Explore 570 historical events from 1870–1879.
Edward Anthony Spitzka was an American anatomist who autopsied the brain of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of president William McKinley.
Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author (died 1922)
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley was a British railway engineer. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the …
Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (died 1941)
Willem Hendrik Keesom was a Dutch physicist who, in 1926, invented a method to freeze liquid helium. He also developed the first mathematical description of dipole–dipole interacti…
Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic (died 1956)
The Most Reverend Pascual Díaz y Barreto, SJ was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Mexico City from June 22, 1929 until his death in 1936. Throu…
Pascual Díaz y Barreto, Mexican archbishop (died 1936)
Thomas Joseph Ryan was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919, as leader of the state Labor Party. He resigned to enter federal politics, si…
T. J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (died 1921)
Harriet Brooks was a Canadian nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research in radioactivity. She discovered atomic recoil, and transmutation of elements in radioactive de…
Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic (died 1933)
Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno was a German businessman and politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923 for a total of 264 days. His tenure included the beginning of th…
Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1933)
Ralph Barton Perry was an American philosopher. He was a strident moral idealist who stated in 1909 that, to him, idealism meant "to interpret life consistently with ethical, scien…
Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (died 1957)
Alexandros Papanastasiou was a Greek lawyer, sociologist and politician who served twice as the prime minister of Greece during the interwar period. He was a pioneer in the establi…
Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
Max Jacob was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic.
Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic (died 1944)
Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 until his death…
Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
Ludwig Otto Blumenthal was a German mathematician and professor at RWTH Aachen University.
Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic (died 1944)
Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya was a Russian actress and acting teacher. She achieved success as a stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an older woman in Hollywood films…
Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher (died 1949)
William Buell Sprague was an American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of Annals of the American Pulpit, a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the leadin…
William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (born 1795)
Georgi Benkovski was the pseudonym of Gavril Gruev Hlatev, a Bulgarian revolutionary and leading figure in the organization and direction of the Bulgarian anti-Ottoman April Uprisi…
Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (born 1843)
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, was a Dutch politician and historian.
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (born 1801)
Hristo Botev, born Hristo Botyov Petkov, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet. Botev is considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero. His poetry …
Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (born 1848)
Abdulaziz was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his bro…
Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or H…
George Sand, French author and playwright (born 1804)
James Calhoun was a soldier in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer and was killed alo…
James Calhoun, American lieutenant (born 1845)
John Neal was an American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist. Considered both eccentric and influential, he delivered speeches and published essays, novels, poems, and …
John Neal, American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (born 1793)
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, often known as Santa Anna, was a Mexican general, politician, and caudillo who served as the eighth president…
Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (born 1794)
Boston Custer was the youngest brother of U.S. Army Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and two-time Medal of Honor recipient Captain Thomas Custer. He was killed at the Battle of …
Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (born 1848)
George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
George Armstrong Custer, American general (born 1839)