Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Raymond Scott was an American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer, audio engineer, and inventor. In his lifetime he was primarily recognized as a composer of production …
Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1994)
Waldo Rudolph Wedel was an American archaeologist and a central figure in the study of the prehistory of the Great Plains. He was born in Newton, Kansas to a family of Mennonites.
Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (died 1996)
Tord Alvar Quan Lidell was an English radio announcer and newsreader for the BBC and compere. He joined BBC Birmingham as chief announcer in 1932 before moving to London the follow…
Alvar Lidell, English journalist (died 1981)
Werner Flume was a German jurist and professor of Roman law, private law, tax law and a legal historian. He has significantly influenced the modern development of German private la…
Werner Flume, German jurist (died 2009)
Leon Brown "Chu" Berry was an American jazz tenor saxophonist during the 1930s. He is perhaps best known for his time as a member of singer Cab Calloway's big band.
Chu Berry, American saxophonist (died 1941)
Karolos Koun was a prominent Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays.
Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (died 1987)
Sicco Leendert Mansholt was a Dutch farmer, politician and diplomat of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA), who served as the fourth presi…
Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (died 1995)
Mae Questel was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.
Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (died 1998)
George Colar, actually Cola but he used Colar, better known as Kid Sheik or Kid Sheik Cola, was a New Orleans jazz trumpeter and band leader. He is most associated with Dixieland j…
Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (died 1996)
Penny Singleton was an American actress and labor leader. During her six decade career on stage, screen, radio and television, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip heroine Blondie…
Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (died 2003)
John Creasey was an English author known mostly for detective and crime novels but who also wrote science fiction, romance and westerns. He wrote more than six hundred novels using…
John Creasey, English author and politician (died 1973)
Rafayel "Rafo" Israyelian was a Soviet Armenian architect.
Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (died 1973)
Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian was a Soviet and Armenian astrophysicist and science administrator. One of the 20th century's leading astronomers, he is widely regarded as the fou…
Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1996)
Paul Bénichou was a French/Algerian writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian.
Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (died 2001)
Robert Lecourt was a French politician and lawyer, judge and the fourth President of the European Court of Justice.
Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (died 2004)
Tatsuo Shimabuku was an Okinawan, Japanese martial artist. He is the founder of Isshin-ryū style of karate.
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (died 1975)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party fro…
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1836)
Charles Cameron Kingston was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was Premier of South Australia, leading a coalition of Radicals supported by the Labor Party.
Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault was a Quebec lawyer, judge, professor and political figure. He represented Bellechasse in the 1st Canadian Parliament from 1867 to 1870 as a Conservative…
Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1823)
François Édouard Joachim Coppée was a French poet and novelist.
François Coppée, French poet and author (born 1842)
Thomas Mitchell Morris, otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, and The Grand Old Man of Golf, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of…
Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (born 1821)
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as initially the Mujaddid of the 14…
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (born 1835)
Louis-Honoré Fréchette was a Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short story writer. For his prose, he would be the first Quebecois to receive the Prix Montyon from the Acadé…
Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (born 1839)
Allen Butler Talcott was an American landscape painter. After studying art in Paris for three years at Académie Julian, he returned to the United States, becoming one of the first …
Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (born 1867)