Explore 766 historical events from 1880–1889.
George Murray Hulbert was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who was a United States representative from New York and a United States district judge of the United States Di…
George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (died 1950)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish field marshal and statesperson who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (died 1938)
Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor was a Mexican politician, the 45th President of Mexico from 1 June to 30 November 1920, following the assassination of President Venustiano Carran…
Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (died 1955)
Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded …
Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (died 1968)
Walter Eugene Egan was an American golfer who competed in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
Walter Egan, American golfer (died 1971)
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was a Russian avant-garde painter who worked with radical exhibitors and pioneered the first approach to abstract Russian art. He was founding member o…
Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (died 1964)
Spiros George Xenos was a Greek-Swedish artist.
Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (died 1963)
Mordecai Menahem Kaplan was an American Conservative rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian-philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructio…
Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (died 1983)
Margarita Maria “Maggie” Gripenberg was a pioneer of modern dance in Finland. She was the first to introduce Dalcroze Eurhythmics to Finland and modeled her early works on the impr…
Maggie Gripenberg, Finnish dancer and choreographer (died 1976)
Kesago Nakajima was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese forces under Nakajima's command committed the 1937 Nanjing Ma…
Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (died 1945)
Tommy Burns was a Canadian professional boxer. He remains the only Canadian-born fighter to win the World Heavyweight Championship and is the shortest champion in the division's hi…
Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (died 1955)
Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de Erdőtelek was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics, winning the following medals:1900: silver, bronze 1904: gold 1906: gold, silve…
Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (died 1956)
Maginel Wright Enright Barney was an American children's book illustrator and graphic artist. She was the younger sister of Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, and the mother of Elizabe…
Maginel Wright Enright, American illustrator (died 1966)
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gr…
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George Shiels was an Irish dramatist whose plays were a success both in his native Ulster and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His most famous plays are The Rugged Path, The Passi…
George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (died 1949)
Ya'akov Cahan or Kahan was an Israeli poet, playwright, translator, writer and Hebrew linguist.
Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright (died 1960)
Harry Herbert Frazee was an American theatrical agent, producer, and director, and owner of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox from 1916 to 1923. He is well known for selling B…
Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (died 1929)
Curt Sachs was a German musicologist. He was one of the founders of modern organology. Among his contributions was the Hornbostel–Sachs system, which he created with Erich von Horn…
Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist (died 1959)
Sir Edward Battersby Bailey FRS FRSE MC was an English geologist.
Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist (died 1965)
Royal Hurlburt Weller was an American politician and attorney who was a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1929. He was assistant district attorney of New York…
Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician (died 1929)
Ulysses Simpson Grant III was a United States Army officer and planner. He was the son of Frederick Dent Grant, and the grandson of General of the Armies and American President Uly…
Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (died 1968)
Isabel Martin Lewis was an American astronomer who was the first woman hired by the United States Naval Observatory as assistant astronomer. In 1918, Lewis was elected a member of…
Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author (died 1966)
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova was a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer. Goncharova's lifelong partner was fellow Russian av…
Natalia Goncharova, Russian theatrical costume and set designer, painter and illustrator (died 1962)
John Bannerman McLean was a Canadian professional baseball catcher between 1901 until 1915. During his years in Major League Baseball, he played with five different teams. Beginnin…
Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player (died 1921)