Explore 883 historical events from 1870–1879.
Donald Robert Perry Marquis was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for crea…
Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1937)
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos was a Greek medical doctor who became Prime Minister of Greece, directing the Greek collaborationist government during the Axis occupation of Greece du…
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1961)
Aino Julia Maria Kallas was a Finnish-Estonian author. Her novellas are considered to be prominent pieces of Finnish literature.
Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (died 1956)
Eileen Gray was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, she was associated with m…
Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer (died 1976)
Bruno Alfred Döblin was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century…
Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (died 1957)
Oliver William Foster Lodge was an English poet and author; he was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), the physicist, and his wife Mary, who had studied painting at t…
Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (died 1955)
Reginald Alexander Duff was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905.
Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (died 1911)
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who served as the second president of the Philippines from 19…
Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (died 1944)
Richard Girulatis was a German football manager.
Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (died 1963)
Edward Lawson Birnie was an English professional football player and manager. He played for Sunderland Seaburn, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur In h…
Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (died 1935)
Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, nicknamed the "Black Baron", was a Russian military officer who served as a commanding general in the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army during the Rus…
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (died 1928)
George Hoyt Whipple was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Me…
George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
Frank Washington Jarvis was an American sprinter, the 1900 Olympic 100 m champion, and a triple jumper.
Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1933)
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from her husband Ernst II's accession as prince in 1913 until her death in 1942. The fourth…
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1942)
Major-General John Frederick Charles "Boney" Fuller was a senior British Army officer, a military historian and strategist, a fascist, and an occultist.
J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian (died 1966)
Tullio Serafin was an Italian conductor who specialised in the operatic repertoire. He was Musical Director at La Scala on three occasions.
Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (died 1968)
Archbishop Herman was an Estonian-born Orthodox bishop who served from 1925 to 1960 as Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland of the Orthodox Church of Finland.
Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop (died 1961)
Werner von Blomberg was a German field marshal and politician who served as the first Minister of War in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1938. Blomberg had served as Chief of the Truppen…
Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (died 1946)
Dorothea Lambert Chambers was a British tennis player. She won seven Wimbledon women's singles titles and a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player (died 1960)
Adelaide Crapsey was an American poet. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Rochester, New York. Her parents were the businesswoman Adelaide T. Crapsey and the Episcop…
Adelaide Crapsey, American poet and critic (died 1914)
Arthur George Fox was an English-American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (died 1958)
Sergio Osmeña Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946 and as the first vice president of the Philippines fr…
Sergio Osmeña, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th President of the Philippines (died 1961)
Karl Albiker was a German sculptor, lithographer and teacher of fine arts. Albiker studied with Auguste Rodin in Paris. From 1919 to 1945 he was a professor at the Dresden Academy…
Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (died 1961)
Vincenzo Tommasini was an Italian composer.
Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (died 1950)