Explore 457 historical events from 1880–1889.
John Crowe Ransom was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism.…
John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (died 1974)
Francesco Baracca was Italy's top fighter ace of World War I. He was credited with 34 aerial victories. The emblem he wore side by side on his plane of a black horse prancing on it…
Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (died 1918)
Rolf de Maré, sometimes called Rolf de Mare, was a Swedish art collector and leader of the Ballets Suédois in Paris in 1920–25. In 1931 he founded the world's first research center…
Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (died 1964)
Irving Berlin was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy…
Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (died 1989)
Willis Augustus "Ching" Lee Jr. was a vice admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. Lee commanded the American ships during the second night of the Naval Battle of Gu…
Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (died 1945)
Maximilian Raoul Steiner was an Austrian composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers.
Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor (died 1971)
Inge Lehmann was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who is known for her discovery in 1936 of the solid inner core that exists within the molten outer core of the Earth. She al…
Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (died 1993)
Archibald Alphonso Alexander was an American architect and engineer. He was an early African-American graduate of the University of Iowa and the first to graduate from the Universi…
Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer (died 1958)
Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English first-class cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English s…
Tich Freeman, English cricketer (died 1965)
Hanna Adamauna Barysiewicz, Belarusian: Ганна Адамаўна Барысевiч, Russian: Анна Адамовна Борисевич was the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of …
Hanna Barysiewicz, the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records
Royal Raymond Rife was an American inventor and early exponent of high-magnification time-lapse cine-micrography.
Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (died 1971)
Adriaan Roland Holst was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. He was nominated for the Nobel…
Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (died 1976)
Zachariah Davis Wheat, nicknamed "Buck", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left fielder from 1909 to 1927, most notably as…
Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (died 1972)
William Miles Malleson was an English actor and dramatist, best remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Toward the end of his career, he also …
Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (died 1969)
Louis Edmond Durey was a French composer. He was among the Les Six group of composers.
Louis Durey, French composer (died 1979)
Kaarel Eenpalu was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state, who served as 7th Prime Minister of Estonia.
Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1942)
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot was the first wife of American-British poet T. S. Eliot, whom she married in 1915, less than three months after their introduction by mutual friends, when…
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator (died 1947)
James Francis Thorpe was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, he was the…
Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (died 1953)
Clarence Harrison DeMar was a U.S. marathoner, winner of seven Boston Marathons, and Bronze medalist at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He was known by the nickname "Mr. DeMarathon."
Clarence DeMar, American runner and educator (died 1958)
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists, controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a payma…
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American anarchist and convicted criminal (died 1927)
Zygmunt Janiszewski was a Polish mathematician.
Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)
Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary …
Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (died 1935)
Martin Cyril D'Arcy was an English Jesuit priest, philosopher of love, and a correspondent, friend, and adviser to a range of literary and artistic figures including Evelyn Waugh, …
Martin D'Arcy, English Jesuit priest (died 1976)
Ramón López Velarde was a Mexican poet. His work was a reaction against French-influenced modernismo which, as an expression of a purely Mexican subject matter and emotional exper…
Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (died 1921)