The 1880s

Explore 457 historical events from 1880–1889.

1889

Beulah Bondi, American actress (died 1981)

Beulah Bondi was an American character actress; she often played eccentric mothers and later grandmothers and wives, although she was known for numerous other roles. She began her …

Beulah Bondi, American actress (died 1981)

1889

Paul Nash, British painter (died 1946)

Paul Nash was a British surrealist painter and war artist, as well as a photographer, writer and designer of applied art. Nash was among the most important landscape artists of the…

Paul Nash, British painter (died 1946)

1889

Abelardo L

Abelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez was a Mexican military officer, businessman and politician who served as Substitute President of Mexico from 1932 …

Abelardo L

1889

Alfonso Reyes, Mexican author (died 1959)

Alfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of the greatest auth…

Alfonso Reyes, Mexican author (died 1959)

1889

Thomas Midgley Jr

Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American mechanical and chemical engineer. He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), better k…

Thomas Midgley Jr

1889

Henry B

Henry Barber Richardson was an American archer. He won two Olympic bronze medals. Richardson was the first archer to win medals at two different editions of the Olympic Games as we…

Henry B

1889

Günther Lütjens, German admiral (died 1941)

Johann Günther Lütjens was a German admiral whose military service spanned more than 30 years and two world wars. Lütjens is best known for his actions during World War II and his …

Günther Lütjens, German admiral (died 1941)

1889

Gao Qifeng, Chinese painter (died 1933)

Gao Qifeng was a Chinese painter who co-founded the Lingnan School with his older brother Gao Jianfu and fellow artist Chen Shuren. Orphaned at a young age, Gao spent much of his c…

Gao Qifeng, Chinese painter (died 1933)

1889

John S

John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos also known as John Paras, was a Greek and South African astronomer. He spent most of his career in the Boyden Observatory, for the establishment of wh…

John S