Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Sir Basil Urwin Spence, was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other…
Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral (died 1976)
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi was a Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar. He penned numerous novels, collections of essays, historical research on medieval reli…
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar (died 1979)
P. Jeevanandham, also called Jeeva, was a social reformer, political leader, litterateur, journalist, critic and one of the pioneers of the Communist and socialist movements in the…
P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1963)
Bruno Giacometti was a Swiss architect, the son of the painter Giovanni Giacometti, and the brother of the artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti. He was regarded as one of the most …
Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect, designed the Hallenstadion (died 2012)
Leonor Fini was an Argentine-Italian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author, known for her depictions of powerful and erotic women.
Leonor Fini, Argentine painter, illustrator, and author (died 1996)
Bertha Pallan Thurston Cody was an American archaeologist, working as an assistant in archaeology at the Southwest Museum. She was also married to actor Iron Eyes Cody. She is thou…
Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (died 1978)
John William Mauchly was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC, BINAC and…
John Mauchly, American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company (died 1980)
Valter Biiber was an Estonian football player.
Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (died 1977)
Augustus Freeman Hawkins was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House of Representatives from…
Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (died 2007)
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. was a Filipino politician and military officer who was the seventh president of the Philippines, serving from 1953 until his death in 1957. An automo…
Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (died 1957)
William Shawn was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987.
William Shawn, American journalist (died 1992)
Altiero Spinelli was an Italian politician, political theorist and European federalist, referred to as one of the founding fathers of the European Union. A communist and militant a…
Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (died 1986)
Walter Philip Reuther was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor union…
Walter Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (died 1970)
Pertev Naili Boratav, born Mustafa Pertev was a Turkish folklorist and researcher of folk literature. He has been characterized as 'the founding father of Turkish folkloristics dur…
Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator (died 1998)
Loren Eiseley was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the 1970s. He received many h…
Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (died 1977)
Reggie Nalder was a prolific Austrian film and television character actor from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. His distinctive features—partially the result of disfiguring burns…
Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (died 1991)
Ahmed Adnan Saygun was a Turkish composer and musicologist.
Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (died 1991)
William Charles Wentworth, usually known as Bill Wentworth and sometimes referred to as William Charles Wentworth IV, was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal P…
William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (died 2003)
Joseph Leon Edel was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopher Abraham Edel.
Leon Edel, American author and critic (died 1997)
Alva Revista Fitch was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and was deputy director of Defense Intelligence Agency from 1964 to 1966. He commanded an artillery battalion …
Alva R. Fitch, American general (died 1989)
Dorothy Hill was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Sc…
Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1997)
Cécile Chabot was a Canadian poet and illustrator.
Cécile Chabot, Canadian poet and illustrator (died 1990)
Lev Nikolayevich Oborin ; was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer and pedagogue. He was the winner of the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.
Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)
George Ivask was a Russian poet and literary critic; in his later years he was an American scholar of Russian literature. Ivask was born to a family of an Estonian-German father an…
Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)