Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
James Gordon Bennett Jr. was an American publisher. He was the publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), who emigrated from Sco…
James Gordon Bennett, Jr
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov was a Russian Marxist theorist, philosopher, and revolutionary. After beginning his revolutionary career as a populist, in 1883 Plekhanov established…
Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (born 1856)
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia was the youngest son and fifth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and youngest brother of Nicholas II. He was designated Emperor of…
Michael Alexandrovich, Russian Grand Duke (born 1878)
Bazil George Assan was a Romanian engineer, explorer and economist. Belonging to a wealthy family in Bucharest, Assan was an important figure in the industrialization of the Kingdo…
Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (born 1860)
Francesco Baracca was Italy's top fighter ace of World War I. He was credited with 34 aerial victories. The emblem he wore side by side on his plane of a black horse prancing on it…
Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (born 1888)
Jacob Peter Beckley, nicknamed "Eagle Eye", was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Pittsburgh Burghe…
Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (born 1867)
Peter Rosegger was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Roseg…
Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (born 1843)
Mehmed V Reşâd was the penultimate sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. Mehmed V reigned as a constitutional monarch. He had little influence over government affairs and…
Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (born 1844)
Wilhelm Maria Theodor Ernst Richard Graf von Mirbach-Harff was a German diplomat. He was assassinated by Left Socialist-Revolutionaries while serving as ambassador to Russia.
Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (born 1871)
Nicholas II was Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. He was the last Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution and oversaw the Russian Empire's …
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Indra Lal Roy was the sole Indian World War I flying ace. While serving in the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, he claimed ten aerial victories; five airc…
Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (born 1898)
Ernest William Christmas was an Australian painter, known primarily for his landscapes. Much of his later, most familiar work was done outside of Australia: in Europe, South Americ…
Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (born 1863)
Quentin Roosevelt I was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the United States Army Air Service wher…
Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1897)
Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. T…
Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (born 1886)
John Riley Banister was an American law officer, cowboy and Texas Ranger.
John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (born 1854)
Oberleutnant Erich Loewenhardt was a German soldier and military aviator who fought in the First World War and became a fighter ace credited with 54 confirmed aerial victories. Ori…
Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (born 1897)
Will Henry Thompson was an American archer, poet and lawyer. His brother Maurice, he was a founder of the National Archery Association in 1879 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Maurice w…
William Thompson, American archer (born 1848)
Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky, also known by his pen-name Boretsky, was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. After the October Revolution, he was the head of the Petrograd Che…
Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (born 1873)
Korbinian Brodmann was a German neuropsychiatrist who is known for mapping the cerebral cortex and defining 52 distinct regions, known as Brodmann areas, based on their cytoarchite…
Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (born 1868)
Sir John Forrest was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics.
John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (born 1847)
Sir George Houston Reid was a Scottish-born Australian politician, diplomat, and barrister who served as the fourth prime minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905. He held office as…
George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1845)
Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918) was an American artist and author.
Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (born 1845)
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917, he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Chief of Sta…
Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (born 1857)
Georg Simmel was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic. A founding figure of sociology, his neo-Kantian approach helped establish sociological antipositivism, asking "What …
Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (born 1858)