Explore 1335 historical events from 1890–1899.
Allen Algernon Bathurst, Lord Apsley, DSO, MC, TD, DL was a British Army officer and Conservative Party politician.
Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (died 1942)
Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin, was an Australian politician. He was the Premier of Queensland from 1957 to 1968, the first non-Labor Party premier since 1932.
Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (died 1978)
Hampden Stanley Bray Love was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match for the Australia national cricket team in 1933. He replaced Bert Oldfield as wicket-keeper for t…
Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (died 1969)
István Barta was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (died 1948)
Irving Lahrheim, known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmw…
Bert Lahr, American actor (died 1967)
Jack Morrison Gregory was an Australian cricketer.
Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (died 1973)
Abraham Albert Cohen was a Greek-born Romaniote Jewish Swiss novelist who wrote in French. He worked as a civil servant for various international organizations, such as the Interna…
Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright (died 1981)
Juliane "Liane" Haid was an Austrian actress and singer. She has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.
Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (died 2000)
Chellappah Suntharalingam was a Sri Lankan Tamil academic, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.
C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1985)
Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald, also known as Blossom Rock, was an American actress of vaudeville, stage, film and television. During her career she was also billed as Marie Blake o…
Blossom Rock, American actress (died 1978)
Amaza Lee Meredith was an American architect, educator and artist. Meredith was unable to enter the profession as an architect because of "both her race and her sex" as an African-…
Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect (died 1984)
Arthur Rose Eldred was an American agricultural and railroad industry executive, civic leader, and the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). As a 16-year-old candid…
Arthur Rose Eldred, First Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (died 1951)
László Adolf Ede György Mária Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader, and sportsman.
László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (died 1951)
Paul Comtois was a Canadian politician.
Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1966)
Richard James Cushing was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was a…
Richard Cushing, American cardinal (died 1970)
András (Andreas) Ede Zsigmond Alföldi was a Hungarian historian, art historian, epigraphist, numismatist and archaeologist, specializing in the Late Antique period. He was one of t…
Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian (died 1981)
Engelbert Zaschka was a German chief engineer, chief designer and inventor. Zaschka is one of the first German helicopter pioneers and he is a pioneer of flying with muscle power a…
Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft (died 1955)
Jacques Vaché was a friend of André Breton, the founder of surrealism. Vaché was one of the chief inspirations behind the Surrealist movement. As Breton said:"En littérature, je me…
Jacques Vaché, French author and poet (died 1919)
Vinayak Narahar Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave, was an Indian philosopher and an advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya, he is best known for the Bhoodan…
Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1982)
Freymóður Jóhannsson was an Icelandic artist, painter and song composer.
Freymóður Jóhannsson, Icelandic painter and composer (died 1973)
Morris Marshall Kirksey was an American track and field athlete and rugby union footballer who won two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He is one of the few athletes to win…
Morris Kirksey, American rugby player and sprinter (died 1981)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana was a 20th-century Telugu writer. His works included poetry, novels, dramatic play, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as a…
Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (died 1976)
Magda Lupescu, known as Princess Elena of Romania after 1947, was the mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania.
Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (died 1977)
Tan Sri Zainal Abidin bin Ahmad or better known by the moniker Za'aba, was a Malaysian writer and linguist. He modernised the Malay language with the publication of a series of gra…
Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (died 1973)