Explore 896 historical events from 1890–1899.
John Aloysius Costello was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957. He was leader of the opposition from 1951 to 1954 and from…
John A
Pier Luigi Nervi was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University fr…
Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect and engineer, co-designed the Pirelli Tower and Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assum
Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenbe…
Hermann Scherchen, German-Swiss viola player and conductor (died 1966)
Franz Gabriel Alexander was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and physician, who is considered one of the founders of psychosomatic medicine and psychoanalytic criminology.
Franz Alexander, Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (died 1964)
John Heartfield was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Hea…
John Heartfield, German photographer and activist (died 1968)
Esther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian, and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal. She was the first woman elected to membership…
Esther Forbes, American historian and author (died 1968)
Carl Andrew Spaatz, nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the …
Carl Spaatz, American general (died 1974)
Frank Simmons Leavitt was an American professional wrestler of the early 20th century, known by the ring name Man Mountain Dean.
Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (died 1953)
Robert Herman Julius Friedrich, better known by the ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, was an American professional wrestler and trainer. During his wrestling career, which spanned fo…
Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager (died 1966)
Sir Stanley Spencer was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in …
Stanley Spencer, English painter (died 1959)
John Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award was given for these…
John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
Augustin Josip "Tin" Ujević was a Croatian poet, considered by many to be the greatest poet in 20th-century Croatian literature.
Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (died 1955)
Earle Steele MacPherson was an American automotive engineer, most famous for developing the MacPherson strut in the 1940s.
Earle S. MacPherson, American engineer, created MacPherson strut (died 1960)
Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Japanese: 栗林 忠道; 7 July 1891 – c. 26 March 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, diplomat, and commanding officer of the Imperial Japanese Army …
Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general and poet (died 1945)
Zelliene Virginia Rappe was an American model and silent film actress. Working mostly in bit parts, Rappe died after attending a party with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who was tried f…
Virginia Rappe, American model and actress (died 1921)
Edith Smaw Quimby was an American medical researcher and physicist, best known as one of the founders of nuclear medicine. Her work involved developing diagnostic and therapeutic a…
Edith Quimby, American medical researcher and physicist (died 1982)
Earl Andrew Hamilton was an American left-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers (1916), Pittsburgh Pirates (1918–23), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1924) of Majo…
Earl Hamilton, American baseball player
Juho Julius Saaristo was a Finnish track and field athlete. He won two medals at the 1912 Olympics: a silver in conventional javelin throw and gold in the two-handed javelin throw,…
Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (died 1969)
Louis Tompkins Wright was an American surgeon and civil rights activist. In his position at Harlem Hospital he was the first African-American on the surgical staff of a non-segrega…
Louis T. Wright, American surgeon and civil rights activist (died 1952)
Jacob van der Hoeden was a Dutch-born Israeli veterinary research scientist.
Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (died 1968)
Ruby Short McKim was an American quilt designer, entrepreneur, teacher, writer and magazine editor. She developed an early interest in drawing, and graduated from the New York Scho…
Ruby McKim, American quilter (died 1976)
Bernhard Zondek was a German-born Israeli gynecologist who developed the first reliable pregnancy test in 1928.
Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (died 1966)
Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more mo…
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (born 1800)
Nathaniel Woodard was a priest in the Church of England. He founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on "sound principle and so…
Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (born 1811)