Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Giannis Skarimpas, Giannis Skarimbas, or Yiannis Skarimbas, was a Greek writer, dramatist, and poet.
Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright (died 1984)
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district for seven terms from 1939 to 1953. He was a mem…
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1964)
Cliff Friend was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Friend co-wrote several hits including "Lovesick Blues", "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds N…
Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (died 1974)
Ip Man, also known as Yip Man, was a Chinese martial arts grandmaster. He became a teacher of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became …
Ip Man, Chinese martial artist (died 1972)
Leroy Bernard Shield was an American film score and radio composer. He is best known for the themes and incidental music he wrote for the classic Hal Roach comedy short films of th…
Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (died 1962)
Meghnad Saha was an Indian astrophysicist and politician who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation. His Saha ionisation equation allowed astronomers to accurately relate t…
Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1956)
Clarence Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.
Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (died 1965)
Alice Dalgliesh was a naturalized American writer and publisher who wrote more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books, mainly for children. She has been called "a pioneer in the fie…
Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (died 1979)
Mário Raul de Morais Andrade was a Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer. He wrote one of the first and most influential collections of…
Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (died 1945)
Velvalee Dickinson was an American seller of collectable dolls who became a spy for Imperial Japan during World War II. She was caught by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but c…
Velvalee Dickinson, American spy (died 1980)
Kurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister was a mathematician born in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.
Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (died 1971)
Lois Lenore Lenski Covey was a Newbery Medal-winning author and illustrator of picture books and children's literature. Beginning in 1927 with her first books, Skipping Village and…
Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (died 1974)
Lillian Diana Gish was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. …
Lillian Gish, American actress (died 1993)
Carol II was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 following a coup that deposed his son, until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. As the eldest son of King Ferdinand I, he was …
Carol II of Romania, King of Romania (died 1953)
Raffaele Bendandi was an Italian clockmaker known for his predictions of earthquakes. Bendandi was self-taught and never published a verifiable scientific exposition of his theory.
Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (died 1979)
Charles Joseph Parrott, known professionally by his stage name Charley Chase, was an American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, screenwriter and film director. He worked for many pion…
Charley Chase, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1940)
Ernst Julius Öpik was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He is best known …
Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985)
Sir Sidney George Holland was a New Zealand politician who served as the 25th prime minister of New Zealand from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957. He was instrumental in the c…
Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1961)
George Ohsawa was a Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine who was the founder of the macrobiotic diet. When living in Europe he went by the pen names of Musagendo S…
George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic (died 1966)
Luis Otero Sánchez-Encinas was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender and who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, being a member of the Spanish team that won the silver me…
Luis Otero, Spanish footballer (died 1955)
Miloš Crnjanski was a Serbian writer and poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, author, journalist and a diplomat.
Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author (died 1977)
Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold was a British chemist based in Leeds and London. His groundbreaking work in the 1920s and 1930s on reaction mechanisms and the electronic structure of o…
Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (died 1970)
Karl Roland Freisler was a German jurist, judge, and politician who served as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice from 1935 to 1942 and as president of the People'…
Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1945)
Martin Georg Emil Körber was a Baltic German pastor, composer, writer and choir leader.
Martin Körber, Estonian-German pastor, composer, and conductor (born 1817)