Explore 1132 historical events from 1880–1889.
Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (died 1948)
Doris Amelia Blackburn was an Australian social reformer and politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1949, the second woman after Enid Lyons to do so. B…
Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (died 1970)
Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World Wa…
Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (died 1959)
Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany was an American educator and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her younger sister Bessie, of the oral history biography, Having Our …
Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (died 1999)
Oskar Kaplur was an Estonian wrestler. He competed for the Russian Empire in the lightweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Oskar Kaplur, Estonian wrestler (died 1962)
Charles Decker Reidpath was an American track and field sprinter and winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics, who later went on to have an outstanding military career…
Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (died 1975)
Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was a French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at …
Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (born 1808)
Zulma Carraud was a French author. She is best known for her children's books and textbooks particularly La Petite Jeanne ou le devoir and Maurice ou le travail.
Zulma Carraud, French author (born 1796)
William Selby Harney, otherwise known among the Lakota as "Woman Killer" and "Mad Bear," was an American cavalry officer in the US Army, who became known during the Indian Wars and…
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John Cadbury was an English Quaker and businessman, who founded the Cadbury chocolate company in Birmingham, England. He was also involved in activism and philanthropy, championing…
John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (born 1801)
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name Nikolai Shchedrin, was a major Russian writer and satirist…
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1826)
Volney Erskine Howard was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist.
Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1809)
Isabella Glyn was a well-known Victorian-era Shakespearean actress.
Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (born 1823)
Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets. His prosody – notably his concept of sprung rhythm – …
Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (born 1844)
Michael E. Burke was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly shortstop for the 1879 Cincinnati Reds of the National League. In 28 games, he had 26 hits in 117 at…
Mike Burke, American baseball player (born 1854)
Mihai Eminescu was a Romanian Romantic poet, novelist, and journalist from Moldavia, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active mem…
Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
Lozen was a warrior and prophet of the Chihenne Chiricahua Apache. She was the sister of Victorio, a prominent chief. Born into the Chihenne band during the 1840s, Lozen was, accor…
Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (born ~1840)
Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her…
Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (born 1818)
Robert Hamerling was an Austrian poet.
Robert Hamerling, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (born 1830)
Nelson Webster Dewey was an American lawyer, land speculator, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the first governor of Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin Senate and…
Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (born 1813)
Charles Alfred Absolom was an English amateur cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Kent County Cricket Club and England in the period from 1866 to 1879.
Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (born 1846)
Eduardo Gutiérrez was an Argentine writer. His works of gauchoesque nature acquired great popularity, specially Juan Moreira, a novel successfully adapted to the stage in 1884 that…
Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (born 1851)
Jakob Ernst Arthur Böttcher was a Baltic German pathologist and anatomist who was a native of Bauska, in what was then the Courland Governorate. He worked primarily within the Russ…
Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (born 1831)
Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was a French symbolist writer. His family called him Mathias while his friends called him Villiers; he would a…
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1838)