1883
Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (died 1956)
Aleksanteri Aava, born Aleksanteri (Santeri) Kuparinen, was a Finnish poet and smallholder.
Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (died 1956)
The 1880s
Explore 352 historical events from 1880–1889.
1883
Henry Jameson, American soccer player (died 1938)
Henry Wood Jameson was an American amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1904 …
Henry Jameson, American soccer player (died 1938)
1883
Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (died 1923)
Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian, first anarchist and then communist, and commissar of the Red Army against the Czechoslovak Legion. He i…
Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (died 1923)
1883
The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction
The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brookl…
The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction
1883
In New York City, 12 people are killed in a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brookl…
In New York City, 12 people are killed in a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge
1883
Richard von Mises, Austrian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1953)
Richard Martin Edler von Mises was an Austrian scientist and mathematician who worked on solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, statistics and probability the…
Richard von Mises, Austrian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1953)
1883
Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (died 1947)
Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo was an Italian Futurist painter, composer, builder of experimental musical instruments, and the author of the manifesto The Art of Noises (1913). Russol…
Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (died 1947)
1883
Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician (died 1944)
Wang Zhaoming, widely known by his pen name Wang Jingwei, was a Chinese politician and poet who was leader of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (RNG), a …
Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician (died 1944)
1883
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (died 1950)
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World …
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (died 1950)
1883
Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician (died 1966)
Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler was an American mathematician. She is best known for early work on linear algebra in infinite dimensions, which has later become a part of functional anal…
Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician (died 1966)
1883
Alberto Collo, Italian actor (died 1955)
Alberto Collo was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred and thirty films during his career, mostly during the silent era. During the 1910s he starred in several film…
Alberto Collo, Italian actor (died 1955)
1883
Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear (died 1962)
Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou was a Greek physician, zoologist and microscopist who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the pap smear for de…
Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear (died 1962)
1883
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (died 1974)
Eurico Gaspar Dutra was a Brazilian military leader and politician who served as the president of Brazil from 1946 to 1951. He was the first president of the Fourth Brazilian Repub…
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (died 1974)
1883
Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (died 1986)
Mahmut Celâlettin "Celâl" Bayar was a Turkish economist and politician who was the president of Turkey from 1950 to 1960. He previously served as the prime minister of Turkey from …
Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (died 1986)
1883
José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (died 1955)
José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictator…
José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (died 1955)
1883
Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He…
Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F
1883
Faisal I of Iraq (died 1933)
Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi statesman who served as the King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 until his death in 1933. A member of the Hashemite family, he was …
Faisal I of Iraq (died 1933)
1883
Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1939)
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckling roles in silent film…
Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1939)
1883
Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower (died 1965)
Carl Johan "Massa" Lind was a Swedish athlete who competed at the 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, missing the 1916 Games that were cancelled due to World War I.
Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower (died 1965)
1883
Peter Kürten, German serial killer (died 1931)
Peter Kürten was a German serial killer, known as The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster, who committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and N…
Peter Kürten, German serial killer (died 1931)
1883
Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (died 1946)
Mamie Smith was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-Amer…
Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (died 1946)
1883
Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (died 1971)
Jessie Hazel Arms Botke was an Illinois and California painter noted for her bird images and use of gold leaf highlights.
Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (died 1971)
1883
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (died 1966)
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar, was an Indian political activist, revolutionary, and ideologue. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideol…
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (died 1966)
1883
Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (died 1978)
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. He became a major figure in t…
Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (died 1978)