Explore 896 historical events from 1890–1899.
Salvatore Ferragamo was an Italian shoe designer. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century footwear design, he was known for combining artisanal craft…
Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of …
Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (died 1936)
Jacobus Johannes Fouché, also known as J. J. Fouché, was a South African politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.
Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (died 1980)
Luigi Cristiano Fagioli was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Grand Prix motor racing from 1928 to 1949, and Formula One from 1950 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Abruzzi Robber", …
Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (died 1952)
Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt was the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, and his wife, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. She married and divorced a son of Kaiser Wil…
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983)
Dame Ninette de Valois was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. She danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets R…
Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 2001)
Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald was an Irish army officer and painter. He is recognised for his role in painting the Irish Republic flag that flew over the General Post Office durin…
Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald, Irish Army Officer and painter (died 1962)
Hubertus Strughold was a German-born physiologist and medical researcher. Beginning in 1935 he served as chief of aeromedical research for Hermann Göring's Ministry of Aviation and…
Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (died 1986)
Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for mo…
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Carl Heinrich Hermann, also spelled Karl Hermann, was a German physicist, crystallographer, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany. He is known for his research in crystallographic…
Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (died 1961)
Joseph McKelvey was an Irish Republican Army officer who was executed during the Irish Civil War without trial or court martial. He participated in the Anti-Treaty IRA's repudiatio…
Joe McKelvey, Executed Irish republican (died 1922)
Henry John Patch, dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was an English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the world's last surviving trench comb…
Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (died 2009)
Winifred Holtby was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936.
Winifred Holtby, English novelist and journalist (died 1935)
Armin Aleksander Öpik was an Estonian paleontologist who spent the second half of his career at the Bureau of Mineral Resources in Australia.
Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (died 1983)
Katherine Linn Sage, usually known as Kay Sage, was an American Surrealist artist and poet active between 1936 and 1963. A member of the Golden Age and post-war periods of Surreali…
Kay Sage, American painter and poet (died 1963)
Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer who designed a number of prominent aircraft for the Luftwaffe and civil aviation.
Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman (died 1978)
Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller was a United States Marine Corps officer. Beginning his career fighting guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua as part of the Banana Wars, he later served w…
Chesty Puller, US general (died 1971)
Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an…
Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier and author (died 1970)
Karl Selter was an Estonian politician and a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. He served as Minister of Economic Affairs from 1933 to 1938 and as minister of Foreign affairs …
Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (died 1958)
Yvonne Lefébure was a French pianist and teacher.
Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator (died 1986)
Stefanos Stefanopoulos was a Greek politician, and served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1965 to 1966.
Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1982)
Pilar Barbosa de Rosario was an educator, historian and political activist. She was the first female Official Historian of Puerto Rico.
Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (died 1997)
Gertrude Lawrence was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer (died 1952)
Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues. He served as the acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the death…
Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician (died 1998)