1885
André Maurois, French soldier and author (died 1967)
André Maurois was a French author.
André Maurois, French soldier and author (died 1967)
The 1880s
Explore 963 historical events from 1880–1889.
1885
Theda Bara, American actress (died 1955)
Theda Bara was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles…
Theda Bara, American actress (died 1955)
1885
George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
George Charles de Hevesy was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate, recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study …
George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
1885
Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (died 1958)
Stephen Butterworth (1885–1958) was a British physicist who invented the filter that bears his name, a class of electrical circuits that separates electrical signals of different f…
Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (died 1958)
1885
Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (died 1959)
Jean Cabannes was a French physicist specialising in optics.
Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (died 1959)
1885
Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (died 1952)
Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch was an Australian journalist and media proprietor who was the founder of the Murdoch media empire. He amassed significant media holdings in Australia which…
Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (died 1952)
1885
Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (died 1959)
Juhan Simm was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choir director.
Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (died 1959)
1885
Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1968)
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace (195…
Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1968)
1885
Ernest Dezentjé, Dutch-Indonesian painter (died 1972)
Ernest Regnard Leonce Dezentjé was a Dutch-Indonesian painter. Dezentjé worked for the office of the auditor general until the 1910s, when he took up painting and began learning fr…
Ernest Dezentjé, Dutch-Indonesian painter (died 1972)
1885
Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (died 1964)
Janet Gertrude "Nettie" Palmer was an Australian poet, essayist and Australia's leading literary critic of her day. She corresponded with women writers and collated the Centenary G…
Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (died 1964)
1885
Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969)
Grace Hutchins was an American labor reformer and researcher, journalist, political activist and communist. She spent many years of her life writing about labor and economics, in a…
Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969)
1885
Dino Campana, Italian poet and author (died 1932)
Dino Campana was an Italian visionary poet. His fame rests on his only published book of poetry, the Canti Orfici, as well as his wild and erratic personality, including his ill-fa…
Dino Campana, Italian poet and author (died 1932)
1885
Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (died 1939)
Édouard Fabre was a Canadian marathon runner.
Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (died 1939)
1885
Jules Romains, French author and poet (died 1972)
Jules Romains was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works …
Jules Romains, French author and poet (died 1972)
1885
Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (died 1959)
Edward Vivian "Vance" Palmer was an Australian novelist, dramatist, essayist and critic.
Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (died 1959)
1885
Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (born 1817)
Terézia Zakoucs was a Hungarian Slovene author.
Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (born 1817)
1885
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (born 1809)
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Con…
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (born 1809)
1885
Peter W
Peter William Barlow was an English civil engineer, particularly associated with railways, bridges, the design of tunnels and the development of tunnelling techniques. In 1864 he p…
Peter W
1885
Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1802)
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1802)
1885
Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (born 1799)
Ignace Bourget was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876.
Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (born 1799)
1885
Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (born 1810)
Matías Ramos Mejía was an Argentine colonel. He joined the 1828 coup of Juan Lavalle against Manuel Dorrego, and the 1839 rebellion of the Freemen of the South. He took part in the…
Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (born 1810)
1885
Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (born 1818)
Wilhelm Camphausen was a German painter who specialised in history painting and military art.
Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (born 1818)
1885
Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1811)
Jean-Charles Chapais, was a Canadian Conservative politician, and considered a Father of Canadian Confederation for his participation in the Quebec Conference to determine the form…
Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1811)
1885
Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (born 1837)
María Rosalía Rita de Castro, was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely rega…
Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (born 1837)