Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
William Earl Webb was an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing from 1925 to 1933. He played for five teams, including the Bo…
Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach (died 1965)
Pablo Sorozábal Mariezcurrena was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas, operas, symphonic works, and the popular romanza, "No puede ser".
Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (died 1988)
Walter Brown Gibson was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow, and as a ghost-writer for many of his friend…
Walter B. Gibson, American magician and author (died 1985)
Charles Francis O'Connor was an American actor, painter, and rancher and the husband of novelist Ayn Rand. Frank O'Connor performed in several films, typically as an extra, during …
Frank O'Connor, American actor, rancher, and painter (died 1979)
Paul Delvaux was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination. He is often con…
Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (died 1994)
Walter Davis Pidgeon was a Canadian-American actor. A major leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood, known for his "portrayals of men who prove both sturdy and wise," Pidgeo…
Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1984)
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette…
William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
Pope Paul VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatica…
Pope Paul VI (died 1978)
Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids, was an English flying ace of the First World War.
Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1917)
Herbert Sebastian Agar was an American journalist and historian, and an editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (died 1980)
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Daniel Wintle MC, better known as A. D. Wintle, was a British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. He was the first non-lawyer to a…
Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (died 1966)
Charlotte Wolff was a German-British physician who worked as a psychotherapist and wrote on sexology and hand analysis. Her writings on lesbianism and bisexuality were influential…
Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (died 1986)
William Alexander "Bud" Abbott was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known as the straight man in the comedy duo Abbott and Costello.
Bud Abbott, American comedian, actor, and producer. (died 1974)
Louis Aragon was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review L…
Louis Aragon, French author and poet (died 1982)
Florence Barbara Seibert was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pur…
Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (died 1991)
Elijah Muhammad was an American religious leader who led the Nation of Islam from 1933 until his death in 1975. Under his leadership, the Nation of Islam grew from a small Detroit-…
Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (died 1975)
Thakin Mya was a Burmese lawyer and politician.
Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (died 1947)
Rouben Zachary Mamoulian was an Armenian and American film and theater director.
Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (died 1987)
Marcel Herrand was a French stage and film actor best remembered for his roles in swashbuckling or historical films.
Marcel Herrand, French actor (died 1953)
Minjur Bhaktavatsalam was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the chief minister of Madras State from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967. He was the last Congr…
M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (died 1987)
Nathan Farragut Twining was a United States Air Force general. He was the chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1957, and the third chairman of the Joint Ch…
Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (died 1982)
Alicja Dorabialska, was a Polish chemist and professor at the Lviv Polytechnic, specialized in radiochemistry. She was a student of Marie Curie.
Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist (died 1975)
Johannes Sikkar was the first head of the Estonian government in exile as Acting Prime Minister.
Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1960)
Louis de Cazenave was, at the time of his death, the oldest surviving French veteran of World War I.
Louis de Cazenave, French soldier (died 2008)