Explore 766 historical events from 1880–1889.
Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his se…
Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd and 4th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1948)
Siegmund Glücksmann was a German-Jewish socialist politician. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most prominent figures of the German minority socialist movement in Poland, …
Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (died 1942)
Ralph Benatzky was a Czech-Austrian composer. He composed operas and operettas, such as Casanova (1928), Die drei Musketiere (1929), The White Horse Inn (1930) and Meine Schwester …
Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer (died 1957)
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, was an English novelist, published in the original editions as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel …
Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (died 1969)
Frederick Lorz was an American long-distance runner who won the 1905 Boston Marathon. Lorz is also known for his "finish" in the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics, where he did …
Frederick Lorz, American runner (died 1914)
Ester Laura Matilda Claesson was a Swedish landscaping pioneer and is considered the first female landscape architect in Sweden.
Ester Claesson, Swedish landscape architect (died 1931)
Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache was a captain in the British Army who died during the First World War.
Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain (died 1917)
Leon Chwistek was a Polish logician, philosopher, mathematician, avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art and literary critic.
Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1944)
Étienne Henri Gilson was a French Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also…
Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic (died 1978)
Count John Francis McCormack, was an Irish lyric tenor celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control…
John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (died 1945)
Georg Zacharias was a German backstroke and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Gdańsk and died in Berlin. In the 1904 Olympics he won a g…
Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (died 1953)
Henry Philmore "Harry" Langdon was an American actor and comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films, and talkies.
Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1944)
Édouard Daladier was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, who was the Prime Minister of France in 1933, 1934 and again from 1938 to 1940.
Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1970)
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes was a French anti-art painter, writer, poet, musician, playwright closely associated with the intended affront to aesthetic sensibilities that was the D…
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French painter and historian (died 1974)
Mary Ross Calvert was an American astronomical computer and astrophotographer. She started as her uncle Edward Emerson Barnard's assistant and ended publishing his work that catalo…
Mary R
Johannes Heinrich Schultz was a German psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Schultz is known for the development of autogenic training.
Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 1970)
Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military care…
Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal (died 1981)
John "James" Alcorn Rector was an American athlete. He was the first Arkansas-born athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. While competing he was a University of Virginia student …
James Rector, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1949)
Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and civil servant. A cover-point and rover, he played professionally from 1906 to 1922, and is a…
Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (died 1979)
Frank Laird Waller was an American athlete who specialized in the 400 metres. He later became a vocal coach.
Frank Waller, American runner (died 1941)
Géza Gyóni was a Hungarian war poet. He died in a Russian prisoner of war camp during the First World War. His many verse contributions to Hungarian literature are considered to be…
Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (died 1917)
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler was a German-born art collector, and one of the most notable French art dealers of the 20th century. He became prominent as an art gallery owner in Paris be…
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian (died 1979)
Gaston Louis Pierre Bachelard was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter, he introduced the concepts of e…
Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (died 1962)
Lamina Sankoh, born Etheldred Nathaniel Jones, was a Sierra Leone Creole pre-independence politician, educator, banker and cleric. Sankoh is known most prominently for helping to f…
Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leonean banker and politician (died 1964)