Explore 1125 historical events from 1890–1899.
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and…
Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (died 1985)
Ingeborg Spangsfeldt was a Danish film actress whose career began in the early 1910s until her retirement upon getting married in 1924.
Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, Danish actress (died 1968)
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her strai…
Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (died 1964)
Matthew Henderson was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington from 1922 to 1932 and played in New Zealand's first-ever Test match in January 1930.
Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (died 1970)
Allen Algernon Bathurst, Lord Apsley, DSO, MC, TD, DL was a British Army officer and Conservative Party politician.
Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (died 1942)
Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin, was an Australian politician. He was the Premier of Queensland from 1957 to 1968, the first non-Labor Party premier since 1932.
Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (died 1978)
István Barta was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (died 1948)
Irving Lahrheim, known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmw…
Bert Lahr, American actor (died 1967)
Jack Morrison Gregory was an Australian cricketer.
Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (died 1973)
Abraham Albert Cohen was a Greek-born Romaniote Jewish Swiss novelist who wrote in French. He worked as a civil servant for various international organizations, such as the Interna…
Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright (died 1981)
Hampden Stanley Bray Love was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match for the Australia national cricket team in 1933. He replaced Bert Oldfield as wicket-keeper for t…
Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (died 1969)
Amaza Lee Meredith was an American architect, educator and artist. Meredith was unable to enter the profession as an architect because of "both her race and her sex" as an African-…
Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect (died 1984)
Juliane "Liane" Haid was an Austrian actress and singer. She has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.
Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (died 2000)
Arthur Rose Eldred was an American agricultural and railroad industry executive, civic leader, and the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). As a 16-year-old candid…
Arthur Rose Eldred, First Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (died 1951)
Chellappah Suntharalingam was a Sri Lankan Tamil academic, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.
C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1985)
Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald, also known as Blossom Rock, was an American actress of vaudeville, stage, film and television. During her career she was also billed as Marie Blake o…
Blossom Rock, American actress (died 1978)
László Adolf Ede György Mária Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader, and sportsman.
László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (died 1951)
Paul Comtois was a Canadian politician.
Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1966)
András (Andreas) Ede Zsigmond Alföldi was a Hungarian historian, art historian, epigraphist, numismatist and archaeologist, specializing in the Late Antique period. He was one of t…
Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian (died 1981)
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig was a German physician and physiologist. His work as both a researcher and teacher had a major influence on the understanding, methods and apparatus u…
Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (born 1815)
Graf Eric Stanislaus Stenbock was a Baltic Swedish poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction.
Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (born 1860)
Franz Ernst Neumann was a German mineralogist and physicist. He devised the first formulas to calculate inductance. He also formulated Neumann's law for molecular heat. In electrom…
Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (born 1798)
Richard James Cushing was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was a…
Richard Cushing, American cardinal (died 1970)
José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of h…
José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (born 1853)