Explore 419 historical events from 1890–1899.
Einar Henry Gerhardsen was a Norwegian politician who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965. With a total of 17 years in office, h…
Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (died 1987)
Earle Leonard Nelson, also known as the Gorilla Man, the Gorilla Killer, and the Dark Strangler, was an American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile who killed at least twenty wo…
Earle Nelson, American serial killer and rapist (died 1928)
Sidney Joseph Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trump…
Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1959)
Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts was an American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher. Renowned as the inspiration for the character Doc in John Steinbeck's 1945 novel Cannery…
Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (died 1948)
Odd Hassel was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.
Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
Frank Russell Capra was an Italian-born American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind several major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940…
Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)
Zvi Saliternik was an Israeli entomologist.
Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (died 1993)
Frank Luke Jr. was an American fighter ace credited with 19 aerial victories, ranking him second among United States Army Air Service (USAAS) pilots during World War I, after Eddie…
Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1918)
Malcolm Cuthbert Nokes MC MA BSc was a British schoolteacher, soldier, research scientist and Olympic athlete, who competed in the hammer throw and discus throw.
Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower (died 1986)
Sinesio Baudillo García Fernández, commonly known by his pseudonym Diego Abad de Santillán, was a Spanish Argentine anarcho-syndicalist economist. Born in León, his family moved to…
Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (died 1983)
Robert Neumann was a German and English-speaking writer. He published numerous novels, autobiographical texts, plays and radio plays as well a few scripts. Through his parody colle…
Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author (died 1975)
James Guthrie was a Scottish motorcycle racer.
Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (died 1937)
Alan Falconer Kippax was a cricketer for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. Regarded as one of the great stylists of Australian cricket during the era between the two World Wars,…
Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (died 1972)
James Joseph Tunney was an Irish-American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928. He held the world heavyweight title from 1926 to 1928, and the American light heavyweig…
Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier (died 1978)
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which led t…
John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
Robert Lyman "Dink" Templeton was an American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist in rugby union, college football player, and track coach.
Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (died 1962)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austrian composer and conductor, who left Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most import…
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1957)
Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO was a Labor Party politician who was the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War,…
Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (died 1986)
Lizzie Douglas, better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs,…
Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (died 1973)
Andrés Bonifacio was a Filipino revolutionary leader. He is often called "The Father of the Philippine Revolution", considered a national hero of the Philippines.
Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (born 1863)
Minna Canth was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses …
Minna Canth, Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (born 1844)
Sir Joseph John Thomson was a British physicist. He received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations …
British physicist J
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a spiritual and philanthropic organisation headquartered in Belur Math, West Bengal. The mission is named after the Indian Hindu s…
The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda to serve as the humanitarian counterpart to the Hindu monastic
The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, England, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the Royal Borough of Greenwich,…
The first Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was opened to improve commerce and trade in the East End of London