Explore 896 historical events from 1890–1899.
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper was a Dutch supercentenarian who lived to the age of 115 years, 62 days. She is the oldest person ever from the Netherlands, breaking the previous reco…
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (died 2005)
Sir Paul Boffa, OBE, was a Maltese politician and medical doctor who served as prime minister in the Colony of Malta after self-rule was reinstated by the British colonial authorit…
Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1962)
Frederick Lewis Allen was the editor of Harper's Magazine and also notable as an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century. His specialty was writing about rece…
Frederick Lewis Allen, American historian and journalist (died 1954)
Dhan Gopal Mukerji was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and won a Newbery Medal in 1928. He studied at Duff School, and at Duff College, both within …
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (died 1936)
Robert Laurent was a French-American modernist figurative sculptor, printmaker and teacher. His work, the New York Times wrote,"figured in the development of an American sculptural…
Robert Laurent, American sculptor and academic (died 1970)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright, was a modern American artist. He was a co-founder of Synchromism, an early abstract, color-based mode of painting, which was the first American avant-gard…
Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (died 1973)
Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945, in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Cu…
Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983)
George II was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924, and again from 25 November 1935 until his death on 1 April 1947.
George II of Greece (died 1947)
Verna Arline Felton was an American actress known for voicing characters in several classic Disney animated films, including the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (1950), the Queen of …
Verna Felton, American actress (died 1966)
Julie Marie Vinter Hansen was a Danish astronomer. She was the first woman in Denmark to earn an academic degree in astronomy.
Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (died 1960)
Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes.
Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (died 1964)
Howard Samuel Shanks was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1912 to 1925 for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, and N…
Howie Shanks, American baseball player (died 1941)
Daniel Judson Callaghan was a United States Navy officer who served his country in two wars, in a three-decades-long career. Callaghan served on several ships during his first 20 y…
Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1942)
Benjamin Franklin Miessner was an American radio engineer and inventor. He is most known for his electronic organ, electronic piano, and other musical instruments. He was the inven…
Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (died 1976)
Armas Rudolf Taipale was a Finnish athlete, who competed at three Olympic Games in 1912, 1920 and 1924 and won two gold medals and a silver medal.
Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (died 1976)
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s an…
Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (died 1975)
Paweł Bryliński was a Polish folk-sculptor. He is perhaps best known for a series of works concerning Holy Week.
Paweł Bryliński, Polish sculptor (born 1814)
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish-American commu…
Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist and Kennedy family matriarch (died 1995)
Crowfoot was a chief of the Siksika. His father, Istowun-ehʼpata, and mother, Axkahp-say-pi, were Kainai. He was five years old when Istowun-ehʼpata was killed during a raid on the…
Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (born 1830)
Mihkel Veske was an Estonian poet and linguist.
Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (born 1843)
Unryū Kyūkichi was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Yanagawa, Chikugo Province. He was the sport's 10th yokozuna. Although the name of the style of the yokozuna 's in-ring ceremony i…
Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (born 1822)
Samuel Parkman Tuckerman was an American composer.
Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (born 1819)
Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company.
Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (born 1814)
Major-General John Charles Frémont was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee f…
John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (born 1813)