Explore 1132 historical events from 1880–1889.
Isabel González was a Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans to be given United States citizenship. As a young unwed pregnant woman, González had her plans…
Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship (died 1971)
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst was an English feminist and socialist activist and writer. Following encounters with women-led labour activism in the United States, she worked to organise…
Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist (died 1960)
Henry John Kaiser was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health …
Henry J
Walter White was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Fulham and Everton. He won two caps for Scotland at…
Walter White, Scottish international footballer (died 1950)
Karl Burman sen. was an Estonian architect and painter.
Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter (died 1965)
Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1906 to 1926 who spent nearly his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. …
Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist (died 1968)
Simeon Taylor "Sim" Price Jr. was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Simeon Price, American golfer (died 1945)
Sigrid Undset was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.
Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
William Halpenny was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Prince Edward Island. In 1912, he won a bronze medal in the pole va…
William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (died 1960)
Marie Doro was an American stage and film actress of the early silent film era.
Marie Doro, American actress (died 1956)
Wyndham Halswelle was a British athlete. He won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover.
Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier (died 1915)
Count Sándor Ágost Dénes Festetics de Tolna was a Hungarian nobleman and cabinet minister who later became an advocate of Nazism in Hungary.
Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (died 1956)
Robert Kerr was an Irish Canadian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1963)
Nils Andreas Økland was a Norwegian Esperantist and teacher in Stord Municipality, Norway. He spent some years in his youth on the island of Utsira, where his father was a school t…
Nils Økland, Norwegian Esperantist and teacher (died 1969)
Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician, author and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. He was elected to the Irania…
Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (died 1967)
Adolphus Frederick VI was the last reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1918)
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers o…
Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1971)
Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov, also known as Georgiy Mihaylovich Dimitrov, was a Bulgarian communist politician and revolutionary who served as General Secretary of the Central Committe…
Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (died 1949)
Daniel Edward "Ned" Sawyer was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (died 1937)
Yaacov Ben-Dov was an Israeli photographer and a pioneer of Jewish cinematography in Palestine.
Ya'acov Ben-Dov, Israeli photographer and cinematographer (died 1968)
Lluís Companys i Jover was a Catalan politician from Spain who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.
Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (died 1940)
Adrianus Egbert Willem "Adriaan" "Arie" de Jong was a fencer who competed at five Olympic Games.
Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer and soldier (died 1966)
Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager.
Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (died 1971)
Louis-Athanase David was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman. He was a cabinet minister in the Provincial Parliament of Quebec, representing the riding of Terrebonne and…
Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1953)