Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
John Logie Baird was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator who demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent…
John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television (died 1946)
Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age 44, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company e…
Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (died 1959)
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing …
Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American inventor, engineer, invented the cathode ray tube system (died 1982)
Syedna Taher Saifuddin, also known as Taher Saifuddin, was the 51st and longest serving Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras. Saifuddin adapted the modernisation in Western and Eur…
Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (died 1965)
Gleb W. Derujinsky was a Russian-American sculptor.
Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (died 1975)
Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman…
T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (died 1935)
Armand John "A.J." Piron was an American jazz violinist who led dance bands during the 1910s thru the 1930s.
Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (died 1943)
Edgar Montillion "Monty" Woolley was an American film and theater actor. At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his role in the 1939 stage play The Man Who Came to …
Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit (died 1963)
Pieter Henricus van der Hoog, also known after converting to Islam as Mohammed Abdul-Ali, was a Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist. Born in The Hague, Van der Hoog…
Pieter van der Hoog, Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (died 1957)
Tôn Đức Thắng was the second President of Vietnam under the leadership of Communist Party General Secretary Lê Duẩn. The position of president is ceremonial and Tôn was never a maj…
Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam (died 1980)
Captain Valentine Henry Baker MC AFC, nicknamed "Bake", served in all three of the British Armed Forces during the First World War. After the war he became a civilian flight instru…
Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (died 1942)
Gustavo Romeo Vincenti was a Maltese architect and developer. Born into a wealthy and business-oriented family in Valletta and Floriana, he was able to purchase land and design and…
Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (died 1974)
Evadne Price, probably born Eva Grace Price, was an Australian British writer, actress, astrologer and media personality. She also wrote under the pseudonym Helen Zenna Smith.
Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (died 1985)
Salme Anette Pekkala-Dutt, known by the pen name Sancho, was an Estonian-British communist politician, essayist, writer and translator.
Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (died 1964)
Andrija Štampar was a distinguished scholar in the field of social medicine from Croatia.
Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (died 1958)
Oskar Schlemmer was a German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school.
Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (died 1943)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He …
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (died 1975)
Joseph Patrick Kennedy was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. Known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children, he was the pat…
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (died…
Ida McNeil was an American broadcaster and the designer of the first state flag of South Dakota. She and her husband, Dana McNeil, founded KGFX, in Pierre, South Dakota, one of the…
Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (died 1974)
Israel Abramofsky, was a Russian-born artist, who trained in Paris and settled in the United States, known for his landscape works, and works depicting Jewish life in Eastern Eur…
Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (died 1976)
Maurice Auguste Chevalier was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", …
Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer (died 1972)
Antonio Ascari was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. He won four Grands Prix before his premature death at the 1925 French Grand Prix. He was the father of two-time Worl…
Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (died 1925)
Frans Eemil Sillanpää was a Finnish writer. In 1939, he became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his deep understanding of his country's pe…
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
James Waddell Alexander II was a mathematician of the pre-World War II era. He was part of an influential school of topology at Princeton University, along with Oswald Veblen, Solo…
James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (died 1971)