Explore 1132 historical events from 1880–1889.
Alfonso XIII, also known as El Africano or the African for his Africanist views, was King of Spain from his birth until 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaim…
Alfonso XIII of Spain, Spanish monarch (died 1941)
Abbie Jean MacPherson was an American silent actress, writer and director. She is known for her collaborations with directors D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, and was a foundin…
Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (died 1946)
Francis Beverley Biddle was an American lawyer and judge who was the United States Attorney General during World War II. He also served as the primary American judge during Nurembe…
Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (died 1968)
Ali Sami Yen, born Ali Sami Frashëri was a Turkish Albanian sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club.
Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club (died 1951)
Rashbehari Bose was an Indian revolutionary leader and freedom fighter who fought against the British Empire. He was one of the key organisers of the Ghadar Mutiny and founded the …
Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (died 1945)
Philip Murray was a Scottish-born steelworker and an American labor leader. He was the first president of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), the first president of the …
Philip Murray, Scottish-American miner and labor leader (died 1952)
Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian.
Al Jolson, American singer and actor (died 1950)
Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer. After winning France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome, he fought in the First World War and was…
Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (died 1979)
Santo Trafficante Sr. was a Sicilian-born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante Jr.
Santo Trafficante, Sr
Laurent Barré was a Quebec author, politician and Cabinet Minister for 16 years.
Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1964)
Randolph Silliman Bourne was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. He is considered to be a spokesman for the…
Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (died 1918)
Henri Marie Coandă was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910, which never flew. He invented a great number of devices,…
Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (died 1972)
Kintarō Hayakawa, known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, was a Japanese actor. He was a popular star and matinée idol in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and ear…
Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (died 1973)
Frank Charles Clement was a British racing driver who, along with Canadian John Duff, won the 1924 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Frank Clement, British racing driver (died 1970)
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s. He and his climbing part…
George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (died 1924)
Frank Alexander Wetmore was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. He was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was also an elected member of both the…
Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (died 1978)
Finley Hamilton was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Vincent, Owsley County, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and Berea College. He studied law …
Finley Hamilton, American lawyer and politician (died 1940)
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the…
Henry H
Charles George Macartney was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches between 1907 and 1926. He was known as "The Governor-General" in reference to his authoritative b…
Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1958)
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic political thinker and activist. Twice Prime Minister of France, a re…
Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1963)
Raymond Ames Spruance was a United States Navy admiral during World War II. He commanded U.S. naval forces during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, one of the most significant nava…
Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (died 1969)
Thomas Charles Longboat was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and, for much of his career, the dominant long-distance runner. He was …
Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier (died 1949)
Willem Drees Sr. was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian who served as Prime Minister of…
Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (died 1988)
Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, formerly Grand Duke John Konstantinovich of Russia, sometimes also known as Prince Ivan, Prince Ioann or Prince Johan, was the eldest son of …
Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia (died 1918)