Explore 963 historical events from 1880–1889.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work range fr…
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author (died 1965)
Edward McClellan Cummins was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished 25th in thi…
Edward Cummins, American golfer (died 1926)
Lars Mauritz Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.
Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (died 1965)
Ernst Georg May was a German architect and city planner.
Ernst May, German architect and urban planner (died 1970)
Salvatore Maranzano, nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later wou…
Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss (died 1931)
Frederick Clinton Quimby was an American animation producer best known for producing the Tom and Jerry cartoon series, for which he won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short…
Fred Quimby, American animation producer (died 1965)
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, was a Canadian aviation pioneer and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952.
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (died 1961)
Dr Maithilisharan Gupt was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He is considered one among the pioneers of Khari Boli poetry and wrote in Khari Boli dialect, at a time whe…
Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (died 1964)
Edward Ballantine, was an American composer and professor of music.
Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic (died 1971)
Florence Laura Goodenough was an American psychologist and professor at the University of Minnesota who studied child intelligence and various problems in the field of child develo…
Florence Goodenough, American child psychologist (died 1959)
Arthur Jeffrey Dempster was a Canadian-American physicist best known for his work in mass spectrometry and his discovery in 1935 of the uranium isotope 235U. As part of his researc…
Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic (died 1950)
William James Whitty was an Australian cricketer who played 14 Test matches between 1909 and 1912.
Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (died 1974)
Paul Johannes Tillich was a German and American Christian existentialist philosopher, religious socialist, and Lutheran theologian who was one of the most influential theologians o…
Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian (died 1965)
Ruth Manning-Sanders was an English poet and author born in Wales, known for a series of children's books for which she collected and related fairy tales worldwide. She published o…
Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (died 1988)
Rebecca Helferich Clarke was a British classical composer and violist. Internationally renowned as a viola virtuoso, she also became one of the first female professional orchestral…
Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (died 1979)
Lawrence Joseph Doyle, nicknamed "Laughing Larry", was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1920 who played almost his entire career for the New York Gi…
Larry Doyle, American baseball player (died 1974)
Charles François Frédéric de Montholon-Sémonville was a French senator, diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States from 1864 to 1866.
Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Largely unpublished and unknown during her lifetime, her work is now widely regarded as canonical. The Poetry Foundation describes h…
Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (born 1830)
John Deere was an American blacksmith, businessman, inventor and politician. He founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction-equipment manu…
John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (born 1804)
Leopold von Ranke was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival…
Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (born 1795)
Ludwig II, also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King, was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of …
Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (born 1845)
Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrov…
Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian director and playwright (born 1823)
Sir Alexander Stuart was Premier of New South Wales from 5 January 1883 to 7 October 1885.
Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (born 1824)
Jean-Louis Beaudry was a Canadian entrepreneur and politician. Beaudry served as mayor of Montreal three times, from 1862 to 1866, from 1877 to 1879, and from 1881 to 1885 for a to…
Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (born 1809)