Explore 1335 historical events from 1890–1899.
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)
Elisabeth Hauptmann was a German writer who worked with fellow German playwright and director Bertolt Brecht.
Elisabeth Hauptmann, German author and playwright (died 1973)
Norbert Elias was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.
Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist and philosopher (died 1990)
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)
Edmund Albert Chester Sr. was an American television executive and journalist. He served as a vice president and executive at the CBS radio and television networks during the 1940s…
Edmund A
Fulgence Charpentier, OC was a French Canadian journalist, editor and publisher.
Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher (died 2001)
Jesse Douglas was an American mathematician and Fields Medalist known for his general solution to Plateau's problem.
Jesse Douglas, American mathematician and academic (died 1965)
Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary who waged an armed rebellion against the British colonial rule in India. He engaged in guerilla campaigns against the British force…
Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (died 1924)
Richard Krautheimer was a German art historian, architectural historian, Baroque scholar, and Byzantinist.
Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (died 1994)
Jack "Legs" Diamond, also known as John Nolan and Gentleman Jack, was an Irish-American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during the Prohibition era. A bootlegger and clos…
Legs Diamond, American gangster (died 1931)
Karl Plagge was a German officer who rescued Jews during the Holocaust in Lithuania by issuing work permits to non-essential workers. A partially disabled veteran of World War I, …
Karl Plagge, German general and engineer (died 1957)
Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor was an American politician who was Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, for more than two decades. A lifelong member o…
Bull Connor, American police officer (died 1973)
Ernest Arthur Douglas Eldridge was a British racing driver who broke the world land speed record in 1924. His was the last land speed record set on an open road.
Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer (died 1935)
Tadeusz Reichstein, also known as Tadeus Reichstein, was a Polish-Swiss chemist and a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the i…
Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight.
Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author (died 1937)
Plaek Phibunsongkhram, commonly known in English language sources as Phibun and as Chomphon Por in Thai, was a Thai military officer and politician who served as the third prime mi…
Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Thai military officer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Thailand (died 1964)
Harold Dunbar Cooley was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 to 1966.
Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (died 1974)
Paul William Gallico was an American novelist and short story and sports writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for The Snow Goos…
Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (died 1976)
General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie, was a British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. During the Second World War he commanded the British Eighth Army in the …
Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (died 1983)
Norman Alexander "Red" Dutton was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive. Also known earlier by the nickname "Mervyn", he played for the Calgary Tigers of the Western Ca…
Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1987)
James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey was an American catcher and manager in Negro league baseball. He played for the Indianapolis ABCs, New York Lincoln Giants, Hilldale Daisies, Philadelphi…
Biz Mackey, American baseball player (died 1965)
Karl-Otto Koch was a German military officer who was a mid-ranking commander in the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany, and the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camps at …
Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (died 1945)