Explore 419 historical events from 1890–1899.
Joseph Patrick Murphy was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was one of 22 Irish Republicans who died on hunger strike in the 20th century. He was an officer in the Iris…
Joe Murphy, (Irish-American), died during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (died 1920)
William Francis Giauque was a Canadian-born American chemist and Nobel laureate. He was recognized in 1949, for his studies in the properties of matter, at temperatures close to ab…
William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)
Nandor Fodor was a British and American parapsychologist, psychoanalyst, author and journalist of Hungarian origin.
Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist, parapsychologist, and author (died 1964)
Prescott Sheldon Bush was an American banker and Republican Party politician. After working as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the United S…
Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (died 1972)
William Devereux Byron II, a Democrat, was a U.S. congressman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1939, to February 27, 1941. After his death…
William D
Saul Adler OBE FRS was an Israeli expert on parasitology.
Saul Adler, Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist (died 1966)
Reinhold Saulmann was an Estonian track and field sprinter.
Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player (died 1936)
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian spiritual figure, speaker, and writer. Adopted by members of the Theosophical Society as a child, Krishnamurti was raised to fill the mantle of the…
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (died 1986)
Augusto César Sandino was a Nicaraguan revolutionary, founder of the militant group EDSN, and leader of a rebellion between 1927 and 1933 against the United States occupation of Ni…
Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (died 1934)
Reginald Joseph Mitchell was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936. He is best known for designing racing sea…
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Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was a Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general i…
Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general, president (1934–1940) and father of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (died 1970)
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. was an American broadcasting businessman, as well as a magazine and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of Advance Publications.
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr
Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs …
Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (died 1965)
Paul Lukas was a Hungarian actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, as well as a Photoplay Award and …
Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (died 1971)
Douglas Lloyd Campbell was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He served as the 13th premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba f…
Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (died 1995)
Maurice William Tate was an English cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period. He was also the first Susse…
Maurice Tate, English cricketer (died 1956)
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig was a German physician and physiologist. His work as both a researcher and teacher had a major influence on the understanding, methods and apparatus u…
Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (born 1815)
Graf Eric Stanislaus Stenbock was a Baltic Swedish poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction.
Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (born 1860)
Franz Ernst Neumann was a German mineralogist and physicist. He devised the first formulas to calculate inductance. He also formulated Neumann's law for molecular heat. In electrom…
Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (born 1798)
José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of h…
José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (born 1853)
Franz von Suppé, born Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppé was an Austrian composer of light operas and other theatre music. He came from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungar…
Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1819)
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha was an Ottoman scholar, intellectual, bureaucrat, administrator, and historian who was a prominent figure in the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire. He was t…
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (born 1822)
Samuel Jones Tilden was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of New York and was the Democratic nominee in the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.
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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular a…
Oscar Wilde was sentenced by Alfred Wills to two years of hard labor for gross indecency