Explore 1130 historical events from 1870–1879.
Marianne Weber was a German sociologist, women's rights activist, and the wife of Max Weber.
Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (died 1954)
Sir Harry Lauder was a Scottish singer, comedian and actor. Popular in both music hall and vaudeville theatre traditions; he achieved international success.
Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer (died 1950)
Trần Tế Xương also known by the pen name Tú Xương was a Vietnamese poet and satirist. His poems and literary works frequently targeted the gallicization of the Vietnamese middle cl…
Trần Tế Xương, Vietnamese poet and satirist (died 1907)
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian and Soviet biologist who specialized in the field of artificial insemination and the interspecific hybridization of animals. He is famous for hi…
Ilya Ivanov, Soviet biologist who specialized in the field of artificial insemination (died 1932)
Tom Richardson was an English cricketer. A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back, a relatively long run-up and high arm which allowed him to gain sharp…
Tom Richardson, English cricketer (died 1912)
Henry Reuterdahl was a Swedish-American painter highly acclaimed for his nautical artwork. He had a long relationship with the United States Navy.
Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist (died 1925)
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. He served as Supreme Commander of the…
Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer (died 1918)
Bernard Mannes Baruch was an American financier and statesman.
Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1965)
Amado Nervo also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, was a Mexican poet, journalist and educator. He also acted as Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay. His poetry was k…
Amado Nervo, Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat (died 1919)
Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, later known as Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia ; 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1870 – 24 September [O.S. 12 September] 1891), wa…
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (died 1891)
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessor…
Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (died 1952)
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (190…
Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)
John Mary Pius Boland was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of…
John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (died 1958)
Clark David Wissler was an American anthropologist, ethnologist, and archaeologist.
Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (died 1947)
Charlotte "Chattie" Reinagle Cooper Sterry was an English female tennis player who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion. In wi…
Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (died 1966)
Arthur Willard Pryor was a trombone virtuoso, bandleader, and soloist with the Sousa Band. He was a prolific composer of band music, his best-known composition being "The Whistler …
Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1942)
Georges Claude was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, a…
Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (died 1960)
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark a…
Christian X of Denmark (died 1947)
Florent Schmitt was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are La tragédie de Salome and Psaume XLVII. He has been described as "o…
Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic (died 1958)
Thomas William Lamont Jr. was an American banker.
Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (died 1948)
Jean Baptiste Perrin was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phen…
Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)
Marie Louise Hamilton Mack was an Australian poet, journalist and novelist. She is most known for her writings and her involvement in World War I in 1914 as the first woman war cor…
Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935)
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.
Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet (died 1945)
Francis Clement Kelley was a Canadian-born Catholic bishop. He was the second Bishop of Oklahoma City, as well as an author and diplomat. He was a Catholic priest for 54 years, and…
Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (died 1948)