Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Charles-Marie Vanel was a French actor and director. During his 65-year film career, which began in 1923, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent director…
Charles Vanel, French actor and director (died 1989)
Leverett Atholville Saltonstall was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th governor of Massachusetts, and for more than tw…
Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1979)
Dezső Kertész was a Hungarian film actor and director.
Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director (died 1965)
Darius Milhaud was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositio…
Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (died 1974)
Joseph Szigeti was a Hungarian violinist.
Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1973)
Sir Edward Victor Appleton was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the develo…
Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
Sir Eric John Harrison, was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was the inaugural deputy leader of the Liberal Party (1945–1956), and a government minister under four prime m…
Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1974)
Oscar O'Brien was a Canadian folklorist, composer, pianist, organist, music educator, and Roman Catholic priest. A large portion of his compositions were based in folklore and he…
Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (died 1958)
Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with C. T. R. Wilson for his discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the parti…
Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr. was an American publisher of the 20th century, and co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klo…
Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (died 1984)
Laurence Wilfred Allen was an English World War I flying ace. He was credited with ten confirmed victories while serving as an observer/gunner in Bristol F.2 Fighters.
Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)
Silpa Bhirasri, born Corrado Feroci, was an Italian-born Thai sculptor. He is considered the father of modern art in Thailand and was instrumental in the founding of today's Silpak…
Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor and educator (died 1962)
Joseph-Adélard Godbout was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served briefly as the 15th premier of Quebec in 1936 and again from 1939 to 1944. He was also leader of the Part…
Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (died 1956)
Billy West was a silent film actor, producer, and director. Active during the silent film era, he is best known as the premier Charlie Chaplin impersonator. He was a star in his ow…
Billy West, American actor, director, and producer (died 1975)
Robert Staughton Lynd was an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University, New York City. He is best known for conducting the first Middletown studies of Muncie, India…
Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (died 1970)
George Louis St Clair Bambridge was a British diplomat. His wife, Elsie, was the daughter of the author Rudyard Kipling.
George Bambridge, English diplomat (died 1943)
Elmer Rice was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, Street Scene (1929).
Elmer Rice, American playwright (died 1967)
Engelbert Dollfuss was an Austrian politician and dictator who served as chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he asce…
Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (died 1934)
Hermann Glauert, FRS was a British aerodynamicist and Principal Scientific Officer of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough until his death in 1934.
Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (died 1934)
Robert Lawson was an American writer and artist, best known for his work as an author and illustrator of children's literature. Lawson won the Caldecott Medal in 1941 for his illus…
Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator (died 1957)
Arthur Remington Kellogg was an American naturalist and a director of the United States National Museum. His work focused on marine mammals.
Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (died 1969)
Dwain Atkins Esper was an American director and producer of exploitation films.
Dwain Esper, American director and producer (died 1982)
Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva was a Russian poet. Her work is some of the best known in twentieth-century Russian literature. She lived through and wrote about the Russian Revolution o…
Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (died 1941)
Ivo Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoma…
Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)