Explore 883 historical events from 1870–1879.
Alla Aleksandrovna Nazimova was a Russian-born American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. Hailed by modern scholars as the "founding mother of Sapphic Hollywood," Nazim…
Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 1945)
Raymond Pearl was an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology. He spent most of his career at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Pearl was a prolif…
Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (died 1940)
Vivian John Woodward was an English footballer who enjoyed the peak of his career from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of the First World War. He played for Tottenham …
Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier (died 1954)
Mabel Lucie Attwell was a British illustrator and comics artist. She was known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children. Her drawings are featured on many postcards, advertisem…
Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (died 1964)
Sir Robert Mayer was a German-born British philanthropist, businessman, and a major supporter of music and young musicians.
Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (died 1985)
Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northw…
Knud Rasmussen, Danish anthropologist and explorer (died 1933)
Joan George Erardus Gijsbertus Voûte was a Dutch astronomer.
Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1963)
Harry Leopold DeBaecke was an American rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Harry DeBaecke, American rower (died 1961)
Heinrich Gutkin was a trader and the Estonian National Assembly member.
Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (died 1941)
Charalambos Tseroulis was a distinguished infantry officer of the Hellenic Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (died 1929)
Roger Philip Bresnahan, nicknamed "the Duke of Tralee", was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a major-league player, Bresnahan competed for…
Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (died 1944)
Arthur Francis Duffey was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Arthur Duffey, American sprinter and coach (died 1955)
Thibaudeau Rinfret was a Canadian jurist who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Canada from 1944 to 1954 and briefly as Administrator of Canada from January to February 1952. He …
Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1962)
Huda Sha'arawi or Hoda Sha'rawi was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, suffragette, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union.
Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and journalist (died 1947)
Georg Wilhelm Steinkopf was a German chemist. Today he is mostly remembered for his work on the production of mustard gas during World War I.
Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (died 1949)
Benedetto Aloisi Masella was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1954 to 1968, and as chamberlain of the…
Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (died 1970)
Léon Jouhaux was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.
Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski was a Polish-American philosopher and independent scholar who developed a field called general semantics, which he viewed as both distinct from, an…
Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher (died 1950)
Dwight Filley Davis Sr. was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant S…
Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (died 1945)
Wanda Aleksandra Landowska was a Polish and French harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large role in reviv…
Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player and educator (died 1959)
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher. Best known for the discovery of an epo…
Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and parasitologist (died 1934)
Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. His compositions range over oper…
Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (died 1936)
Margherita Piazzola Beloch was an Italian mathematician who worked in algebraic geometry, algebraic topology and photogrammetry.
Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician (died 1976)
Han Yong-un was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer, poet, and independence activist against colonial rule. This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instr…
Han Yong-un, Korean poet (died 1944)