Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
William "Billy" Bletcher was an American actor. He was known for his prolific voice acting career for cartoons during the golden age of American animation, most notably Pete in Wal…
Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1979)
Gladys Brockwell was an American actress whose career began during the silent film era.
Gladys Brockwell, American actress (died 1929)
Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 40 victories. He was a younger brother of top-scoring ace Manfred von Richthofen and…
Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (died 1922)
Edgar Krahn was an Estonian mathematician. Krahn was born in Sootaga, Governorate of Livonia, as a member of the Baltic German minority. He died in Rockville, Maryland, United Stat…
Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (died 1961)
Elmer Edwin Robinson was the 33rd mayor of San Francisco, California. A Republican, he served as San Francisco's mayor from January 1948 until January 1956.
Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (died 1982)
Walter Warlimont was a German Army staff officer and general during World War II. He served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff, one of the departments in the Oberkommando der …
Walter Warlimont, German general (died 1976)
Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres.
Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (died 1948)
Julius Kuperjanov VR I/2, VR II/2 and VR II/3 was an Estonian military officer who helped to liberate Tartu during the War of Independence, and was the commander of the Tartumaa Pa…
Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (died 1919)
Elisabeth of Romania was the second child and eldest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania. She was Queen of the Hellenes from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 19…
Elisabeth of Romania, queen consort of Greece (died 1956)
Prince René of Bourbon-Parma was the seventh surviving son of Robert I, Duke of Parma, and his second wife, Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. In 1921, he married Princess Margaret…
Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (died 1962)
Carlos Ignacio Díaz Loyola, known by the pseudonym Pablo de Rokha, was a Chilean vanguard poet. Awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1965, de Rokha is considered on…
Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (died 1968)
Edward Estlin Cummings, commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. During World War I, he worked as an ambul…
E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (died 1962)
Victoria Alexandrina Drummond, MBE, was the first woman marine engineer in the UK and the first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineers. In the Second World War she served at…
Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer (died 1978)
Mohand Amezian ben Ameziane Saïl was an Algerian anarchist and anti-colonial activist. Born in Kabylia, he was largely self-taught and became an atheist and an anarchist after movi…
Sail Mohamed, Algerian anarchist and Spanish Civil War veteran (died 1953)
Moshe Sharett was an Israeli politician who was Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1948 to 1956. He signed the Israeli Declaration of I…
Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (died 1965)
Harold Lenoir Davis, also known as H. L. Davis, was an American novelist and poet. A native of Oregon, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Honey in the Horn, the only Pulitzer …
H. L. Davis, American author and poet (died 1960)
Tibor Déry was a Hungarian writer and poet. He also wrote under the names Tibor Dániel and Pál Verdes.
Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator (died 1977)
Olive Thomas was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model. Her birth certificate appears to list her name as Oliva, but this is widely thought to be an error. In…
Olive Thomas, American model and actress (died 1920)
Tarō Hirai , better known by the pen name Edogawa Ranpo or Edogawa Rampo , was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery and thril…
Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (died 1965)
Mei Lan, better known by his stage name Mei Lanfang, was a notable Chinese Peking opera artist in modern Chinese theater. Mei was known as the "Queen of Peking Opera". Mei was excl…
Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer (died 1961)
Raymond Bloom "Rube" Bressler was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914 to 1916 and Cincinnati Reds from 1917 to 1920, b…
Rube Bressler, American baseball player (died 1966)
Emma T. R. Williams Vyssotsky was an American astronomer who received the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy in 1946.
Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic (died 1975)
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay was an Indian Bengali language author.
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
Claude Cahun was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer.
Claude Cahun, French photographer and sculptor (died 1954)