Explore 896 historical events from 1890–1899.
Odd Lindbäck-Larsen was a Norwegian military officer and war historian. He participated in the Norwegian Campaign in Northern Norway during the Second World War as the chief-of-sta…
Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, Norwegian Army general and war historian (died 1975)
Folke Georg "Pytta" Jansson was a Swedish athlete who specialized in the triple jump.
Folke Jansson, Swedish athlete (died 1965)
Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian politician, diplomat, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He also served as leader of the Liberal Pa…
Lester B
Jiroemon Kimura was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the verified oldest living person between Dina Manfredini's death on 17 December 2012 and his own death at age 116 years and…
Jiroemon Kimura, Japanese super-centenarian, oldest verified man ever (died 2013)
Manuel Ávila Camacho was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the president of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Having participated in the Mexican Revolution and achievi…
Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (died 1955)
Benjamin Atwood Lee Whorf was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer best known for proposing the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. He believed that the structures of different la…
Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer (died 1941)
Mary, Princess Royal, was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, the sister of kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the au…
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (died 1965)
Edward Patrick Francis Eagan was an American athlete who won a gold medal as a light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in four-man bobsled at the 1932 …
Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (died 1967)
Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his …
Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (died 1987)
Humberto Duarte Mauro was a Brazilian film director. His best known work is Ganga Bruta. He is often considered the greatest director of early Brazilian cinema.
Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (died 1983)
John Frederick Coots, better known as J. Fred Coots or Fred Coots, was an American songwriter. He composed more than 700 popular songs and more than a dozen Broadway shows. In 1934…
John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (died 1985)
William Joseph Browne, was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician. He served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly and the House of Commons of Canada.
William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada (died 1989)
Paul Alverdes was a German novelist and poet.
Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (died 1979)
Robert Ellsworth Gross was an American businessman involved in the field of aviation. His first venture, the Viking Flying Boat Company, failed with the loss of the aircraft market…
Robert E
Einar Henry Gerhardsen was a Norwegian politician who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965. With a total of 17 years in office, h…
Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (died 1987)
Ye Jianying was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup …
Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (died 1986)
Earle Leonard Nelson, also known as the Gorilla Man, the Gorilla Killer, and the Dark Strangler, was an American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile who killed at least twenty wo…
Earle Nelson, American serial killer and rapist (died 1928)
Sidney Joseph Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trump…
Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1959)
Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts was an American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher. Renowned as the inspiration for the character Doc in John Steinbeck's 1945 novel Cannery…
Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (died 1948)
Odd Hassel was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.
Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
Frank Russell Capra was an Italian-born American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind several major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940…
Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)
Zvi Saliternik was an Israeli entomologist.
Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (died 1993)
Frank Luke Jr. was an American fighter ace credited with 19 aerial victories, ranking him second among United States Army Air Service (USAAS) pilots during World War I, after Eddie…
Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1918)
Malcolm Cuthbert Nokes MC MA BSc was a British schoolteacher, soldier, research scientist and Olympic athlete, who competed in the hammer throw and discus throw.
Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower (died 1986)