Explore 1335 historical events from 1890–1899.
Ernest Henry Volwiler was an American chemist. He spent his career at Abbott Laboratories working his way from staff chemist to CEO. He was a pioneer in the field of anesthetic pha…
Ernest H. Volwiler, American chemist (died 1992)
Haim Ernst Wertheimer was an Israeli biochemist.
Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1978)
Henry Trendley Dean was the first director of the United States National Institute of Dental Research and a pioneer investigator of water fluoridation in the prevention of tooth de…
Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (died 1962)
Huey Pierce Long Jr., nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 u…
Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (died 1935)
Lily Laskine was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century who was born and died in Paris. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the …
Lily Laskine, French harp player (died 1988)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer (died 1953)
Claire Lee Chennault was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in World War II.
Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (died 1958)
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha was a British politician, at first a member of the Liberal Party, later of the Liberal Nationals, and eventually of the Conservati…
Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War (died 1957)
Wallace Douglas Hawkes was a British motor car designer, businessman and racing driver. He was born in Barton, Gloucestershire, married Gwenda Stewart in 1937, and died, aged 80, i…
Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer (died 1974)
Lawrence James Shields was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record commercially.
Larry Shields, American clarinet player (died 1953)
Sir Alexander Korda was a Hungarian-born British film director, producer, and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company.
Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1956)
Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and disc…
Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
Arthur Leslie Benjamin was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of Jamaican Rumba (1938) and of the Storm Clouds Cantata, featur…
Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
William March was an American writer of psychological fiction and a highly decorated U.S. Marine. The author of six novels and four short-story collections, March was praised by cr…
William March, American soldier and author (died 1954)
Hermann Lux was a German footballer.
Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (died 1962)
Martin Georg Emil Körber was a Baltic German pastor, composer, writer and choir leader.
Martin Körber, Estonian-German pastor, composer, and conductor (born 1817)
Colin Fraser Barron was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and…
Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1958)
Chaim Aronson was a Lithuanian Jewish inventor and memoirist.
Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (born 1825)
John Ballance was a New Zealand politician who served as the 14th premier of New Zealand from January 1891 until his death in April 1893. He governed as the leader of New Zealand's…
John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1839)
José Manuel del Refugio González Flores was a Mexican general and liberal politician who served as the 35th President of Mexico from 1880 to 1884.
Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (born 1833)
Ernst Eduard Kummer was a German mathematician. Skilled in applied mathematics, Kummer trained German army officers in ballistics; afterwards, he taught for 10 years in a gymnasium…
Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (born 1810)
Anton Ritter von Schmerling was an Austrian statesman.
Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (born 1805)
Amasa Leland Stanford was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He served as the eighth governor of Califo…
Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (born 1824)
Sir William Fox was a New Zealand politician who was the second premier of New Zealand in 1856, from 1861 to 1862, from 1869 to 1872, and in 1873. Serving while New Zealand was sti…
William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1812)