Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
Adelaide Crapsey was an American poet. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Rochester, New York. Her parents were the businesswoman Adelaide T. Crapsey and the Episcop…
Adelaide Crapsey, American poet and critic (died 1914)
Arthur George Fox was an English-American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (died 1958)
Sergio Osmeña Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946 and as the first vice president of the Philippines fr…
Sergio Osmeña, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th President of the Philippines (died 1961)
Karl Albiker was a German sculptor, lithographer and teacher of fine arts. Albiker studied with Auguste Rodin in Paris. From 1919 to 1945 he was a professor at the Dresden Academy…
Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (died 1961)
Vincenzo Tommasini was an Italian composer.
Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (died 1950)
James Otto Richardson was an admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1902 to 1947.
James O. Richardson, American admiral (died 1974)
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100…
Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (died 1968)
Francisco Jerónimo de Jesús Lagos Cházaro Mortero was the acting President of Mexico designated by the Convention of Aguascalientes from 9 June to 10 October 1915.
Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (died 1932)
Peter McWilliam was a Scottish footballer who played at left-half for Inverness Thistle, Newcastle United and Scotland. He won every domestic trophy during his nine years with Newc…
Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (died 1951)
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954, serving through most of the country's o…
Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1967)
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (died 1947)
Walter Steinbeck was a German film actor.
Walter Steinbeck, German actor (died 1942)
Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr. was an American competition swimmer, water polo player and Coach who competed for the New York Athletic Club and represented the United States at the 1904…
Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1962)
Othmar Spann was a conservative Austrian philosopher, sociologist and economist. His radical anti-liberal and anti-socialist views, based on early 19th century Romantic ideas expre…
Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1950)
Louise Dresser was an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the many films in which she played the wife of Will Rogers, including State Fair and David Harum.
Louise Dresser, American actress (died 1965)
Thomas Truxtun Hare was an American Olympic medalist who competed in track and field and the hammer throw. He also played football with the University of Pennsylvania and was selec…
Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (died 1956)
Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poet, writing under the name John O'Brien.
Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author (died 1952)
Paul Reynaud was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his economic liberalism and vocal opposition to Nazi Germany.
Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (died 1966)
James Truslow Adams was an American writer and historian. He was a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three-volume hist…
James Truslow Adams, American historian and author (died 1949)
Jaan Lattik was an Estonian politician, writer and a former Estonian Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.
Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1967)
William Kissam Vanderbilt II was an American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family.
William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman (died 1944)
Anselme Payen was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.
Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (born 1795)
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba, 10th Duke of Berwick, GE, LH, GCVO was a Spanish peer, diplomat, politician, art collector and Olympic medalist. He was one of …
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (died 1953)
Jacob Ludolf Arthur Scherbius was a German electrical engineer who is best known for inventing the mechanical rotor cipher Enigma machine. He patented the invention and later sold …
Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (died 1929)