Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
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)
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)
Jean-Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Laviolette played nine seasons for the Montreal Canadiens hockey club and was their first captain, co…
Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 1960)
Shunroku Hata was a field marshal (gensui) in the Imperial Japanese Army who served as Minister of the Army from 1939 to 1940. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer…
Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War (died 1962)
Francesco Gaeta was an Italian poet, writer and a journalist for Italian newspapers.
Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (died 1927)
Jean-Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Laviolette played nine seasons for the Montreal Canadiens hockey club and was their first captain, co…
Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager (died 1960)
Lucy Burns was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate. She was a passionate activist in the United States and the United Kingdom, who joined the militant suffragettes. …
Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party (died 1966)
Stefan Filipkiewicz was a Polish painter and designer. He was born in Tarnów, Austria-Hungary, and died in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Nazi Germany, during the Holocaust. …
Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter (died 1944)
Johannes Jacobus "Kodgee" Kotze, or Kotzé was a cricketer from Cape Colony who played in three Test matches for South Africa from 1902 to 1907. He was considered one of the fastest…
Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer (died 1931)
Robert Holbrook Smith, also known as Dr. Bob, was an American physician and surgeon who cofounded Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson.
Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died 1950)
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution…
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (died 1919)
John Collings Willcock was an Australian politician. He was the premier of Western Australia from 1936 to 1945, holding office as state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). …
John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, (died 1956)
John Nicholson Ireland was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. His best-known works include t…
John Ireland, English composer and educator (died 1962)
Ethel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore-Drew family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and w…
Ethel Barrymore, American actress (died 1959)
Alexander Pavlovich Rodzyanko was an officer of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and lieutenant-general and a corps commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil…
Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (died 1970)
Claude Grahame-White was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail-sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.
Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer (died 1959)
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 independence activist, reformer, and poet (died 1944)
Alma Mahler-Werfel was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite. Musically active from her early years, she became a fixture of Vienna's fin de siècle cultural scene, an…
Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author (died 1964)
Emperor Taishō, personal name (imina) Yoshihito, was Emperor of Japan from 29 July 1912 until his death in 1926. His reign was marked by a domestic political shift toward liberal d…
Taishō, Emperor of Japan (died 1926)
Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film Nosferatu (1922).
Max Schreck, German actor (died 1936)
Karl Joseph Wirth was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who was chancellor of Germany from May 1921 to November 1922, during the early years of the Weimar Republic. …
Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1956)