Explore 1125 historical events from 1890–1899.
Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes.
Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (died 1964)
Howard Samuel Shanks was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1912 to 1925 for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, and N…
Howie Shanks, American baseball player (died 1941)
Daniel Judson Callaghan was a United States Navy officer who served his country in two wars, in a three-decades-long career. Callaghan served on several ships during his first 20 y…
Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1942)
Benjamin Franklin Miessner was an American radio engineer and inventor. He is most known for his electronic organ, electronic piano, and other musical instruments. He was the inven…
Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (died 1976)
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish-American commu…
Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist and Kennedy family matriarch (died 1995)
Armas Rudolf Taipale was a Finnish athlete, who competed at three Olympic Games in 1912, 1920 and 1924 and won two gold medals and a silver medal.
Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (died 1976)
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s an…
Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (died 1975)
Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade (1923–1933), placed Melnikov on the front end of 1920s …
Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (died 1974)
Adolfo Domingo De Guzmán Luque was a Cuban starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. He spent 12 seasons of his career (1918–1929) with the Cincinnati Reds…
Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1957)
Naum Gabo was a Russian and American constructivist sculptor and theorist. He was a key figure in the Russian avant-garde and the subsequent development of 20th-century sculpture.
Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (died 1977)
Erich Kleiber was an Austrian, later Argentine, conductor, known for his interpretations of the Western classics and as an advocate of Neue Musik.
Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (died 1956)
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was an American labor leader and feminist. In the early years of her activist career, she was an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World. During Wo…
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist (died 1964)
Eino Sakari Kaila was a Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher. He worked in numerous fields including psychology, physics and theater, and attempted to find unifying principles b…
Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (died 1958)
Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert was a French composer of classical music. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, …
Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (died 1962)
Stefan Bastyr was a Polish aviator and military pilot, one of the pioneers of the Polish aviation. He is credited with the first military flight in the history of the Polish Air Fo…
Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (died 1920)
Harold Lloyd Hopkins was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal r…
Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1946)
Angus Lewis Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the fe…
Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1954)
Bruno Emil Tesch was a German chemist, entrepreneur, and war criminal. Together with Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, he invented the insecticide Zyklon B. He was the owner of Tes…
Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (died 1946)
Walther Immanuel Funk was a German economist, Nazi official and convicted war criminal who served as Reichsminister for the Economy from 1938 to 1945 and president of the Reichsban…
Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1960)
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but his legacy is also app…
H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist (died 1937)
Cecil Lauriston Kellaway was a South African-British character actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for The Luck of the Irish (1948) and G…
Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (died 1973)
Harry Frank Guggenheim was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman.
Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (died 1971)
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian competition swimmer, lifeguard, and popularizer of the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born three years befo…
Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (died 1968)
Jean Rhys was a British Creole novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she resided mainly in England, where she was sent for her …
Jean Rhys, Dominican-British novelist (died 1979)