Explore 1335 historical events from 1890–1899.
Peder Furubotn was a Norwegian cabinetmaker, politician for the Communist Party and resistance member during World War II.
Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (died 1975)
Captain Samuel Frederick Henry "Siffy" Thompson was a British World War I two-seater fighter ace who, in conjunction with his observer-gunners, was credited with thirty aerial vict…
Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot (died 1918)
August Alle was an Estonian writer.
August Alle, Estonian poet and author (died 1952)
Juho Vihtori Nätti, known as "Nätti-Jussi" was a Finnish forest laborer. The stories told by Nätti made him a legendary figure, particularly in Lapland. Nätti was born to a six-mem…
Nätti-Jussi, Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (died 1964)
Gunnar Sommerfeldt was a Danish actor and film maker.
Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1947)
Clara Kimball Young was an American film actress who was popular in the early silent film era.
Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (died 1960)
Harland David Sanders, commonly known as Colonel Sanders, was an American entrepreneur and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). He later acte…
Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (died 1980)
Robert James Heffron, also known as Bob Heffron or R. J. Heffron, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, union organiser and Australian Labor Party (ALP) Premier of New Sou…
Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (died 1978)
Elsa Luisa Giovanna Maria Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer from an aristocratic background. She created Maison Schiaparelli in Paris in 1927, which she managed from the…
Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (died 1973)
Franz Viktor Werfel was a Czech novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of The F…
Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as Director of both the National Museum of Wa…
Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist and officer (died 1976)
Antony Noghès was the founder of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Antony Noghès, French-Monegasque businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (died 1978)
Sir Ernest Bullock was an English organist, composer, and teacher. He was organist of Exeter Cathedral from 1917 to 1928 and of Westminster Abbey from 1928 to 1941. In the latter p…
Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (died 1979)
Sonja Branting-Westerståhl was a Swedish lawyer and politician. She was one of the first female lawyers in Sweden and specialised in matrimonial law. A social democrat, she was act…
Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer (died 1981)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan, usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-st…
Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1976)
Frank Théodore Martin was a Swiss composer who spent much of his life in the Netherlands.
Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (died 1974)
Avigdor Hameiri was a Hungarian-Israeli author.
Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (died 1970)
Linda Marie Eenpalu was an Estonian politician. She was a member of the National Constituent Assembly (1937) and a Member of the Second Chamber of the National Council (1938) and t…
Linda Eenpalu, Estonian activist and politician (died 1967)
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)
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)