Explore 1335 historical events from 1890–1899.
Harry Schmidt was a German mathematician. Core areas of his research were experimental physics, as well as the theory of boundary layers and wings in aerodynamics.
Harry Schmidt, German mathematician and physicist (died 1951)
Milward Rodon Kennedy Burge was an English civil servant, journalist, crime writer and literary critic. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He served wit…
Milward Kennedy, English journalist and civil servant (died 1968)
Bernard Ashmole was a British archaeologist and art historian, who specialized in ancient Greek sculpture. He held a number of professorships during his lifetime; Yates Professor o…
Bernard Ashmole, English archaeologist and art historian (died 1988)
Major General Sir Harold Eric Barrowclough was a New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice from 1953 to 1966.
Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice (died 1972)
Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now…
Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (died 1956)
Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in Decemb…
Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom (died 1972)
Hermann Julius Oberth was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent. Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received the W…
Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (died 1989)
Jessie Baetz was a Canadian-American artist, composer, and pianist.
Jessie Baetz, Canadian-American artist, composer and pianist (died 1974 or later)
Francis "Frank" Townsend Hunter was an American tennis player who won an Olympic gold medal. He won the U.S. National Indoor Championships in 1922 and 1930 and the Eastern Clay Cou…
Francis Hunter, American tennis player (died 1981)
Ants Lauter was an Estonian actor, theatre director and pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1948). He was born in the parish of Velise within Veski, Wiek County, and died, aged…
Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (died 1973)
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, also known as Peter Kapitza, was a Russian and Soviet physicist, whose research focused on low-temperature physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Phy…
Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
James Francis McHugh was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many…
Jimmy McHugh, American composer (died 1969)
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, also known as Peter Kapitza, was a Russian and Soviet physicist, whose research focused on low-temperature physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Phy…
Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist (Nobel Prize 1978) (died 1984)
Erna W. Mohr was a German zoologist who made contributions to ichthyology and mammalogy. Mohr was long associated with the Zoological Museum Hamburg, where she was successively hea…
Erna Mohr, German zoologist (died 1968)
Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of Red Cavalry and Odessa Stories, and ha…
Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (died 1940)
Dave Fleischer was an American film director and producer who co-owned Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer.
Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (died 1979)
Tadeusz Sendzimir was a Polish engineer and inventor of international renown. He held 120 patents in mining and metallurgy, 73 of which were awarded to him in the United States.
Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (died 1989)
Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître was a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, and mathematician who made major contributions to cosmology and astrophysics. He was the…
Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (died 1966)
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin was a Soviet mathematician and one of the most significant contributors to the Soviet school of probability theory.
Aleksandr Khinchin, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1959)
Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin was a East Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the second governor-general of Pakistan from 1948 to 1951, and then as the second prime minister o…
Khawaja Nazimuddin, Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 1965)
Percy LaBaron Spencer was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finish…
Percy Spencer, American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven (died 1969)
Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives and poems.
Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (died 1963)
Mientje Kling was a Dutch theatre and film actress and radio personality.
Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (died 1966)
Ottavio Bottecchia was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France.
Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (died 1927)