Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.
Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986)
Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, better known by his pseudonym Sousândrade, was a Brazilian poet, adept of the "Condorist" movement. His poetry, exceedingly innovative for the time it was…
Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (born 1833)
Cyprien Tanguay was a French Canadian priest and historian.
Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (born 1819)
Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the…
Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (born 1836)
Agostino Roscelli, also known as Augustine Roscelli, and Augustin Roscelli, was an Italian priest who inspired social change in Genoa, Italy for children and disadvantaged women. H…
Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (born 1818)
Almon Brown Strowger was an American inventor for whom the Strowger switch, an electromechanical telephone exchange technology, is named.
Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (born 1839)
Vital-Justin Grandin was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He has been labelled as a key architect of the Canadian Indian residential school system by contemporary news sources, …
Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (born 1829)
Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló was a Spanish writer and priest, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultura…
Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (born 1845)
Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Ernst Schröder was a German mathematician mainly known for his work on algebraic logic. He is a major figure in the history of mathematical logic, by virtue …
Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (born 1841)
Samuel Butler was an English novelist and critic, best known for the satirical utopian novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh. Both novels h…
Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (born 1835)
George Leake was the third Premier of Western Australia, serving from May to November 1901 and then again from December 1901 to his death.
George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (born 1856)
Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Vivekananda w…
Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (born 1863)
Maria Teresa Goretti was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she…
Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (born 1890)
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal-priest. He was born in Górki in Russian-controlled Congress Poland to Count Josef Ledóchowski and Maria Zakrzewska…
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (born 1822)
John Henry Twachtman was an American painter best known for his impressionist landscapes, though his painting style varied widely through his career. Art historians consider Twacht…
John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (born 1853)
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathol…
Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (born 1821)
Jacques Joseph Tissot, better known as James Tissot, was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist. He was born to a drapery merchant and a milliner and decided to pursue a c…
James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (born 1836)
Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British authority on explosives. He is best known for the invention of cordite as …
Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (born 1827)
Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern…
Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (born 1867)
Levi Strauss was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisco,…
Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (born 1829)
John Marks Moore was an American attorney, Democratic politician from Texas, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State of Texas during the term of …
John Marks Moore, American politician and attorney (born 1853)
William McGonagall was a Scottish poet and public performer. He gained notoriety as an exceptionally poor poet who exhibited no recognition of or concern for his peers' opinions of…
William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (born 1825)
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to …
Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (born 1840)
Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include …
Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (born 1870)