Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Charles-Léon Hammes was a Luxembourgish lawyer, judge and the third president of the European Court of Justice.
Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge (died 1967)
Carl Johnson was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the long jump, …
Carl Johnson, American long jumper (died 1932)
Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven was a German Nazi Party official and politician who was the long-serving Gauleiter of Gau Essen and the Reichskommissar for Norway during the Germa…
Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (died 1945)
Bennett Alfred Cerf was an American writer, publisher, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, …
Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House (died 1971)
Ernst Lecher Bacon was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. A prolific composer, Bacon wrote over 250 songs over his career. He was awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships an…
Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
Christfried Burmeister was an Estonian speed skater and bandy player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.
Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (died 1965)
John Dwyer McLaughlin was an American abstract painter. Based primarily in California, he was a pioneer in minimalism and hard-edge painting. Considered one of the most significant…
John McLaughlin, American painter and translator (died 1976)
Scott O'Dell was an American writer of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including s…
Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 1989)
David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. was an African-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, and writer. Crosthwait's expertise was on air ventilation, central air conditionin…
David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer (died 1976)
John Thomas Young Gilroy was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".
John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (died 1985)
Norman Vincent Peale was an American Protestant clergyman, and an author best known for popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The …
Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (died 1993)
Salvatore Ferragamo was an Italian shoe designer. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century footwear design, he was known for combining artisanal craft…
Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of …
Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (died 1936)
Jacobus Johannes Fouché, also known as J. J. Fouché, was a South African politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.
Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (died 1980)
Luigi Cristiano Fagioli was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Grand Prix motor racing from 1928 to 1949, and Formula One from 1950 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Abruzzi Robber", …
Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (died 1952)
Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt was the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, and his wife, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. She married and divorced a son of Kaiser Wil…
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983)
Dame Ninette de Valois was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. She danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets R…
Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 2001)
Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald was an Irish army officer and painter. He is recognised for his role in painting the Irish Republic flag that flew over the General Post Office durin…
Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald, Irish Army Officer and painter (died 1962)
Hubertus Strughold was a German-born physiologist and medical researcher. Beginning in 1935 he served as chief of aeromedical research for Hermann Göring's Ministry of Aviation and…
Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (died 1986)
Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for mo…
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Carl Heinrich Hermann, also spelled Karl Hermann, was a German physicist, crystallographer, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany. He is known for his research in crystallographic…
Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (died 1961)
Joseph McKelvey was an Irish Republican Army officer who was executed during the Irish Civil War without trial or court martial. He participated in the Anti-Treaty IRA's repudiatio…
Joe McKelvey, Executed Irish republican (died 1922)
Henry John Patch, dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was an English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the world's last surviving trench comb…
Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (died 2009)
Winifred Holtby was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936.
Winifred Holtby, English novelist and journalist (died 1935)