3847 events
John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (died 1937)
Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (died 1917)
Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (died 1865)
Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1913)
Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (died 1925)
Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1922)
William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon (died 1911)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (died 1894)
Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (died 1917)
Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (died 1895)
Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1919)
Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1894)
Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891)
Itagaki Taisuke, Japanese soldier and politician (died 1919)
Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891)
Ernst Ziller, German-Greek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion (died 1923)
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada (died 1886)
Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1894)