Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Hendrik Adamson was an Estonian poet and teacher.
Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (died 1946)
Edith Stein was a German philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She was murdered in the gas chamber at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentrati…
Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized (died 1942)
Prince Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941. He presided over the Japanese invasion of China in 1…
Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1945)
Irene Frances Rich was an American actress who worked in both silent films, talkies, and radio.
Irene Rich, American actress (died 1988)
Samuel Flagg Bemis was an American historian and biographer. For many years he taught at Yale University. He was also president of the American Historical Association and a special…
Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (died 1973)
Sir James Chadwick was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the M…
James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
Brenda Ueland was an American journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. She is best known for her book If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and …
Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985)
Karl Eduard Maria Elmendorff was a German opera conductor.
Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (died 1962)
Fania Borach, known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, illustrated song model, singer, and actress who made many stage, radio, and film appear…
Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (died 1951)
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)
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed "El Jefe", was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May…
Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961)
Charles Edward Coughlin, commonly known as Father Coughlin, was a Canadian-American Catholic priest based near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Lit…
Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American priest and radio host (died 1979)
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)
Joseph Mellick Leidy was an American paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist.
Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (born 1823)
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)
Ion Constantin Brătianu was one of the major political figures of 19th-century Romania. He was the son of Dincă Brătianu and the younger brother of Dumitru Brătianu, as well as the…
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confede…
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Wilhelm Eduard Weber was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.
Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (born 1804)
Samuel Newitt Wood was an American attorney, newspaper editor, and member of the Kansas House of Representatives. He was also a Free State advocate in Kansas and an early supporter…
Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (born 1825)
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)
Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician and diplomat who was the 15th vice president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first te…
Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (born 1809)
Hermann Raster was an American editor, abolitionist, writer, and anti-temperance political boss who served as chief editor and part-owner of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, a widely c…
Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (born 1827)