Explore 1530 historical events from 1900–1909.
Elisabeth (Lisy) Fischer was a Swiss pianist from a talented Jewish family. Born to parents Arthur Fischer and Bertha Hochstetter, she was a child prodigy giving piano recitals fro…
Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)
Frances Alice Adaskin, was a Canadian pianist.
Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (died 2001)
Ernst Heinrich Krenek was an Austrian, later American, composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now (1939), a s…
Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (died 1991)
Malvina Reynolds was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to…
Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (died 1978)
Gilbert Ryle was a British philosopher, principally known for his critique of Cartesian dualism, for which he coined the phrase "ghost in the machine". Some of Ryle's ideas in phil…
Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (died 1976)
Preston Stratton Foster, was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist.
Preston Foster, American actor (died 1970)
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie was possibly the first woman in Scotland to practice architecture on a regular basis.
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (died 1970)
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, FRS was a German-British biologist, physician and biochemist. He was a pioneer scientist in the study of cellular respiration, a biochemical process in living…
Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
Margaret Elizabeth Doolin "Peggy" Utinsky was an American nurse who worked with the Filipino resistance movement to provide medicine, food, and other items to aid Allied prisoners …
Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (died 1970)
Hellmuth Walter was a German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. His most noteworthy contributions were rocket motors for the Messerschmitt Me 163…
Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (died 1980)
Maharaja RanaShri Vikramatji Khimojiraj Sahib was the ruler of Princely State of Porbandar belonging to Jethwa Rajput dynasty.
Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (born 1819)
John Luther "Casey" Jones was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi.
Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (born 1864)
Lars Svendsen Oftedal was a Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor. He was the founding editor of Stavanger Aftenblad and served as a member of the Sto…
Lars Oftedal, Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (born 1838)
Göran Fredrik Göransson was a Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist. He was the founder of the company Sandvikens Jernverks AB and was the first person to implement the Be…
Göran Fredrik Göransson, Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (born 1819)
Jean Gaspard Félix Lacher Ravaisson-Mollien was a French philosopher, 'perhaps France's most influential philosopher in the second half of the nineteenth century'. He was originall…
Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (born 1813)
Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English explorer, travel writer, and ethnographic observer known for her journeys through West Africa and for her influential writings on African soc…
Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (born 1862)
Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples …
Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1871)
Lucretia Peabody Hale was an American writer and editor, best known for her humorous The Peterkin Papers stories.
Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (born 1820)
Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin was a Russian clergyman and mathematician of the second half of the 19th century, known for his achievements in number theory. He discovered the ninth per…
Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1827)
Sir Thomas McIlwraith was the Premier of Queensland between 1879 and 1883, 1888, and in 1893. McIlwraith was a dominant figure of colonial politics in Queensland during the late 19…
Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (born 1835)
Umberto I was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination in 1900. His reign saw the creation of the Italian colonial empire and the formation of the Triple Alliance …
Umberto I of Italy (born 1844)
Alfred was sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 22 August 1893 until his death in 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was k…
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1844)
Isaac Ilyich Levitan was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape".
Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (born 1860)
Wilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht was a German social democratic politician and journalist. A principal founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), hi…
Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (born 1826)