Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
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)
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)
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)
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)
Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch was a French historian. He was a founding member of the Annales School of French social history. Bloch specialised in medieval history and published wid…
Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (died 1944)
Boris Grigoriev was a painter, graphic artist, and writer.
Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (died 1939)
Jean Pierre Carl Buron, known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian from 1937–1954, rep…
Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (died 1956)
Edward Joseph Flanagan was an Irish-born priest of the Catholic Church in the United States who served for decades in Nebraska. After serving as a parish priest in the Diocese of O…
Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town (died 1948)
Michael (Mihály) Fekete was a Hungarian-Israeli mathematician.
Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (died 1957)
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo was a Spanish "eminent liberal", diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Peace Prize…
Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat (died 1978)
Walter Schottky was a German physicist and electrical engineer who played a major early role in developing the theory of thermionic emission, invented the screen-grid vacuum tube i…
Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (died 1976)
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work range fr…
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author (died 1965)
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater. As commanding general of Alaska Defense Command,…
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (died 1945)
Hella Maria Wuolijoki, known by the pen name Juhani Tervapää, was an Estonian-born Finnish writer, playwright, parliamentarian, businessperson and farmer. She is best known as a dr…
Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author (died 1954)
Edward McClellan Cummins was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished 25th in thi…
Edward Cummins, American golfer (died 1926)
Lars Mauritz Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.
Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (died 1965)
Ernst Georg May was a German architect and city planner.
Ernst May, German architect and urban planner (died 1970)
Salvatore Maranzano, nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later wou…
Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss (died 1931)
Frederick Clinton Quimby was an American animation producer best known for producing the Tom and Jerry cartoon series, for which he won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short…
Fred Quimby, American animation producer (died 1965)
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, was a Canadian aviation pioneer and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952.
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (died 1961)
Dr Maithilisharan Gupt was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He is considered one among the pioneers of Khari Boli poetry and wrote in Khari Boli dialect, at a time whe…
Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (died 1964)
Edward Ballantine, was an American composer and professor of music.
Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic (died 1971)