Explore 1530 historical events from 1900–1909.
Benjamin Henry Sheares was a Singaporean obstetrician, gynaecologist, and academic who served as the second president of Singapore between 1971 until his death in 1981.
Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (died 1981)
Sir Basil Urwin Spence, was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other…
Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral (died 1976)
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi was a Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar. He penned numerous novels, collections of essays, historical research on medieval reli…
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar (died 1979)
P. Jeevanandham, also called Jeeva, was a social reformer, political leader, litterateur, journalist, critic and one of the pioneers of the Communist and socialist movements in the…
P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1963)
Bruno Giacometti was a Swiss architect, the son of the painter Giovanni Giacometti, and the brother of the artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti. He was regarded as one of the most …
Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect, designed the Hallenstadion (died 2012)
Grigorios Maraslis was an official of the Russian Empire and long-time mayor of Odesa (1878–1895) of Greek origin. A noted philanthropist, he sponsored many buildings and education…
Grigorios Maraslis, Greek philanthropist (born 1831)
Ahmed Ali Pasha, better known as "Şeker" Ahmed Pasha, was an Ottoman painter, soldier and government official. His nickname "Şeker" meant "sugar" in Turkish, which he earned due to…
Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (born 1841)
Alfred Griner Packer, also known as the "Colorado Cannibal", was an American prospector and self-proclaimed wilderness guide who confessed to cannibalism during the winter of 1874.…
Alferd Packer, American prospector and convicted cannibal (born 1842)
Emanuele Luigi Galizia was a Maltese architect and civil engineer, who designed many public buildings and several churches. He is regarded as "the principal Maltese architect throu…
Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (born 1830)
Edmund Gibson Ross was an American politician who represented Kansas after the American Civil War and was later the governor of New Mexico Territory. His vote against convicting Pr…
Edmund G
Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans. He is most famous for the novel À rebours. He supported himself …
Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (born 1848)
Sir Benjamin Baker was an English civil engineer who worked in mid to late Victorian era. He helped develop the early underground railways in London with Sir John Fowler, but he is…
Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (born 1840)
William Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer known for building the first skyscraper in 1884.
William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (born 1832)
Bartolomé de Jesús Masó Márquez was a Cuban politician and military patriot for Cuban independence from the colonial power of Spain, and later President of the República en Armas.
Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (born 1830)
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. A researcher of natural history, she was an autho…
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (born 1822)
Konstantinos Volanakis was a Greek painter. He is known as one of the greatest Greek seascape painters. Another notable seascape painter was Ioannis Altamouras.
Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (born 1837)
August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein was a Baltic German linguist, folklorist, ethnographer, and theologian.
August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (born 1826)
Hendrik "Henrik" Sillem was a Dutch jurist, mountaineer and sport shooter.
Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (born 1866)
Sir William Henry Perkin was an English chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from anili…
William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (born 1838)
Hector-Henri Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic …
Hector Malot, French author and critic (born 1830)
Joseph Joachim was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he…
Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1831)
Minas Geraes, spelled Minas Gerais in some sources, was a dreadnought battleship of the Brazilian Navy. Named in honor of the state of Minas Gerais, the ship was laid down in April…
Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensiv
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1…
Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tifli
The Folies Bergère is a cabaret music hall in Paris, France. Located at 32 Rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plu…
Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, American impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (pictured) staged the first of his…