Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
Luo Yixiu was the first wife of Chinese communist revolutionary and future leader of China, Mao Zedong, to whom she was married from 1908 until her death. Coming from the area arou…
Luo Yixiu, first wife of Mao Zedong (died 1910)
Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer, and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919),…
Abel Gance, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)
Juliette Béliveau was a French Canadian actress and singer, who starred in various radio and television comedies and dramas, as well as in theatre productions. She was also the her…
Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Stefan Dunjov was a Banat Bulgarian military figure and revolutionary known for participating in both the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Italian unification (Risorgimento), a…
Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (born 1815)
Charles III was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his name in Monegasque and Itali…
Charles III, Prince of Monaco (born 1818)
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868…
Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1824)