Explore 658 historical events from 1850–1859.
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov was a Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. He was the son of the astronomer Mikhail Lyapunov and the brother of the pianist and compose…
Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1918)
Maurice Perrault was a Canadian architect, civil engineer, and politician.
Maurice Perrault, Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil (died 1909)
Henry Clay Folger Jr. was an American businessman who was president and later chairman of Standard Oil of New York, a collector of Shakespeareana, and co-founder of the Folger Shak…
Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (died 1930)
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, Austrian-Hungarian general (died 1935)
Charles Courtice Alderton was an American pharmacist and the inventor of the carbonated soft drink Dr Pepper.
Charles Alderton, American pharmacist, founded Dr
Clara Zetkin was a German Marxist theorist, communist activist, and advocate for women's rights.
Clara Zetkin, German theorist and activist (died 1933)
Julien Tiersot, was a French musicologist, composer and a pioneer in ethnomusicology.
Julien Tiersot, French musicologist and composer (died 1936)
Alfred Binet, born Alfredo Binetti, was a French psychologist who together with Théodore Simon invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet–Simon test. In 1904, Binet …
Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist (died 1911)
George Edgar Ohr was an American ceramic artist and the self-proclaimed "Mad Potter of Biloxi" in Mississippi. In recognition of his innovative experimentation with modern clay for…
George E. Ohr, American potter (died 1918)
Henrik Pontoppidan was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark.…
Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
Juan Vicente Gómez Chacón was a Venezuelan military general, politician and de facto ruler of Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935. He only officially served as president on…
Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan general and politician, 27th President of Venezuela (died 1935)
José Celso Barbosa Alcala was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist and political leader. Known as the father of the statehood movement in Puerto Rico, Barbosa was the first Puerto…
José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (died 1921)
Ballington Booth was a British-born American Christian minister who co-founded Volunteers of America, a Christian charitable organization, and became its first General (1896-1940).…
Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America (died 1940)
Thorstein Bunde Veblen was an American economist and sociologist who, during his lifetime, emerged as a well-known critic of capitalism.
Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (died 1929)
Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade was a French composer and pianist. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer.
Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (died 1944)
Frank Julian Sprague was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators. His contributions were especially…
Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor (died 1934)
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near…
Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (died 1934)
John Wesley Glasscock was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1879 to 1895. Nicknamed "Pebbly Jack", he was the top player at his posit…
Jack Glasscock, American baseball player (died 1947)
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near…
E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (died 1934)
Ernestine von Kirchsberg was an Austrian landscape painter.
Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator (died 1924)
Albert Ballin was a German shipping magnate. He was the general director of the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) or Hamburg-America Line, which for a t…
Albert Ballin, German businessman (died 1918)
Libert H. Boeynaems, formally Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems was a Belgian Catholic priest who served as the fourth vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian I…
Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary (died 1926)
George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones was a British writer. He was active mainly in the science fiction genre—or as it was known at the time, scientific romance—in particular writing many…
George Griffith, British writer (died 1906)
Edward Hugh Hanlon, also known as "Foxy Ned", and sometimes referred to as "the Father of Modern Baseball", was an American professional baseball player and manager whose career sp…
Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)