Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
Alexander Sutherland Neill was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance. Rai…
Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (died 1973)
Thaddeus Rutter Shideler was an American hurdler who competed in the early twentieth century. He competed in athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 110…
Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (died 1966)
Karl Probst was an American freelance engineer and automotive pioneer, credited with drafting the design drawings of the first prototype of the Bantam Reconnaissance Car, also know…
Karl Probst, American engineer (died 1963)
Gustavo Adolfo Martínez Zuviría, best known under his pseudonym Hugo Wast, was a renowned Argentine novelist and script writer.
Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (died 1962)
Nikolay Nikolayevich Krestinsky was a Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and politician who served as the Responsible Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Nikolay Krestinsky, Russian revolutionary and politician (died 1938)
Oliver Napoleon Hill was an American self-help author and con man who is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all …
Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author (died 1970)
Paul Henry Pilgrim was an American runner. He competed at the 1904, 1906 and 1908 Olympics and won three gold medals in 1904 and 1906.
Paul Pilgrim, American runner (died 1958)
Victor Fernand Hochepied was a French freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player (died 1966)
Adolph Strauch was a Prussian American landscape architect who conceived the "landscape lawn" design. He applied his thinking to the layout of Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, …
Adolph Strauch, Prussian American landscape architect (born 1822)
John "Jack" Russell, was an English parson, dog breeder, and enthusiastic follower of country sports, particularly fox hunting. He was known as "The Sporting Parson".
John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (born 1795)
Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impre…
Édouard Manet, French painter (born 1832)
Sir John O'Shanassy, KCMG, was an Irish-Australian politician who served as the 2nd Premier of Victoria. O'Shanassy was born near Thurles in County Tipperary, Ireland, the son of a…
John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (born 1818)
Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din, known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abd al-Qadir al-Hassani al-Jaza'iri, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the Fre…
Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (born 1808)
Edward FitzGerald or Fitzgerald was an English poet and writer. His most famous poem is the first and best-known English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which has kept…
Edward FitzGerald, English poet and author (born 1809)
Sir Edward Sabine was an Irish physicist, geodesist,astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, polar explorer, soldier, and the 30th president of the Royal Society.
Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (born 1788)
Charles Sherwood Stratton, better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnu…
General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (born 1838)
Tự Đức was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, and the country's last pre-colonial monarch. Ruling for about 36 years from 1847 to 1883, this made him the longest …
Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (born 1829)
Montgomery Blair was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War.…
Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (born 1813)
Jeremiah Sullivan Black was an American statesman and lawyer. He served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1851–1857) and as the Court's Chief Justice (1851–1854). …
Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (born 1810)
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.
Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (born 1818)
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian physicist and mathematician. He was one of the first people to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image. To do this, he used counte…
Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (born 1801)
Dục Đức, was emperor of Vietnam for three days, from 20 to 23 July 1883. He was the fifth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and father of Emperor Thành Thái, who ruled from 1889 to 190…
Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (born 1852)
George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall, styled Viscount Chichester until 1799 and Earl of Belfast between 1799 and 1844, was an Anglo-Irish landowner, courtier and po…
George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (born 1797)
George Coulthard was an Australian cricketer, umpire and Australian rules footballer.
George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1856)