Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
James Terry Sanford was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th governor of North Carolina from 1961 to …
Terry Sanford, 65th governor of North Carolina (died 1998)
Leonid Hurwicz was a Polish–American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and …
Leonid Hurwicz, Polish-American economist and mathematician (died 2008)
Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams was an American Western swing singer and musician. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smo…
Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1985)
Melchor Gastón Ferrer was an American actor, director, and producer, active in film, theatre, and television. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits wi…
Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)
Harry Lee "Peanuts" Lowrey was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds (1949–50), St. Louis Cardinals (1950–54) and Philade…
Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1986)
Vladimir Petrovich Serbsky was a Russian psychiatrist and one of the founders of forensic psychiatry in Russia. The author of The Forensic Psychopathology, Serbsky thought delinque…
Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (born 1858)
John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta bl…
John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
Florence Beatrice Emery was a British West End leading actress, composer and director. She was also a women's rights activist, journalist, educator, singer, novelist, and leader of…
Florence Farr, British actress, composer and director (born 1860)
Albert Ball, was a British fighter pilot during the First World War. At the time of his death he was the United Kingdom's leading flying ace, with 44 victories, and remained its fo…
Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (born 1896)
Clara Ayres was an American nurse who joined the United States Army during the First World War. Ayres and Helen Burnett Wood were the first two women to be killed while serving in …
Clara Ayres, American nurse (born 1880)
Sir Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke was the head of state of Sarawak from 3 August 1868 until his death. He succeeded his uncle, James Brooke, who was the first of the so-called "Wh…
Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (born 1829)
Major Valentine Fleming, was a Scottish Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in the First World War. He was the father of the authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming, the…
Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (born 1887)
Philip Ferrari de La Renotière was a noted French-born stamp collector, assembling probably the most complete worldwide collection that ever existed, or is considered likely to exi…
Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (born 1850)
Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich was a Belarusian poet, journalist, translator, literary critic and historian of literature. He is considered one of the founders of the modern Belarusi…
Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (born 1891)
Kate Harrington, born Rebecca Harrington Smith and later known as Rebecca Smith Pollard, was an American teacher, writer and poet.
Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (born 1831)
Louis-Philippe Hébert was a Canadian sculptor. He is considered one of the best sculptors of his generation.
Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (born 1850)
Titu Liviu Maiorescu was a Romanian literary critic, politician and founder of the Junimea Society. As a literary critic, he was instrumental in the development of Romanian culture…
Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (born 1840)
Géza Gyóni was a Hungarian war poet. He died in a Russian prisoner of war camp during the First World War. His many verse contributions to Hungarian literature are considered to be…
Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (born 1884)
Ștefan Luchian was a Romanian painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works.
Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and educator (born 1868)
Antonio de La Gándara was a French painter, pastellist and draughtsman of the Belle Époque.
Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (born 1861)
María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, soprano, and conductor. Over the course of her 54-year concert career, she became an internationa…
Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (born 1853)
Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland was a Norwegian space physicist, inventor, and professor of physics at the Royal Fredriks University in Oslo. He is best remembered for his theorie…
Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (born 1867)
Leutnant Karl Allmenröder was a German World War I flying ace credited with 30 aerial victories. The medical student son of a preacher father was seasoned in the trenches as an 18-…
Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (born 1896)
Dadabhai Naoroji was an Indian political leader, merchant, scholar, and writer who played a role in both Indian and British public life. He was among the founding members of the In…
Dadabhai Naoroji, Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader (born 182