Explore 963 historical events from 1880–1889.
Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.
Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (died 1954)
Josef Müller, also known as Giuseppe Müller, was a Croatian entomologist.
Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (died 1964)
Mihkel Lüdig was an Estonian composer, organist and choir conductor. As a composer, he particularly worked on a cappella choral songs. Lüdig is considered one of the major organise…
Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1958)
The Second Anglo-Afghan War was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of t…
Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle…
Cologne Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. I…
Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
Adolf Chybiński was a Polish musicologist and academic.
Adolf Chybiński, Polish historian, musicologist and academic (died 1952)
Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie was an editorial cartoonist.
Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (died 1967)
Marquis Franklin "Bill" Horr was an American college football player and coach and Olympic track and field athlete.
Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach (died 1955)
Winifred Mabel Brunton née Newberry was a South African painter, illustrator and Egyptologist.
Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (died 1959)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foun…
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (died 1938)
Pandurang Vaman Kane was an Indian academic, historian, lawyer, Indologist, and Sanskrit scholar. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 1963.
Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (died 1972)
Lincoln Ellsworth was an American polar explorer, engineer, surveyor, and writer. He led the first Arctic and Antarctic air crossings.
Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (died 1951)
Siegmund Wilhelm Walther List was a German war criminal and Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Wilhelm List, German field marshal (died 1971)
Sir Albert Edward Richardson was a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century. He was Professor of Architecture at U…
Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (died 1964)
Francis de Miomandre was a French novelist and well-known translator from Spanish into French.
Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator (died 1959)
Jean Alexandre Barré was a French neurologist who in 1916 worked on the identification of Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome, as well as Barré–Liéou syndrome.
Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist and academic (died 1967)
William Otto Miessner was an American composer and music educator. Most of his life was spent in the midwest, particularly Indiana and Wisconsin.
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Clara Blandick was an American character actress of the film, stage and theater. Today's audiences may recognize her as Aunt Em in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer classic film adaptation o…
Clara Blandick, American actress (died 1962)
Tudor Arghezi was a Romanian writer and political figure, widely considered one of his country's greatest poets. An illegitimate, part-Hungarian child who was purposely vague about…
Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1967)
Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler was a German polymath whose areas of interest included history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and art, as well as their relation to his organic…
Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (died 1936)
André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder, with Henri Matisse, of Fauvism. His paintings of 1905–1906 are characterized by riotous colourism in the Fauve s…
André Derain, French painter and sculptor (died 1954)
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S…
Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (died 1973)
Otto Eisenschiml was an Austrian-born chemist and industrial executive in the American oil industry, and a controversial author. He may be best known for his provocative 1937 book …
Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author (died 1963)
Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame as a writer…
Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (died 1964)