Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
Ernst Alfred Cassirer was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy. Trained within the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism, he initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in a…
Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (died 1945)
James Shaver Charleston Woodsworth was a Canadian Methodist minister, politician, and labour activist. He was a pioneer of the Canadian Social Gospel, a Christian religious movemen…
J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician (died 1942)
Wesley Clair Mitchell was an American economist known for his empirical work on business cycles and for guiding the National Bureau of Economic Research in its first decades.
Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic (died 1948)
Horace Thomas Rawlins was an English professional golfer who won the first U.S. Open Championship at Newport Country Club in October 1895.
Horace Rawlins, English golfer (died 1935)
Charles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms "Fortean" and "Forteana" are sometimes used to characterize various such ph…
Charles Fort, American author (died 1932)
Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield,, born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American businessman who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Rai…
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade (died 1948)
Reynaldo Hahn de Echenagucia was a French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer. He is best known for his songs – mélodies – of which he wrote more than 100.
Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (died 1947)
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. As a member of the Republican Party, he served as the third United States secretary of …
Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964)
Antanas Smetona was a Lithuanian intellectual, journalist, and politician. He served as the first president of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and later as the authoritarian head of st…
Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania (died 1944)
Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg was a German noblewoman. She was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and a Princess of Anhalt by marriage.
Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (died 1953)
Max Ferdinand Scheler was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology. Considered in his lifetime one of the most prominent Ger…
Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (died 1928)
Zona Gale, also known by her married name, Zona Gale Breese, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for …
Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1938)
Carl Bosch was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry and founder of IG Farben, at one p…
Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)
Napoléon Lajoie, also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "the Frenchman", h…
Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (died 1959)
Samuel Matthew Rocke was an Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1917 to 1921, representing the seat of S…
Samuel Rocke, Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western…
Mary "Mamie" J. Dillard was an American educator, clubwoman and suffragist.
Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (died 1954)
Henry Fountain Ashurst was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of t…
Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (died 1962)
Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian and American modernist composer, music theorist, and teacher associated with developing variation, the emancipation of the dissonance…
Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter (died 1951)
Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit. He was a founding professor of English and former Chancellor …
Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic (died 1970)
Gustav Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none ac…
Gustav Holst, English composer and educator (died 1934)
Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs taken during times such as the Progressive Era and the Great Depression captured young chi…
Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (died 1940)
Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke was the last rajah of Sarawak from 1917 until his abdication in 1946. His cession of Sarawak to the British Empire marked the end of the Raj of Sa…
Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Raj of Sarawak (died 1963)
John Ellis was a British executioner for 23 years, from 1901 to 1924. His other occupations were as a Rochdale hairdresser and newsagent.
John Ellis, English executioner (died 1932)
Frank Gilman Allen was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was president of a successful leathergoods business in Norwood, Massachusetts, and active in lo…
Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1950)