Explore 1335 historical events from 1890–1899.
Roy Ewing "Robert" Agnew was an Australian composer, pianist, teacher, and radio announcer. He was described as "the most outstanding of the early twentieth-century Australian co…
Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer (died 1944)
Minna Craucher was the pseudonym of Maria Vilhelmiina Lindell, a Finnish socialite and spy. Her home was a noted salon for various writers and artists. She also did espionage, orig…
Minna Craucher, Finnish socialite and spy (died 1932)
David Shimoni was an Israeli poet, writer and translator.
David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (died 1956)
Acharya Chatursen Shastri was an Indian writer of Hindi literature. He wrote many historical fictions, including Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu adapted into a feature film (1948), Vayam Ra…
Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (died 1960)
Benno Schotz was an Estonian-born Scottish sculptor, and one of Scotland's leading artists during the twentieth century.
Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (died 1984)
Marquis James was an American author and journalist, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.
Marquis James, American journalist and author (died 1955)
Fritz Todt was a German construction engineer and senior political figure of the Nazi Party. In 1938, he founded Organization Todt (OT), a military-engineering organization that su…
Fritz Todt, German engineer, politician, and senior Nazi official (died 1942)
William Thomas Walsh was an American Catholic historian, author, educator, and violinist. He is best known for popular biographies of Spanish Catholic historical figures and for hi…
William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (died 1949)
Pedro Albizu Campos was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in a small but significant Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and spokesp…
Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (died 1965)
Jean-François Martial was a Belgian actor who appeared in mostly French films beginning in the silent film era of the early 1910s until his retirement in the early 1960s.
Jean-François Martial, Belgian actor (died 1977)
Arthur Hays Sulzberger was publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961. During that time, daily circulation rose from 465,000 to 713,000 and Sunday circulation from 745,000 t…
Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (died 1968)
Max Pruss was the captain of the Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg on its last voyage and a surviving crew member of the disaster.
Max Pruss, German captain and pilot (died 1960)
Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov was a Soviet mathematician, who was one of the creators of modern analytic number theory, and also a dominant figure in mathematics in the USSR. He was b…
Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)
Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer and politician who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Nazi Germany after the latter's suicide during the Second World War…
Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (died 1980)
Stephanie Julianne von Hohenlohe was an Austrian princess by her marriage to the diplomat Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, a member of the noble Hoh…
Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (died 1972)
Rafael Pérez y Pérez, was a popular Spanish writer of over 160 romantic novels from 1909 to 1971. He was one of the first writers to publish romance novels written in Spanish langu…
Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (died 1984)
Tomás Garrido Canabal was a Mexican revolutionary politician, soldier and atheist. Garrido Canabal served as governor of the state of Tabasco from 1920 to 1924 and from 1931 to 193…
Tomás Garrido Canabal, Mexican revolutionary (died 1943)
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)
Joseph Mellick Leidy was an American paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist.
Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (born 1823)
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)
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian and American mystic and writer who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an internationa…
Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (born 1831)
Sir John Robertson was a London-born Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales on five occasions. Robertson is best remembered for land reform and in particular the Robe…
John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (born 1816)
Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli was a Swiss botanist. He studied cell division and pollination but became known as the man who discouraged Gregor Mendel from further work on genetics. He r…
Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (born 1817)
Peter Ward was a New York businessman and politician. From 1851–1859, Ward was the superintendent of the Newburgh Branch of the Erie Railroad. He also worked for the New York, Onta…
Peter Ward, New York politician (born 1827)