Explore 897 historical events from 1890–1899.
Sarah Blanche Sweet was an American silent film actress who began her career in the early days of the motion picture film industry. Throughout her career, Sweet appeared in 121 sil…
Blanche Sweet, American actress (died 1986)
Rajani Palme Dutt was a British political figure, journalist and theoretician who served as the fourth general secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain during World War II…
Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (died 1974)
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite and the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional …
Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (died 1986)
Charles Bowers Momsen, nicknamed "Swede", was born in Flushing, New York. He was an American pioneer in submarine rescue for the United States Navy, and he invented the underwater …
Charles Momsen, American admiral, invented the Momsen lung (died 1967)
Rear Admiral Leonard Warren Murray, CB, CBE was an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy who played a central role in the Battle of the Atlantic, and was the only Canadian to command …
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Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier, was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving as…
Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1982)
Hessy Doris Lloyd was a British actress. She appeared in The Time Machine (1960) and The Sound of Music (1965).
Doris Lloyd, English actress (died 1968)
Shen Dehong, best known by the pen name of Mao Dun, was a Chinese novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, and literary and cultural critic. He was highly celebrated for his rea…
Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic (died 1981)
Sir Thomas Playford was an Australian politician from the state of South Australia. He served as Premier of South Australia and leader of the Liberal and Country League (LCL) from …
Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (died 1981)
Marie Thérèse Casgrain was a Canadian feminist, reformer, politician and senator. She was a leader in the fight for women's right to vote in the province of Quebec, as well as the …
Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (died 1981)
Mordecai Ardon was an Israeli painter.
Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter and educator (died 1992)
José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist militant and a leading figure in Spanish anarchism before and during the Spanish Civil War. As a prominent membe…
Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish soldier and anarchist (died 1936)
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer was a German human biologist and geneticist, who was the Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Münster until he retired in 1965. A member of…
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (died 1969)
Trygve Halvdan Lie was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian gov…
Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 1968)
Captain Rupert Norman Gould Atkinson was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer (died 1919)
Reginald Poynton Baker, MC FCA FRSA was a British film producer and a major contributor to the development of the British film industry. Along with his younger brother Leslie Forsy…
Reginald Baker, English film producer (died 1985)
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish physician who…
A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and novelist (died 1981)
Robert William Meusel was an American professional baseball player. A left and right fielder, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eleven seasons from 1920 through 1930, al…
Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (died 1977)
Sophie Bledsoe Aberle was an American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist known for her work with Pueblo people. She was one of two women first appointed to the National Sci…
Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist (died 1996)
Jack Perrin was an American actor specializing in Westerns.
Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (died 1967)
Elizabeth MacKintosh, known by the pen name Josephine Tey, was a Scottish author. She is known for her Inspector Alan Grant series, which started with The Man in the Queue (1929). …
Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (died 1952)
Sir Henry Ralph Stanley Birkin, 3rd Baronet, known as Tim Birkin, was a British racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s.
Tim Birkin, English soldier and race car driver (died 1933)
Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George, was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force and Governor of South Australia from 23 February 1953 until 7 March 1960. He was born in t…
Robert George, Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (died 1967)
Marie François Henri Longchambon was a French scientist and politician known for his work in geology, particularly on clay minerals, and his role in the French Resistance during Wo…
Henri Longchambon, French lawyer and politician (died 1969)