Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Cecil Lauriston Kellaway was a South African-British character actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for The Luck of the Irish (1948) and G…
Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (died 1973)
Angus Lewis Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the fe…
Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1954)
Bruno Emil Tesch was a German chemist, entrepreneur, and war criminal. Together with Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, he invented the insecticide Zyklon B. He was the owner of Tes…
Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (died 1946)
Walther Immanuel Funk was a German economist, Nazi official and convicted war criminal who served as Reichsminister for the Economy from 1938 to 1945 and president of the Reichsban…
Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1960)
Harry Frank Guggenheim was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman.
Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (died 1971)
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian competition swimmer, lifeguard, and popularizer of the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born three years befo…
Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (died 1968)
Jean Rhys was a British Creole novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she resided mainly in England, where she was sent for her …
Jean Rhys, Dominican-British novelist (died 1979)
Man Ray was an American-born, French-naturalized visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, althoug…
Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (died 1976)
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)