Explore 723 historical events from 1870–1879.
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime,…
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1957)
Masaharu Anesaki , also known under his pen name "Chōfū Anesaki" , was a leading Japanese intellectual and scholar of the Meiji period. Anesaki is credited as being the father of r…
Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese philosopher and scholar (died 1949)
Edward Belden Greene was an American banking, mining, and steel company executive. He joined the Cleveland Trust Company in 1900, and by 1914 was a vice president. He later was a d…
Edward B. Greene, American banking, mining, and steel company executive (died 1957)
Ernst Heinrich Hoppenberg was a German swimmer and water polo player who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the 200 metre events. He participated in Swimmi…
Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (died 1937)
Donald Robert Perry Marquis was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for crea…
Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1937)
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos was a Greek medical doctor who became Prime Minister of Greece, directing the Greek collaborationist government during the Axis occupation of Greece du…
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1961)
Aino Julia Maria Kallas was a Finnish-Estonian author. Her novellas are considered to be prominent pieces of Finnish literature.
Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (died 1956)
Eileen Gray was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, she was associated with m…
Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer (died 1976)
Oliver William Foster Lodge was an English poet and author; he was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), the physicist, and his wife Mary, who had studied painting at t…
Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (died 1955)
Reginald Alexander Duff was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905.
Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (died 1911)
Richard Girulatis was a German football manager.
Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (died 1963)
Bruno Alfred Döblin was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century…
Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (died 1957)
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who served as the second president of the Philippines from 19…
Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (died 1944)
Edward Lawson Birnie was an English professional football player and manager. He played for Sunderland Seaburn, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur In h…
Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (died 1935)
Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, nicknamed the "Black Baron", was a Russian military officer who served as a commanding general in the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army during the Rus…
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (died 1928)
George Hoyt Whipple was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Me…
George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
Anna Sewell was an English novelist who is known for her only book, Black Beauty, a novel about a horse. She was born into a Quaker family in Norfolk and moved to London as a baby.…
Anna Sewell, English author (born 1820)
Anselme Payen was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.
Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (born 1795)
Joseph Henry was an American physicist and inventor who served as the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the secretary for the National Institute for the Promot…
Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (born 1797)
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a Japanese statesman and samurai of the Satsuma Domain. Regarded as one of the main founders of modern Japan, he was one of the "Three Great Nobles" who led th…
Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (born 1830)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and …
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1792)
Robert Stirling was a Scottish clergyman and engineer. He invented the Stirling engine and was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2014.
Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (born 1790)
Crawford Williamson Long was an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic.
Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (born 1815)
Kikuchi Yōsai , also known as Kikuchi Takeyasu and Kawahara Ryōhei, was a Japanese painter most famous for his monochrome portraits of historical figures.
Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (born 1781)