Explore 457 historical events from 1880–1889.
Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith, KCB was a general in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He is sometimes called the "father" of modern U.S. amphibious warfare…
Holland Smith, American general (died 1967)
Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1946 for his work on the physics of high pressures. He also wrote extensively on the sc…
Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
Albert Coates was an English conductor and composer. Born in Saint Petersburg, where his English father was a successful businessman, he studied in Russia, England and Germany, bef…
Albert Coates, English composer and conductor (died 1953)
Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Bat…
Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish-English air marshal (died 1970)
Frederick Robertson McLeod was a Scottish-born golfer who played primarily in the United States. He had a distinguished career in the United States, which included a victory in the…
Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer (died 1976)
Jessie Redmon Fauset was an editor, poet, essayist, novelist, and educator. Her literary work helped sculpt African-American literature in the 1920s as she focused on portraying a …
Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet (died 1961)
Auguste Herbin was a French painter of modern art. He is best known for his Cubist and abstract paintings consisting of colorful geometric figures. He co-founded the groups Abstrac…
Auguste Herbin, French painter (died 1960)
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman was an experimental Dutch artist, typographer, and printer. He set up a clandestine printing house during the Nazi occupation (1940–1945) and was shot by t…
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (died 1945)
Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot. One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, Cheese (1…
Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet (died 1960)
Isabel González was a Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans to be given United States citizenship. As a young unwed pregnant woman, González had her plans…
Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship (died 1971)
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst was an English feminist and socialist activist and writer. Following encounters with women-led labour activism in the United States, she worked to organise…
Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist (died 1960)
George Barker was a portrait and landscape painter from the United States. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, much of his work was done in Southern California. While teaching at Long Beach P…
George Barker, American painter (died 1965)
Henry John Kaiser was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health …
Henry J
Georges Braque was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905,…
Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (died 1963)
Walter White was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Fulham and Everton. He won two caps for Scotland at…
Walter White, Scottish international footballer (died 1950)
Karl Burman sen. was an Estonian architect and painter.
Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter (died 1965)
Simeon Taylor "Sim" Price Jr. was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Simeon Price, American golfer (died 1945)
Sigrid Undset was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.
Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
William Halpenny was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Prince Edward Island. In 1912, he won a bronze medal in the pole va…
William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (died 1960)
Marie Doro was an American stage and film actress of the early silent film era.
Marie Doro, American actress (died 1956)
Wyndham Halswelle was a British athlete. He won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover.
Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier (died 1915)
Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1906 to 1926 who spent nearly his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. …
Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist (died 1968)
Count Sándor Ágost Dénes Festetics de Tolna was a Hungarian nobleman and cabinet minister who later became an advocate of Nazism in Hungary.
Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (died 1956)
Robert Kerr was an Irish Canadian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1963)