Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly was an American astronomer. She is known for her extensive spectroscopic studies of the Sun and chemical elements. Her data tables are known for their…
Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (died 1990)
Robert Brackman was an American artist and teacher, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes.
Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (died 1980)
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fas…
George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (died 1937)
Vincent Millie Youmans was an American Broadway composer and producer.
Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (died 1946)
Carl Clauberg was a German gynecologist who conducted medical experiments on Jewish and Romani women at Auschwitz concentration camp. He worked with Horst Schumann in X-ray sterili…
Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (died 1957)
Mijo (Miho) Mirković, also known by his pen name Mate Balota, was a prominent Croatian poet, novelist and economist. Considered one of the most prominent Croatian poets of the 20th…
Mijo Mirković, Croatian economist and author (died 1963)
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist. He rejected Mendelian genetics in favour of his own idiosyncratic, pseudoscientific ideas later termed Lysenkoism.
Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (died 1976)
Renée Adorée was a French stage and film actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. She is best known for portraying the role of Melisande, the love interest…
Renée Adorée, French-American actress (died 1933)
Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, styled Hereditary Princess of Monaco between 1922 and 1944, was the daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and mother of Prince Rainier…
Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (died 1977)
Thomas Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, including the critically acclaimed Duck Soup, Make Way for Tomorr…
Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter (died 1969)
Adolf Reichwein was a German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the SPD, who resisted the policies of Nazi Germany.
Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator (died 1944)
Nachum Gutman was a Moldovan-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author.
Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (died 1980)
Ingri d'Aulaire and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire were writers and illustrators of children's books who worked primarily as a team, completing almost all of their well-known works together…
Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (died 1986)
Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim was an Egyptian writer. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. According to scholar and translator Roger Allen, "The triumphs a…
Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987)
Joseph Wheeler Sewell was an American professional baseball infielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees from 1920 to 1933. He was e…
Joe Sewell, American baseball player (died 1990)
Lilly Daché was a French-born American milliner and fashion merchandiser. She started her career in a small bonnet shop, advanced to being a sales lady at Macy's department store, …
Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (died 1989)
Thomas William Holmes VC was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), and was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gal…
Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1950)
William Orville Douglas was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 to 1975. Douglas was known for his strong prog…
William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (died 1980)
Eileen Sedgwick was an American actress of the silent era.
Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (died 1991)
Simon Vestdijk was a Dutch writer.
Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (died 1971)
Eduard Pütsep was an Estonian wrestler. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won a gold medal in the bantamweight division in 1924, becoming…
Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (died 1960)
Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s on…
Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist (died 1990)
Peng Dehuai was a Chinese general and politician who was the Minister of National Defense from 1954 to 1959.
Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (died 1974)
Shinichi Suzuki was a Japanese violinist, philosopher, composer, and educator and the founder of the international Suzuki method of music education and developed a philosophy for …
Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (died 1998)