Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
Ernest Regnard Leonce Dezentjé was a Dutch-Indonesian painter. Dezentjé worked for the office of the auditor general until the 1910s, when he took up painting and began learning fr…
Ernest Dezentjé, Dutch-Indonesian painter (died 1972)
Edward Vivian "Vance" Palmer was an Australian novelist, dramatist, essayist and critic.
Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic (died 1959)
Ed "Tedda" Courtney was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played club football for North Sydney, Western Suburbs and representative football for the New So…
Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1957)
Edwin DuBose Heyward was an American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worke…
DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright (died 1940)
Antonio Bacci was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Secretary of Briefs to Princes from 1931 to 1960, when he was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope J…
Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (died 1971)
Otto Kruger was an American actor. Originally a Broadway matinée idol, he established a niche as a charming villain in films, such as in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and Doug…
Otto Kruger, American actor (died 1974)
Elinor Morton Wylie was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for …
Elinor Wylie, American author and poet (died 1928)
Miriam Licette was an English operatic soprano whose career spanned 35 years, from the mid-1910s to after World War II. She was also a singing teacher, and created the Miriam Licet…
Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (died 1969)
Clare Consuelo Sheridan was an English sculptor, journalist and writer, known primarily for creating busts for famous sitters and keeping travel diaries. She was a cousin of Sir Wi…
Clare Sheridan, English sculptor and author (died 1970)
Johannes de Jong was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1936 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pop…
Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (died 1955)
Carl Clinton Van Doren was an American critic and biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren.
Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (died 1950)
Herbert Pope Stothart was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stoth…
Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (died 1949)
Wilhelm Johann Eugen Blaschke was an Austrian mathematician working in the fields of differential and integral geometry. In his time he was best known for his influential three-vol…
Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962)
Vittorio Gui was an Italian conductor, composer, musicologist and critic.
Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)
David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernit…
D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)
Heinrich Hoffmann was a German Nazi politician and publisher who was Adolf Hitler's official photographer and a member of his inner circle. Hoffmann's photographs were a significan…
Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer (died 1957)
Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist, and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the mu…
Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (died 1948)
Enrico Mizzi was a Maltese politician, leader of the Maltese Nationalist Party from 1926 and briefly Prime Minister of Malta in 1950.
Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1950)
Erik Gunnar Asplund was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s during the last decade of his life. At this time, he was a major…
Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, designed the Stockholm Public Library (died 1940)
Joseph Benedict Chifley was the 16th prime minister of Australia, serving from 1945 to 1949. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and was notable for d…
Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1951)
Artur Lemba was an Estonian composer and piano teacher, and one of the most important figures in Estonian classical music. Artur and his older brother Theodor (1876–1962) were the …
Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1963)
Harry Bouton Blackstone was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career as a magician in …
Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (died 1965)
Charles Benjamin Howard was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was known for his eloquence in English and French.
Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1964)
Emil Ernst Väre was a Finnish wrestler who won the gold medals in the lightweight class at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee (died 1974)