Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Princess of Civitella-Cesi was a daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg and the wife of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince…
Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Spanish princess and aristocrat (died 2002)
Michael Todd was an American theater and film producer, celebrated for his 1956 Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Actress Elizabeth Taylor w…
Mike Todd, American producer and manager (died 1958)
David Lewis was a Canadian labour lawyer and social democratic politician. He was national secretary of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1936 to 1950 and one of …
David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1981)
Georges Rouquier was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked principally on documentary films, and his best-known work is Farrebique (1947) a lyrical evocation of…
Georges Rouquier, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)
Jean Deslauriers was a Canadian conductor, violinist, and composer. As a conductor he had a long and fruitful partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; conducting orc…
Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1978)
William George Penney, Baron Penney, was an English mathematician and professor of mathematical physics at the Imperial College London and later the rector of Imperial College Lond…
William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (died 1991)
Betty Cavanna was the author of popular teen romance novels, mysteries, and children's books for 45 years. She also wrote under the names Elizabeth Headley and Betsy Allen. She was…
Betty Cavanna, American author (died 2001)
Colonel Thomas Andrew Parker was a Dutch talent manager and concert promoter, best known for having been the manager of Elvis Presley.
Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager, manager and promoter of Elvis Presley (died 1997)
Wolfgang Reitherman, also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German-American animator, director and producer. As a member of the "Nine Old Men" at Walt Disney…
Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (died 1985)
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books written with C…
Eric Ambler, English author and screenwriter (died 1998)
Harold Edward Dahl was a mercenary American pilot who fought in the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War. He was a member of the "American Patrol" of the Andr…
Harold Edward Dahl, American pilot and mercenary (died 1956)
Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño, also known as El Profesor, was a Dominican politician, historian, writer, essayist, educator, and the first democratically elected president of the Domi…
Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (died 2001)
Martin Emmett Toppino was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Emmett Toppino, American sprinter (died 1971)
Stavros Spyrou Niarchos was a Greek billionaire shipping tycoon. Starting in 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for his fleet. Propelled by both the Suez Crisis an…
Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (died 1996)
Alec Andrew Templeton was a Welsh composer, pianist, and satirist.
Alec Templeton, Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (died 1963)
Eric Elliott Reece, AC was Premier of Tasmania on two occasions: from 26 August 1958 to 26 May 1969, and from 3 May 1972 to 31 March 1975. His 13 years as premier remains the secon…
Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (died 1999)
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr[A] von Cramm was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tou…
Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player (died 1976)
Brigadier Alan Ward Brown was a British Army tank officer of the Second World War.
Alan Brown, English soldier (died 1971)
Kenneth Anthony "Ike" Petersen was an American professional football back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Cardinals and Detroit Lions.…
Ike Petersen, American football player (died 1995)
Basil Wolverton was an American cartoonist and illustrator known for his intricately detailed grotesques of bizarre or misshapen people. Wolverton was described as "Producer of Pre…
Basil Wolverton, American author and illustrator (died 1978)
Donald William Sinclair was an English naval officer and hotel owner. He was the co-proprietor of the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay in Devon. He helped manage the hotel after an exte…
Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman (died 1981)
Irene Hervey was an American film, stage, and television actress who appeared in over fifty films and numerous television series spanning her five-decade career.
Irene Hervey, American actress (died 1998)
Jacques Clemens was a Dutch Catholic priest. He was the parish priest of The Bultia from 1958. Between 2016 and his death on 7 March 2018, at the age of 108 he was thought to be th…
Jacques Clemens, Dutch catholic priest (died 2018)
Joseph Wardell, known professionally as Joe DeRita, was an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his stint as a member of The Three Stooges in the persona of Curly Joe…
Joe DeRita, American actor, 'Curly' of the Three Stooges (died 1993)