Explore 963 historical events from 1880–1889.
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. In 1948, he became the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was remove…
Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (died 1969)
Béla Balázs, born Herbert Béla Bauer, was a Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet of Jewish heritage. He was a proponent of formalist film theory.
Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic (died 1949)
Henri Cornet was a French cyclist who won the 1904 Tour de France. He is its youngest winner, just short of his 20th birthday.
Henri Cornet, French cyclist (died 1941)
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an American character actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is perhaps best known to m…
Billie Burke, American actress and singer (died 1970)
Nikolai Voldemar Triik was an Estonian Modernist painter, graphic artist, printmaker and professor. His work displays elements of Symbolism and Expressionism.
Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1940)
Sara Trevor Teasdale was an American lyric poet. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Filsinger after her 1914 marriage. In 1918, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her…
Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (died 1933)
Panait Istrati (Romanian: [panaˈit isˈtratʲ]; sometimes rendered as Panaït Istrati; was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky…
Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (died 1935)
Hermann Wlach was an Austrian stage and film actor.
Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (died 1962)
Harry Dean was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire and England.
Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach (died 1957)
Hugo Gernsback was a Luxembourgish American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. For his significant contr…
Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher (died 1967)
Rudolf Karl Bultmann was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of the New Testament at the University of Marburg. He was one of the major figures of early 20th-century biblica…
Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg (died 1976)
Henry Chandler Egan was an American amateur golfer and golf course architect of the early 20th century.
Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (died 1936)
William Jacob Cuppy was an American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures.
Will Cuppy, American author and critic (died 1949)
Ogden Livingston Mills was an American lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury in President Herbert Hoover's cabinet, during which …
Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1937)
Earl Derr Biggers was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the Un…
Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright (died 1933)
Vincent Jules Auriol was President of France from 1947 to 1954. A member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), he was the first president elected under the Fo…
Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, President of the French Republic (died 1966)
Denis Gascoigne Lillie was a British biologist who participated in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) to the Antarctic. He collected numerous marine animals as well as plants an…
Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition (died 1963)
Peter Fraser was a New Zealand politician who served as the 24th prime minister of New Zealand from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949. Considered a major figure in the history o…
Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1950)
Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revi…
Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (born 1824)
Cyrus Hall McCormick was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902…
Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (born 1809)
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo, Uruguay and in Chile, he influenced the content o…
Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian-French politician and diplomat (born 1810)
Johann Nepomuk Karl Maria Rott was an Austrian composer and organist. His music is little-known today, though he received high praise in his time from Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruck…
Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (born 1858)
Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish-American detective, spy, abolitionist, and cooper best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim …
Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (born 1819)
Victor Massé was a French composer.
Victor Massé, French composer (born 1822)