, philanthropist and educationist.
Atul Prasad Sen, Indian songwriter (died 1934)
Guillermo Kahlo was a German-born Mexican-naturalized photographer. He photographically documented important architectural works, churches, streets, landmarks, as well as industrie…
Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer (died 1941)
John Frank "Buck" Freeman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 169 lb (77 kg), he both batted an…
Buck Freeman, American baseball player (died 1949)
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction, his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters,…
Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (died 1945)