1873
Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (died 1944)
Jacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.
Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (died 1944)
The 1870s
Explore 570 historical events from 1870–1879.
1873
Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (died 1942)
Karin Swanström was a Swedish actress, producer and director.
Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (died 1942)
1873
Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist and academic (died 1949)
Filippo Silvestri was an Italian entomologist. He specialised in world Protura, Thysanura, Diplura and Isoptera, but also worked on Hymenoptera, Myriapoda, Italian Diptera and Sout…
Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist and academic (died 1949)
1873
Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1944)
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United States. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for …
Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1944)
1873
Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (died 1938)
Leo Viktor Frobenius was a German self-taught ethnologist and archaeologist and a major figure in German ethnography.
Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (died 1938)
1873
Alice Guy-Blaché, French-American film director, producer and screenwriter (died 1968)
Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a fil…
Alice Guy-Blaché, French-American film director, producer and screenwriter (died 1968)
1873
Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1954)
Andrass Samuelsen was a Faroese politician and member of the Union Party. He was the first Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands after the autonomy of the Faroe Islands in 1948 (Heim…
Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1954)
1873
Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1955)
Dimitrios E. Maximos was a Greek banker and politician. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece after World War II.
Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1955)
1873
Many Benner, French painter (died 1965)
Emmanuel Michel Benner, known as Many Benner, was a French painter. The son of Jean Benner, Many was the nephew of his father's twin brother, also named Emmanuel Benner. All four B…
Many Benner, French painter (died 1965)
1873
William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (born 1798)
Sir William Tite was an English architect who twice served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was particularly associated with various London buildings, …
William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (born 1798)
1873
Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (born 1783)
Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy was a Russian artist who served as Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years (1828–1868). His works – wax-reliefs, watercolours,…
Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (born 1783)
1873
William Macready, English actor and manager (born 1793)
William Charles Macready was an English stage actor. The son of Irish actor-manager William Macready the Elder he emerged as a leading West End performer during the Regency era.
William Macready, English actor and manager (born 1793)
1873
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot (died 1932)
Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air a…
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot (died 1932)
1873
Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (born 1803)
Justus Freiherr von Liebig was a German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biological chemist…
Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (born 1803)
1873
David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (born 1813)
David Livingstone was a Scottish doctor, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa. Livingstone was married to …
David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (born 1813)
1873
Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (born 1797)
Gideon Brecher, also known by the pen name Gedaliah ben Eliezer (Hebrew: גדליה בן אליעזר, was an Austrian writer and physician. He was a central figure in the Moravian Haskalah.
Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (born 1797)
1873
George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (born 1814)
Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling…
George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (born 1814)
1873
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1870)
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine was a son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, and was the grandson of Queen Victoria. He was the mate…
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1870)
1873
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, Indian Muslim scholar, (born 1800)
Karāmat ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, born as Muḥammad ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, was a nineteenth-century Indian Muslim social reformer and founder of the Taiyuni movement. He played a major role in propaga…
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, Indian Muslim scholar, (born 1800)
1873
Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1804)
Joseph Howe was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, public servant, and poet. Howe is often ranked as one of Nova Scotia's most admired politicians and his considerable skills a…
Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1804)
1873
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (born 1824)
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, born Sri Madhusudan Dutta, was a Bengali poet and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature.
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (born 1824)
1873
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (born 1805)
Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. His name has become a…
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (born 1805)
1873
The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and ord
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the…
The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and ord
1872
Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. …
Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States