Explore 1132 historical events from 1880–1889.
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the Sikorsky S-2, the second aircraft of hi…
Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (died 1972)
Richard Réti was an Austro-Hungarian and later Czechoslovak chess player, chess author and composer of endgame studies.
Richard Réti, Slovak-Czech chess player and author (died 1929)
Charles Kay Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer. Described as a polymath but also an eccentric and outsider, he took part in many ventures related to literature, …
Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher (died 1957)
Beno Gutenberg was a German-American seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague and mentor of Charles Francis Richter at the Californi…
Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (died 1960)
John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos also known as John Paras, was a Greek and South African astronomer. He spent most of his career in the Boyden Observatory, for the establishment of wh…
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Ralph Cook Craig was an American track and field athlete. He was the winner of the sprint double at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (died 1972)
Joseph Cohen (1889–1980) was a solicitor and property developer in Birmingham, England, and was chairman and managing director of the Jacey Cinemas chain. He was also a prominent f…
Joseph Cohen, British solicitor, property developer, cinema magnate and Jewish community leader (died 1980)
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, known by her pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian and Soviet poet. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 and 1966.
Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author (died 1966)
Verena Winifred Holmes was an English mechanical engineer and multi-field inventor, the first woman member elected to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1924) and the Institu…
Verena Holmes, English engineer (died 1964)
Karl Hugo Wieslander was a Swedish athlete. He set the inaugural world record in the pentathlon in Gothenburg in 1911 with a score of 5516 points. The following year, he finished s…
Hugo Wieslander, Swedish decathlete (died 1976)
Gao Qifeng was a Chinese painter who co-founded the Lingnan School with his older brother Gao Jianfu and fellow artist Chen Shuren. Orphaned at a young age, Gao spent much of his c…
Gao Qifeng, Chinese painter (died 1933)
William Macfarlane was a Scottish professional golfer.
Willie Macfarlane, Scottish-American golfer (died 1961)
Archibald Goodman Frazer Nash, was an early English motor car designer, engineer, and inventor who specialised in manufacturer of light "cycle cars" and sports cars in England.
Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (died 1965)
Richard Earl Cramer was an American actor in films from the late 1920s to the early 1950s.
Richard Cramer, American actor (died 1960)
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of th…
Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1963)
Joseph Viateur "Léo" Dandurand, was an American-Canadian sportsman and businessman. He was the owner and coach of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team in the National Hockey Leag…
Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (died 1964)
Noble Lee Sissle was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer, and playwright, best known for the Broadway musical Shuffle Along (1921), and its hit song "I'm Just W…
Noble Sissle, American jazz composer, singer, lyricist and playwright (died 1975)
Emma Asson was an Estonian politician. She was the first woman to be elected to the Estonian parliament. Asson participated in the creation of the first constitution of independent…
Emma Asson, Estonian educator and politician (died 1965)
Marc Henri Benoist better known as Marco de Gastyne was a French painter, illustrator and later film director of more than fifteen films.
Marco de Gastyne, French painter and illustrator (died 1982)
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories. Gardner also wrote numerous other novels and shorter piece…
Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (died 1970)
Marquess Kōichi Kido was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to emperor Hirohito throughout Wo…
Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (died 1977)
Stanley Anthony Coveleski was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four American League (AL) teams between 1912 and 1928, primarily the Clevelan…
Stan Coveleski, American baseball player (died 1984)
Ante Pavelić was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the Ustaše in 1929 and was dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a fascist puppet state built out of par…
Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (died 1959)
Arthur Bowie Chrisman was an American author. He was born in Clarke County, Virginia. Chrisman was educated in a one-room school and attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 19…
Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author (died 1953)