The 1880s
Explore 766 historical events from 1880–1889.
Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (died 1963)
Thoralf Albert Skolem was a Norwegian mathematician who worked in mathematical logic, set theory, and number theory.
Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (died 1963)
Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (died 1951)
Nikolai Vekšin was a Russian and Estonian sailor and helmsman of the bronze-medallist Estonian team at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games.
Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (died 1951)
Padre Pio, Italian priest and saint (died 1968)
Pio of Pietrelcina, widely known as Padre Pio was an Italian friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, priest, stigmatist and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic …
Padre Pio, Italian priest and saint (died 1968)
Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (died 1963)
Sir Ba U, was a Anglo-Burmese politician and lawyer. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma from 1948 to 1952, and the second president of Burma from 16 March 195…
Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (died 1963)
Frank Woolley, English cricketer (died 1978)
Frank Edward Woolley was an English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1906 and 1938 and represented the England cricket team. A genuine all-rou…
Frank Woolley, English cricketer (died 1978)
Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (died 1964)
Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko was a Ukrainian-American avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist, active in France and the United States. He was one of the first to apply…
Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (died 1964)
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Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell was a British historian and academic who served as dean and later principal of Hertford College, Oxford. His field of expertise was modern …
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Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1918)
Edward Corringham "Mick" Mannock was a British-Irish flying ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War. Mannock was a pioneer of fighte…
Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1918)
Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1964)
Emil Reesen was a Danish composer, conductor and pianist. Aside from composing for ballets and operas he was also a noted film score composer. He is remembered mainly for his opere…
Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1964)
Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
Alexis Leger, better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse, was a French poet, writer and diplomat, awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the soaring flight and the evo…
Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
Clive Brook, English actor (died 1974)
Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook was an English stage and film actor.
Clive Brook, English actor (died 1974)
André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (died 1978)
André François-Poncet was a French politician and diplomat whose post as ambassador to Germany allowed him to witness first-hand the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Part…
André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (died 1978)
Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)
Bruno Frank was a German author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and humanist.
Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)
Tancrède Labbé, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1956)
Joseph-Tancrède Labbé was a prominent Quebec politician and businessman. He was the father of media mogul François Labbé.
Tancrède Labbé, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1956)
Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator (died 1948)
Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was a German artist. He was born in Hanover, Germany, but lived in exile from 1937.
Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator (died 1948)
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Norman Levi Bowen FRS was a Canadian geologist. Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization". Beginning geology students are famil…
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Julian Huxley, English biologist and academic (died 1975)
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth-…
Julian Huxley, English biologist and academic (died 1975)
George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
George Francis Abbott was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. He received numerous hono…
George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (died 1938)
Frigyes Karinthy was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story,…
Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (died 1938)
Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (died 1981)
Amber Blanco White was a New Zealand–born British feminist writer and scholar.
Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (died 1981)
Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman (died 1965)
Pio Pion was an Italian entrepreneur, known for founding the first Italian company producing movie projectors, the Fumagalli, Pion & C.
Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman (died 1965)
Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (died 1985)
Marc Chagall was a Russian and French artist of Jewish ancestry. An early modernist, he was associated with the École de Paris, as well as several major artistic styles and created…
Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (died 1985)
Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer and actress (died 1975)
Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and writer, usually spelt with a single final n as Annette Kellerman.
Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer and actress (died 1975)