Explore 1125 historical events from 1890–1899.
Claude Champagne was a French Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, and violinist.
Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (died 1965)
Jaan Kärner was an Estonian poet and writer. He is known especially for his nature poetry. Many of his poems were set to music by Estonian composers of choral music. Kärner also wr…
Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (died 1958)
Thurman Wesley Arnold was an American lawyer best known for his trust-busting campaign as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division in President Franklin D. Ro…
Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge (died 1969)
Takijirō Ōnishi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who came to be known as the father of the kamikaze.
Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (died 1945)
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conf…
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic (died 1986)
William Funnell ISO was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as head of the Department of Labour and National Service between 1946 and 1952.
William Funnell, Australian public servant (died 1962)
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadwa…
Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (died 1964)
Erich Marcks was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the inv…
Erich Marcks, German general in WWII who planned Operation Barbarossa (died 1944)
Alexander Dubin was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.
Al Dubin, Swiss-American songwriter (died 1945)
John Heartfield was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Hea…
John Heartfield, German photographer and activist (died 1968)
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi was a spinto soprano, particularly associated with the Italian operatic repertory.
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (died 1951)
John Aloysius Costello was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957. He was leader of the opposition from 1951 to 1954 and from…
John A
Pier Luigi Nervi was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University fr…
Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect and engineer, co-designed the Pirelli Tower and Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assum
Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenbe…
Hermann Scherchen, German-Swiss viola player and conductor (died 1966)
Franz Gabriel Alexander was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and physician, who is considered one of the founders of psychosomatic medicine and psychoanalytic criminology.
Franz Alexander, Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (died 1964)
Esther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian, and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal. She was the first woman elected to membership…
Esther Forbes, American historian and author (died 1968)
Carl Andrew Spaatz, nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the …
Carl Spaatz, American general (died 1974)
Frank Simmons Leavitt was an American professional wrestler of the early 20th century, known by the ring name Man Mountain Dean.
Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (died 1953)
Robert Herman Julius Friedrich, better known by the ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, was an American professional wrestler and trainer. During his wrestling career, which spanned fo…
Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager (died 1966)
John Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award was given for these…
John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
Sir Stanley Spencer was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in …
Stanley Spencer, English painter (died 1959)
Augustin Josip "Tin" Ujević was a Croatian poet, considered by many to be the greatest poet in 20th-century Croatian literature.
Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (died 1955)
Earle Steele MacPherson was an American automotive engineer, most famous for developing the MacPherson strut in the 1940s.
Earle S. MacPherson, American engineer, created MacPherson strut (died 1960)
Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Japanese: 栗林 忠道; 7 July 1891 – c. 26 March 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, diplomat, and commanding officer of the Imperial Japanese Army …
Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general and poet (died 1945)