Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
Gertrude Elzora Durden Rush was the first African-American female lawyer in Iowa, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1918. She helped found the National Bar Association in 1925.
Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (died 1962)
Ruth Sawyer was an American storyteller and a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She is best known as the author of Roller Skates, which won the 1937 Newber…
Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator (died 1970)
Hans Moser was an Austrian actor who, during his long career, from the 1920s up to his death, mainly played in comedy films. He was particularly associated with the genre of the Wi…
Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer (died 1964)
Arthur Garfield Dove was an American artist. An early American modernist, he is often considered the first American abstract painter. Dove used a wide range of media, sometimes in …
Arthur Dove, American painter and educator (died 1946)
Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page was an Australian politician and surgeon who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Australia from 7 to 26 April 1939, in a caretaker capacity follow…
Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961)
Robert Lee Thornton was an American banker and politician who served as the 47th mayor of Dallas from 1953 to 1961. A child of tenant farmers, Thornton's early years were divided b…
Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1964)
John Radclyffe-Hall, born as Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall and also known by her pen name Radclyffe Hall, was an English poet and author best known for her novel The Well of Lo…
Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist (died 1943)
Christopher Mathewson, nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in…
Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (died 1925)
Percy William Sherwell was a South African cricketer who played in 13 Tests for South Africa as captain, wicketkeeper and batsman from 1906 to 1911.
Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (died 1948)
Johann Wilhelm Kinau, better known by his pseudonym Gorch Fock, was a German author. Other pseudonyms he used were Jakob Holst and Giorgio Focco.
Gorch Fock, German author and poet (died 1916)
George Joseph Herriman III was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience am…
George Herriman, American cartoonist (died 1944)
Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky, better known by his pen name Alexander Green or Grin, was a Russian writer, notable for his romantic novels and short stories, mostly set in an unn…
Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (died 1932)
Guillaume Apollinaire was a Polish-French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic of Polish, Swiss and Italian descent.
Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1918)
Wilhelmina was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well a…
Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands (died 1962)
José María of Manila was a Criollo Catholic priest and friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was martyred Spain during in the early phase of the Spanish Civil War, and is…
José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (died 1936)
Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson, was an American poet and playwright. She was one of the earliest female African-American playwrights,…
Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (died 1966)
Laura Cornelius Kellogg was an Oneida leader, author, orator, activist and visionary. Kellogg, a descendant of distinguished Oneida leaders, was a founder of the Society of Americ…
Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Native American activist (died 1947)
Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on literature, music, prominent politician…
H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (died 1956)
Jesse Louis Lasky was an American pioneer motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players–Lasky (died 1958)
Metropolitan Benjamin or Veniamin was a bishop of the Russian Church, Orthodox missionary and writer.
Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961)
Charles Archibald Hahn was an American track athlete and is widely regarded as one of the best sprinters of the early 20th century. He is the first athlete to win both the 100 m an…
Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955)
Clara Ayres was an American nurse who joined the United States Army during the First World War. Ayres and Helen Burnett Wood were the first two women to be killed while serving in …
Clara Ayres, American nurse (died 1917)
Alfred Noyes CBE was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright.
Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)
Ildebrando Pizzetti was an Italian composer of classical music, as well as a musicologist and a music critic.
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic (died 1968)