Explore 766 historical events from 1880–1889.
Kaarel Eenpalu was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state, who served as 7th Prime Minister of Estonia.
Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1942)
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot was the first wife of American-British poet T. S. Eliot, whom she married in 1915, less than three months after their introduction by mutual friends, when…
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator (died 1947)
James Francis Thorpe was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, he was the…
Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (died 1953)
Clarence Harrison DeMar was a U.S. marathoner, winner of seven Boston Marathons, and Bronze medalist at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He was known by the nickname "Mr. DeMarathon."
Clarence DeMar, American runner and educator (died 1958)
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists, controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a payma…
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American anarchist and convicted criminal (died 1927)
Zygmunt Janiszewski was a Polish mathematician.
Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)
Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary …
Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (died 1935)
Martin Cyril D'Arcy was an English Jesuit priest, philosopher of love, and a correspondent, friend, and adviser to a range of literary and artistic figures including Evelyn Waugh, …
Martin D'Arcy, English Jesuit priest (died 1976)
Ramón López Velarde was a Mexican poet. His work was a reaction against French-influenced modernismo which, as an expression of a purely Mexican subject matter and emotional exper…
Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (died 1921)
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He originated the pioneering theory that the universe is expanding, governed by a set of equ…
Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (died 1925)
Peter Stoner was a Christian writer and Chairman of the departments of mathematics and astronomy at Pasadena City College until 1953; Chairman of the science division, Westmont Col…
Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (died 1980)
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was a German army general and military theorist. A pioneer and advocate of the "blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in the development of the panz…
Heinz Guderian, German general (died 1954)
Arthur Massey "Matt" Berry was a pioneering Canadian bush pilot.
Arthur Massey Berry, Canadian soldier and pilot (died 1970)
Harold Hitz Burton was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. senator from Ohio, and as an associate justice of the Supreme Co…
Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland (died 1964)
Bronson Murray Cutting was a United States senator from New Mexico. A prominent progressive Republican, he had also been a newspaper publisher and military attaché.
Bronson M
Gerrit Rietveld was a Dutch furniture designer and architect.
Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House (died 1964)
Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier was a British historian of Polish-Jewish background. His best-known works were The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (1929), England i…
Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (died 1960)
Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry was an American actress, producer, director and administrator known for her work in theatre. She was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre W…
Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (died 1946)
George Challenor was a Barbadian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side, and who faced the very first ball bowled to a West Indian cricketer in a Test match. He …
George Challenor, Barbadian cricketer (died 1947)
Stefi Geyer was a Hungarian violinist who was considered one of the leading violinists of her generation.
Stefi Geyer, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1956)
Joseph Theodore Leslie "Squizzy" Taylor was an Australian gangster from Melbourne. He appeared repeatedly and sometimes prominently in Melbourne news media because of suspicions, f…
Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (died 1927)
Ramón Gómez de la Serna y Puig, born in Madrid, was a Spanish writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator. He strongly influenced surrealist film maker Luis Buñuel.
Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish author and playwright (died 1963)
Henry Armetta was an American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, beginning in silent movies. His last film was released posthumously in 1946, the year aft…
Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer (died 1945)
Herbert Spencer Gasser was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while o…
Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1963)