Explore 457 historical events from 1880–1889.
Ali Sami Yen, born Ali Sami Frashëri was a Turkish Albanian sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club.
Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club (died 1951)
Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer. After winning France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome, he fought in the First World War and was…
Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (died 1979)
Rashbehari Bose was an Indian revolutionary leader and freedom fighter who fought against the British Empire. He was one of the key organisers of the Ghadar Mutiny and founded the …
Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (died 1945)
Philip Murray was a Scottish-born steelworker and an American labor leader. He was the first president of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), the first president of the …
Philip Murray, Scottish-American miner and labor leader (died 1952)
Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian.
Al Jolson, American singer and actor (died 1950)
Santo Trafficante Sr. was a Sicilian-born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante Jr.
Santo Trafficante, Sr
Laurent Barré was a Quebec author, politician and Cabinet Minister for 16 years.
Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1964)
Randolph Silliman Bourne was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. He is considered to be a spokesman for the…
Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (died 1918)
Henri Marie Coandă was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910, which never flew. He invented a great number of devices,…
Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (died 1972)
Kintarō Hayakawa, known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, was a Japanese actor. He was a popular star and matinée idol in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and ear…
Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (died 1973)
Frank Charles Clement was a British racing driver who, along with Canadian John Duff, won the 1924 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Frank Clement, British racing driver (died 1970)
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s. He and his climbing part…
George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (died 1924)
Frank Alexander Wetmore was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. He was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was also an elected member of both the…
Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (died 1978)
Finley Hamilton was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Vincent, Owsley County, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and Berea College. He studied law …
Finley Hamilton, American lawyer and politician (died 1940)
Charles François Frédéric de Montholon-Sémonville was a French senator, diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States from 1864 to 1866.
Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Largely unpublished and unknown during her lifetime, her work is now widely regarded as canonical. The Poetry Foundation describes h…
Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (born 1830)
John Deere was an American blacksmith, businessman, inventor and politician. He founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction-equipment manu…
John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (born 1804)
Leopold von Ranke was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival…
Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (born 1795)
Ludwig II, also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King, was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of …
Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (born 1845)
Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrov…
Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian director and playwright (born 1823)
Sir Alexander Stuart was Premier of New South Wales from 5 January 1883 to 7 October 1885.
Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (born 1824)
The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union moveme…
During a labor rally in Chicago, a bomb explosion and gunfire led to the deaths of eight police officers and four member
The wedding of President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, and his bride Frances Folsom, who was 21 years old, took place on June 2, 1886, in the Blue Room of the White House…
The wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom took place in the White House, in the only time that a U
The wedding of President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, and his bride Frances Folsom, who was 21 years old, took place on June 2, 1886, in the Blue Room of the White House…
The wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom (wedding depicted) took place in the White House, in the only time th