Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Josef Suk was a Czech composer, violinist, and Olympic silver medalist. He studied under Antonín Dvořák, whose daughter he married.
Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (born 1874)
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation…
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (born 1862
Laura Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was a leader in the history of socia…
Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straußenburg was an Austro-Hungarian colonel general and last Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army. At the outbreak of the First World Wa…
Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (born 1857)
Szymon Askenazy was a Jewish-Polish historian, educator, statesman and diplomat, founder of the Askenazy school.
Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (born 1866)
Eugène Augustin Lauste was a French inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema.
Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (born 1857)
John Joseph O'Neill was an Irish born catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902–03), Chicago Cubs (1904–05) and Boston Beaneaters (1906). He bat…
Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1873)
André-Gustave Citroën was a French industrialist and the founder of French automaker Citroën. He is also remembered for his application of double helical gears.
André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (born 1878)
Anna Paaske was a Norwegian opera singer and music teacher. She often performed in Wagner roles in concerts in Scandinavia and Northern Europe, and was especially popular in German…
Anna Paaske, Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (born 1856)
Bernard Alexandre George Edmond de Pourtalès was a Swiss infantry captain and sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (born 1870)
Daniel Edward Howard was the 16th president of Liberia, serving from 1912 to 1920.
Daniel Edward Howard, 16th president of Liberia (born 1861)
Zheng Zhengqiu was a Chinese filmmaker often considered a "founding father" of Chinese cinema.
Zheng Zhengqiu, Chinese filmmaker (born 1889)
George William Russell, who wrote with the pseudonym Æ, was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a central f…
George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (born 1867)
Meletius Metaxakis was primate of the Church of Greece from 1918 to 1920 as Meletius III, after which he was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Meletius IV from 1921 to 1923…
Meletius IV of Constantinople (born 1871)
David Wood Townsend was an American art director.
David Townsend, American art director and set designer (born 1891)
Friedrich Hermann Schottky was a German mathematician who worked on elliptic, abelian, and theta functions and introduced Schottky groups and Schottky's theorem.
Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (born 1851)
Alfred Dreyfus was a French Army officer best known for his central role in the Dreyfus affair. In 1894, Dreyfus fell victim to a judicial conspiracy that eventually sparked a majo…
Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (born 1859)
Wiley Hardeman Post was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped devel…
Wiley Post, American pilot (born 1898)
William Penn Adair Rogers was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, no…
Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1879)
Paul Victor Jules Signac was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, with Georges Seurat, helped develop the artistic technique Pointillism.
Paul Signac, French painter and author (born 1863)
Adam Beattie Gunn was a Scottish-American athlete who competed mainly in the "All rounder", the forerunner of today's Decathlon. Gunn took first place in the Amateur Athletic Union…
Adam Gunn, American decathlete (born 1872)
Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate…
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (born 1860)
Rev. John Thorneycroft Hartley was a tennis player from England, and the only clergyman to win Wimbledon.
John Hartley, English tennis player (born 1849)
Frederick Childe Hassam was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Along with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman, Hassam was instrumental in …
Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (born 1859)