Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
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)
Arnold Lucius Gesell was an American psychologist, pediatrician and professor at Yale University known for his research and contributions to the fields of child hygiene and child d…
Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (died 1961)
Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp was an English industrialist, economist, civil servant, statistician, writer, and banker. He was a director of the Bank of England and chairma…
Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (died 1941)
Johannes Drost was a Dutch backstroke swimmer and diver who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (died 1954)
Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. He proved the Jordan curve theore…
Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and academic (g
João Cândido Felisberto was a Brazilian sailor, best known as the leader of the 1910 "Revolt of the Lash". His name was sometimes given as simply "João Cândido", or "Jean Candido" …
João Cândido, Brazilian revolutionary and sailor (died 1969)
Mitchell Joseph Lewis was an American film actor whose career as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player encompassed both silent and sound films.
Mitchell Lewis, American actor (died 1956)
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a …
Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (died 1968)
Edward John Meyers was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player for the Missouri Athletic Club who won a bronze medal for the U.S. in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Lou…
John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1971)
Ludwig August Theodor Beck was a German general who served as Chief of the German General Staff from 1933 to 1938. Beck was one of the main conspirators of the 20 July plot to assa…
Ludwig Beck, German general (died 1944)
Carl Adolph Schuricht was a German conductor.
Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (died 1967)
Victor Kraft was an Austrian philosopher. He is best known for being a member of the Vienna Circle.
Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1975)
Jan Kubelík was a Czech violinist and composer.
Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (died 1940)
Constantin Tănase was a Romanian actor and writer for stage, a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania.
Constantin Tănase, Romanian actor and playwright (died 1945)
Otto Frederick Rohwedder was an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use. It was first used by the Chillicothe Missou…
Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (died 1960)
Johann Ludwig Friedrich Lahrs was a German architect and professor.
Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic (died 1964)
Tod Browning was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of various g…
Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1962)
Enrique Mosca was an Argentine lawyer and politician prominent in the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR).
Enrique Mosca, Argentinian lawyer and politician (died 1950)
Kathleen Thompson Norris was an American novelist and newspaper columnist. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States for nearly fifty…
Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (died 1966)
Milan Rastislav Štefánik was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer. During World War I, he served at the same time as a general in the French Army and as Minister o…
Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (died 1919)
Ernest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the most significant Swiss composer…
Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator (died 1959)
Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko was a Ukrainian statesman, political activist, writer, playwright and artist who served as the first prime minister of the Ukrainian People's Repub…
Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic (died…
Joseph Bert Tinker was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played from 1902 through 1916 for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB…
Joe Tinker, American baseball player (died 1948)
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.
Premchand, Indian author and playwright (died 1936)