Explore 1429 historical events from 1880–1889.
Inge Lehmann was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who is known for her discovery in 1936 of the solid inner core that exists within the molten outer core of the Earth. She al…
Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (died 1993)
Archibald Alphonso Alexander was an American architect and engineer. He was an early African-American graduate of the University of Iowa and the first to graduate from the Universi…
Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer (died 1958)
Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English first-class cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and England, he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English s…
Tich Freeman, English cricketer (died 1965)
Hanna Adamauna Barysiewicz, Belarusian: Ганна Адамаўна Барысевiч, Russian: Анна Адамовна Борисевич was the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of …
Hanna Barysiewicz, the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records
Royal Raymond Rife was an American inventor and early exponent of high-magnification time-lapse cine-micrography.
Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (died 1971)
Adriaan Roland Holst was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. He was nominated for the Nobel…
Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (died 1976)
Zachariah Davis Wheat, nicknamed "Buck", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left fielder from 1909 to 1927, most notably as…
Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (died 1972)
William Miles Malleson was an English actor and dramatist, best remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Toward the end of his career, he also …
Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (died 1969)
Louis Edmond Durey was a French composer. He was among the Les Six group of composers.
Louis Durey, French composer (died 1979)
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