Explore 963 historical events from 1880–1889.
Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou was a Greek physician, zoologist and microscopist who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the pap smear for de…
Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear (died 1962)
Eurico Gaspar Dutra was a Brazilian military leader and politician who served as the president of Brazil from 1946 to 1951. He was the first president of the Fourth Brazilian Repub…
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (died 1974)
Mahmut Celâlettin "Celâl" Bayar was a Turkish economist and politician who was the president of Turkey from 1950 to 1960. He previously served as the prime minister of Turkey from …
Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (died 1986)
Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi statesman who served as the King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 until his death in 1933. A member of the Hashemite family, he was …
Faisal I of Iraq (died 1933)
Between 19 May and 21 October 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa began erupting, lasting more than five months. On 27 August, the island had its most significant eruption, which…
Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions almost completely destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of…
Richard Martin Edler von Mises was an Austrian scientist and mathematician who worked on solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, statistics and probability the…
Richard von Mises, Austrian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1953)
Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo was an Italian Futurist painter, composer, builder of experimental musical instruments, and the author of the manifesto The Art of Noises (1913). Russol…
Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (died 1947)
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World …
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (died 1950)
José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictator…
José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (died 1955)
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He…
Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F
Carl Johan "Massa" Lind was a Swedish athlete who competed at the 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, missing the 1916 Games that were cancelled due to World War I.
Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower (died 1965)
Peter Kürten was a German serial killer, known as The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster, who committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and N…
Peter Kürten, German serial killer (died 1931)
Mamie Smith was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-Amer…
Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (died 1946)
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckling roles in silent film…
Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1939)
Jessie Hazel Arms Botke was an Illinois and California painter noted for her bird images and use of gold leaf highlights.
Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (died 1971)
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar, was an Indian political activist, revolutionary, and ideologue. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideol…
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (died 1966)
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. He became a major figure in t…
Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (died 1978)
Sidney Charles Pearce, better known as Sandy, was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and boxer. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th centur…
Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (died 1930)
Lauri Kristian Relander was the president of Finland (1925–1931). A prominent member of the Agrarian League, he served as a member of Parliament, and as Speaker, before his electio…
Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (died 1942)
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, was an English economist whose writings are considered the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, as well as its vario…
John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic (died 1946)
Mary Helen Young was a Scottish nurse and resistance fighter who helped British servicemen escape from Nazi-occupied France during World War II. She was imprisoned by the Gestapo a…
Mary Helen Young, Scottish nurse and resistance fighter during World War II (died 1945)
Fernand Gonder was a French pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter (died 1969)
Robert Harry Lowie was an Austrian-American anthropologist. An expert on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, he was instrumental in the development of modern anthropology and has b…
Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic (died 1957)
Gladys Mills Phipps was an American socialite, sportsperson, and a thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who began the Phipps family dynasty in American horse racing. She was kn…
Gladys Mills Phipps, American horse breeder (died 1970)