Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary national bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States, and not specific to any single jurisdiction. Founded in…
The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
SS Princess Alice, formerly PS Bute, was a British passenger paddle steamer that sank on 3 September 1878 after a collision with the collier SS Bywell Castle on the River Thames. B…
Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
Gustav Ernst Stresemann was a German statesman during the Weimar Republic who served as chancellor of Germany from August to November 1923 and as foreign minister from 1923 to 1929…
Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)
Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before movi…
Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer (died 1930)
Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth was an American psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studies. She …
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (died 1972)
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid black entertainer in the United States during the first half of th…
Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (died 1949)
Anna Kristina Cervin was a Swedish artist, primarily known for her painting work.
Anna Cervin, Swedish artist (died 1972)
Paul Eugène Pelliot was a French sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and the Silk Road regions, and for his acquisition of many important Tib…
Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (died 1945)
John Edward Masefield, OM was an English poet and writer. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967, during which time he lived at Burcot, Oxfordshire, near Abingdon-o…
John Masefield, English author and poet (died 1967)
Samuel Dreben, sometimes misspelled "Drebben" or "Drebin", and known as "The Fighting Jew", was a highly decorated soldier in the US Army and a mercenary who fought in a variety of…
Sam Dreben, American soldier and mercenary (died 1925)
Wallace Henry Hartley was an English violinist, who became best known for his actions during the sinking of the Titanic. The bandleader on the Titanic during its maiden voyage, he …
Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (died 1912)
Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader, and politician. He was a key figure in the Mexican Revolution, which forced out President and dictator Porfi…
Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (died 1923)
Evan John Roberts was a Welsh preacher and a leading figure of the 1904–1905 Welsh revival.
Evan Roberts, Welsh Revivalist minister (died 1951)
Margarito Bautista was a Mexican evangelist and religious founder who wrote and preached for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After converting in 1901, Bautista pre…
Margarito Bautista, Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (died 1961)
Henri Léon Thiébaut was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the si…
Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (died 1943)
Margaret Ives Abbott was an American amateur golfer. She was the first American woman to win an Olympic event: the women's golf tournament at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (died 1955)
Leopold Löwenheim [ˈle:o:pɔl̩d ˈlø:vɛnhaɪm] was a German mathematician doing work in mathematical logic. The Nazi regime forced him to retire because under the Nuremberg Laws he wa…
Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (died 1957)
Jacques Rosenbaum was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. Between 1904 and 1907 he served as municipal architect of Tartu, Estonia, and is best known for his Art Nouvea…
Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (died 1944)
George Michael Cohan was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer.
George M. Cohan, American songwriter, actor, singer, and dancer (died 1942)
Eino Leino was a Finnish poet and journalist who is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry and a national poet of Finland. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk eleme…
Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (died 1926)
Otto Freundlich was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin. One of the first generation of abstract artists, Freundlich deeply admired cubism and spent much of his life in …
Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (died 1943)
Peeter Siegfried Nikolaus Põld was an Estonian pedagogy specialist, school director, and politician, and the first Estonian Minister of Education. He was born in Puru, Kreis Wierla…
Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (died 1930)
Thomas Donald Meek was a Scottish-American actor. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and began appearing on Broadway in 1903.
Donald Meek, Scottish-American stage and film actor (died 1946)
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, was a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor or Stary Doktor. He was an early c…
Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author (died 1942)