Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist, newspaper columnist and actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many yea…
Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (died 1945)
Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (died 1948)
Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World Wa…
Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (died 1959)
Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1939 until his death in 1953. A member of the Republican Party,…
Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (died 1953)
Doris Amelia Blackburn was an Australian social reformer and politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1949, the second woman after Enid Lyons to do so. B…
Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (died 1970)
Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany was an American educator and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her younger sister Bessie, of the oral history biography, Having Our …
Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (died 1999)
Oskar Kaplur was an Estonian wrestler. He competed for the Russian Empire in the lightweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Oskar Kaplur, Estonian wrestler (died 1962)
Charles Decker Reidpath was an American track and field sprinter and winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics, who later went on to have an outstanding military career…
Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (died 1975)
George August "Hooks" Dauss was an American professional baseball player from 1909 to 1926. He played 15 seasons of Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Detroit …
Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (died 1963)
Walter Lippmann was an American journalist. With a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, coining the term "ster…
Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic (died 1974)
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff was a Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his English translation of most of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, which he published …
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (died 1930)
William Gordon Brewster was an Irish illustrator and editorial cartoonist.
Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (died 1946)
Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher whose work was central to the development of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He has had significant impact within subsequ…
Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (died 1976)
John Frank Fournier was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, …
Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (died 1973)
Abdülkadir İnan was a Turkish historian and folklorist of Bashkir background. He was the author of over 350 scientific articles.
Abdulkadir Inan, Bashkir/Turkish Turkologist (died 1976)
Carl von Ossietzky was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German rearmament.
Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1938)
Ana Teresa Parra Sanojo, known by her pseudonym Teresa de la Parra, was a Venezuelan novelist. She is considered one of the most relevant writers of her time, particularly for her …
Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator (died 1936)
Robert Zigler Leonard was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.
Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)
Roy Fraser Armstrong was a Canadian hospital administrator and engineer who served as the Superintendent of Kingston General Hospital from 1925 to 1957.
R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer (died 1983)
Collett Everman Woolman, commonly known as "C.E.", was an American airline entrepreneur best known as the principal founder and first CEO of Delta Air Lines.
Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (died 1966)
Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero …
Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (died 1947)
Dietrich Richard Alfred von Hildebrand was a German Catholic philosopher and religious writer.
Dietrich von Hildebrand, German Catholic philosopher and author (died 1977)
Mikha'il Nu'ayma, better known in English by his pen name Mikhail Naimy, was a Lebanese poet, novelist, and philosopher, famous for his spiritual writings, notably The Book of Mird…
Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (died 1988)
Johann Gruber, also known as "Papa Gruber" and "The Saint of Gusen", was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest who was imprisoned in Concentration Camp Gusen I from 1940 until he was m…
Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint (died 1944)