Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst was a British suffragette and Royalist born in Manchester, England. A co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and founder of…
Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (died 1958)
Sarah DeRemer Knauss was an American supercentenarian. She is the oldest person ever from the United States and, on April 16, 1998, became the world's oldest living person. She is …
Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (died 1999)
Alfred Damon Runyon was an American journalist and short-story writer.
Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (died 1946)
John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr,, styled Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a British teacher, medical doctor, biologist, nutritional physiologist, politician, businessman …
John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
Nora Bayes was an American singer and vaudeville performer who was popular internationally between the 1900s and 1920s. She is credited with co-writing the song "Shine On, Harvest …
Nora Bayes, American singer, entertainer, and actress (died 1928)
Charles Victor "Victory" Faust was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Regarded as a good-luck charm, Faust helped the New York Giants win the 1911 National League champions…
Charlie Faust, American baseball player (died 1915)
Louis Hémon, was a French writer, best known for his novel Maria Chapdelaine.
Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (died 1913)
Kullervo Achilles Manner was a Finnish and Soviet politician. He was one of the leaders of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic.
Kullervo Manner, Finnish Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the…
Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg, better known as Sasha Chorny or Cherny, was a Russian poet, satirist and children's writer.
Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (died 1932)
Jesús Reyes Ferreira (1880-1977), born José de Jesús Benjamín Buenaventura de los Reyes y Ferreira and also known as Chucho Reyes, was a self-taught artist and antiques/art collect…
Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (died 1977)
Ze'ev Jabotinsky was a Zionist leader, orator, writer, and soldier. He was the founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement and its associated organizations, including the Union of …
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (died 1940)
Dominikus Böhm was a German architect specializing in churches. He built churches in Cologne, the Ruhr area, Swabia, and Hesse. Many of his buildings are examples of Brick Expressi…
Dominikus Böhm, German architect (died 1955)
Una O'Connor was an Irish-born American actress who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a character actress in film and in television. She often portrayed comical wives, …
Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer (died 1959)
Bohumír Šmeral was a Czech politician, leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party, and one of the founders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
Bohumír Šmeral, Czech politician (died 1941)
Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev, better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely, was a Russian and Soviet novelist, Symbolist poet, theorist and literary critic. He was a committed ant…
Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (died 1934)
Wilhelm Robert Karl Anderson was a Russian-Estonian astrophysicist of Baltic German descent who studied the physical structure of the stars. He is known for being one of the discov…
Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940)
William John Wedlock, also known as "Fatty" or the "India Rubber Man", was an English footballer who played for Bristol City in 1900–01 and from 1905 until his retirement in 1921. …
Billy Wedlock, English footballer (died 1965)
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe was a Russian and Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942) and the Lenin Prize (1961) (posthumously). Ioffe was an expert in various areas of so…
Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (died 1960)
Eberhard Anheuser was a German-American soap and candle maker, and the father-in-law of Adolphus Busch, with whom he co-founded the Anheuser-Busch Company.
Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1805)
Thomas Wentworth Wills was an Australian sportsman who is credited with being Australia's first cricketer of significance and a founder of Australian rules football. Born in the Br…
Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (born 1835)
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame…
Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (born 1821)
Ziya Pasha, the pseudonym of Abdul Hamid Ziyaeddin, was an Ottoman writer, translator and administrator. He was one of the most important authors during the Tanzimat period of the …
Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (born 1826)
Ana Justina Ferreira Néri was a Brazilian nurse, considered the first in her country. She is best known for her volunteer work with the Triple Alliance during the Paraguayan War.
Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (born 1814)
Edward Clark was an America politician, slaveowner, and the eighth governor of Texas. When Governor Sam Houston refused to serve the Confederate States of America following the sta…
Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (born 1815)