Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Robert Laurent was a French-American modernist figurative sculptor, printmaker and teacher. His work, the New York Times wrote,"figured in the development of an American sculptural…
Robert Laurent, American sculptor and academic (died 1970)
Dhan Gopal Mukerji was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and won a Newbery Medal in 1928. He studied at Duff School, and at Duff College, both within …
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (died 1936)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright, was a modern American artist. He was a co-founder of Synchromism, an early abstract, color-based mode of painting, which was the first American avant-gard…
Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (died 1973)
Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945, in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Cu…
Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983)
George II was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924, and again from 25 November 1935 until his death on 1 April 1947.
George II of Greece (died 1947)
Verna Arline Felton was an American actress known for voicing characters in several classic Disney animated films, including the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (1950), the Queen of …
Verna Felton, American actress (died 1966)
Julie Marie Vinter Hansen was a Danish astronomer. She was the first woman in Denmark to earn an academic degree in astronomy.
Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (died 1960)
Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes.
Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (died 1964)
Howard Samuel Shanks was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1912 to 1925 for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, and N…
Howie Shanks, American baseball player (died 1941)
Daniel Judson Callaghan was a United States Navy officer who served his country in two wars, in a three-decades-long career. Callaghan served on several ships during his first 20 y…
Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1942)
Benjamin Franklin Miessner was an American radio engineer and inventor. He is most known for his electronic organ, electronic piano, and other musical instruments. He was the inven…
Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (died 1976)
Armas Rudolf Taipale was a Finnish athlete, who competed at three Olympic Games in 1912, 1920 and 1924 and won two gold medals and a silver medal.
Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (died 1976)
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s an…
Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (died 1975)
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish-American commu…
Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist and Kennedy family matriarch (died 1995)
Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade (1923–1933), placed Melnikov on the front end of 1920s …
Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (died 1974)
Adolfo Domingo De Guzmán Luque was a Cuban starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. He spent 12 seasons of his career (1918–1929) with the Cincinnati Reds…
Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1957)
Naum Gabo was a Russian and American constructivist sculptor and theorist. He was a key figure in the Russian avant-garde and the subsequent development of 20th-century sculpture.
Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (died 1977)
Erich Kleiber was an Austrian, later Argentine, conductor, known for his interpretations of the Western classics and as an advocate of Neue Musik.
Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (died 1956)
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was an American labor leader and feminist. In the early years of her activist career, she was an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World. During Wo…
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist (died 1964)
Eino Sakari Kaila was a Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher. He worked in numerous fields including psychology, physics and theater, and attempted to find unifying principles b…
Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (died 1958)
Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert was a French composer of classical music. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, …
Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (died 1962)
Stefan Bastyr was a Polish aviator and military pilot, one of the pioneers of the Polish aviation. He is credited with the first military flight in the history of the Polish Air Fo…
Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (died 1920)
Harold Lloyd Hopkins was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal r…
Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1946)
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but his legacy is also app…
H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist (died 1937)