Explore 897 historical events from 1890–1899.
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)
Robert Neumann was a German and English-speaking writer. He published numerous novels, autobiographical texts, plays and radio plays as well a few scripts. Through his parody colle…
Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author (died 1975)
James Guthrie was a Scottish motorcycle racer.
Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (died 1937)
James Joseph Tunney was an Irish-American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928. He held the world heavyweight title from 1926 to 1928, and the American light heavyweig…
Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier (died 1978)
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which led t…
John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
Robert Lyman "Dink" Templeton was an American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist in rugby union, college football player, and track coach.
Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (died 1962)
Sinesio Baudillo García Fernández, commonly known by his pseudonym Diego Abad de Santillán, was a Spanish Argentine anarcho-syndicalist economist. Born in León, his family moved to…
Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (died 1983)
Alan Falconer Kippax was a cricketer for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. Regarded as one of the great stylists of Australian cricket during the era between the two World Wars,…
Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (died 1972)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austrian composer and conductor, who left Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most import…
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1957)
Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO was a Labor Party politician who was the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War,…
Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (died 1986)
Lizzie Douglas, better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs,…
Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (died 1973)
Toivo Joel Rinne was a prolific Finnish actor of stage and screen. Among his most memorable film parts is the title role in the Inspector Palmu movie series, which started in 1960s…
Joel Rinne, Finnish actor (died 1981)
John Godolphin Bennett was a British academic and writer. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff. Bennett m…
John G
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia 10 June [O.S. 29 May] 1897 – 17 July 1918) was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and Tsarina Alexandr…
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
Reginald Augustine 'Whip' Latta (1897–1970) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s who also became a coach. An Australia national …
Reg Latta, Australian rugby league player (died 1970)
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, was a British politician and military officer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 19…
Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977)
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" because he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 offici…
Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach (died 1973)
George Szell, originally György Széll, György Endre Széll, or Georg Szell, was an Austro-Hungarian-born American conductor, composer and pianist. Considered one of the twentieth ce…
George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (died 1970)
Ram Prasad Bismil was an Indian poet, writer, and revolutionary who fought against British Raj, participating in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918, and the Kakori Conspiracy of 1925.…
Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian activist, founded the Hindustan Republican Association (died 1927)
Georg Wittig was a German chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides in the Wittig reaction. He sha…
Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, popularly known as Menina Izildinha, Angel of the Lord or Saint Izildinha, is an unofficial popular child saint to whom Brazilian Catholics have att…
Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint (died 1911)
Martti Bertil Marttelin was a long-distance runner from Finland, who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Martti Marttelin, Finnish runner (died 1940)
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood was a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics. His work in reaction mechanisms earned the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
Moe Howard was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader and straight man of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures, short fil…
Moe Howard, American comedian (died 1975)