Explore 766 historical events from 1880–1889.
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his…
Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian author (died 1924)
Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor.
Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (died 1970)
Gustave Lanctot, also spelled Gustave Lanctôt, was a Canadian historian and archivist.
Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian, author, and academic (died 1975)
Godfrey Martin Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern, was a Rhodesian politician and physician. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1933 to 1953 and remained i…
Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (died 1971)
Toivo Timoteus Kuula was a Finnish composer and conductor of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods, who emerged in the wake of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately f…
Toivo Kuula, Finnish conductor and composer (died 1918)
Hugo Raudsepp was an influential and prolific Estonian playwright and politician. In 1951 he was deported to the Irkutsk region by the Soviet authorities, where he died.
Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian playwright and politician (died 1952)
Denis Barry was an Irish Republican who died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes, shortly after the Irish Civil War.
Denny Barry, Irish Republican, died during the 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (died 1923)
Charles Sheeler was an American artist known for his Precisionist paintings, commercial photography, and the 1921 avant-garde film, Manhatta, which he made in collaboration with Pa…
Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter (died 1965)
Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz was a German Generaloberst during World War II. After joining the Imperial German Army in 1901, Blaskowitz served throughout World War I, where he earn…
Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (died 1948)
Max Fleischer was an American animator and studio owner. Born in Kraków, in Austrian Poland, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became a pioneer in the development …
Max Fleischer, Austrian-American animator and producer (died 1972)
Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, was a senior officer of the British Army. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of th…
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, French-English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the County of…
Alfredo Casella was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor.
Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1947)
Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez, better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer.
Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (died 1942)
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and dictator who led the Kingdom of Italy as a fascist dictatorship from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. K…
Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1945)
Adolph Strauch was a Prussian American landscape architect who conceived the "landscape lawn" design. He applied his thinking to the layout of Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, …
Adolph Strauch, Prussian American landscape architect (born 1822)
John "Jack" Russell, was an English parson, dog breeder, and enthusiastic follower of country sports, particularly fox hunting. He was known as "The Sporting Parson".
John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (born 1795)
Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impre…
Édouard Manet, French painter (born 1832)
Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din, known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abd al-Qadir al-Hassani al-Jaza'iri, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the Fre…
Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (born 1808)
Edward FitzGerald or Fitzgerald was an English poet and writer. His most famous poem is the first and best-known English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which has kept…
Edward FitzGerald, English poet and author (born 1809)
Sir Edward Sabine was an Irish physicist, geodesist,astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, polar explorer, soldier, and the 30th president of the Royal Society.
Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (born 1788)
Charles Sherwood Stratton, better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnu…
General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (born 1838)
Sir John O'Shanassy, KCMG, was an Irish-Australian politician who served as the 2nd Premier of Victoria. O'Shanassy was born near Thurles in County Tipperary, Ireland, the son of a…
John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (born 1818)
Tự Đức was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, and the country's last pre-colonial monarch. Ruling for about 36 years from 1847 to 1883, this made him the longest …
Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (born 1829)
Montgomery Blair was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War.…
Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (born 1813)