Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Sr. was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier associ…
Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)
Nils Elias Kristofer von Dardel, sometimes known as Nils de Dardel, was a 20th-century Swedish Post-Impressionist painter and grandson of the famous Swedish painter Fritz von Darde…
Nils Dardel, Swedish-American painter (died 1943)
Jan Leopold Alois "Koza" Palouš was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was born in Budweis, Kingdom of Bo…
Jan Palouš, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (died 1971)
Léon Tom was a Belgian épée, foil and sabre fencer and bobsledder. He won two silver medals in the team épée competition at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He also competed in t…
Léon Tom, Belgian fencer and bobsledder
Ernst Runar Schildt was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author from Helsinki. His son was art historian and author Göran Schildt. Although Schildt wrote his books in Swedish, they have …
Runar Schildt, Finnish author (died 1925)
Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard,, was a British peer and military officer.
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964)
Louis John Menges was an American politician, businessman, and amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (died 1969)
Konstantinos "Kostis" Tsiklitiras was a Greek athlete and Olympic champion.
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek footballer and high jumper (died 1913)
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski was a Polish physicist and chemist. Together with Karol Olszewski, he was the first scientist in the world to liquify nitrogen in 1883.
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (born 1845)
Ephraim George Squier, usually cited as E. G. Squier, was an American archaeologist, history writer, painter and newspaper editor.
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Abraham Joseph Ash was an Orthodox rabbi and Talmudist.
Abraham Joseph Ash, American rabbi (born c
Giacomo Zanella was an Italian poet.
Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (born 1820)
Frederick III, or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days from 9 March 1888 until his death in June that year, during the Year of the Three Emperors.
Frederick III, German Emperor (born 1831)
Johannes Hermann Zukertort was a Polish-born British-German chess master. He was one of the leading world players for most of the 1870s and 1880s, but lost to Wilhelm Steinitz in t…
Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (born 1842)
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was a Vietnamese poet who was known for his nationalist and anti-colonial writings against the French colonization of Cochinchina, the European name for the south…
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (born 1822)
John Stith Pemberton was an American pharmacist, chemist, and Confederate States Army officer who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. On May 8, 1886, he developed an early …
John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (born 1831)
James Squire Farnell was an Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales.
James Farnell, Australian politician, eighth Premier of New South Wales (born 1825)
Dr. Ágoston Trefort was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education from 1872 until his death. He was the President of the Hungarian Academy of Science…
Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1817)
Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius was a German physicist and mathematician and is considered one of the central founding fathers of the science of thermodynamics. By his restatement o…
Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (born 1822)
Julius Leopold Fredrik Krohn was a Finnish folk poetry researcher, professor of Finnish literature, poet, hymn writer, translator and journalist. He was born in Viipuri and was of …
Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (born 1835)
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the Generation of 1837, who had a great influence on …
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (born 1811)
John Wentworth, was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, publisher of an extensive Wentworth family genealogy, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United State…
John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (born 1815)
North Borneo was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo. The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of B…
North Borneo was established as a British protectorate
89 New Zealand Native football team
89 New Zealand Native football team