Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Bruno Jasieński was a Polish poet, novelist, playwright, Catastrophist, and leader of the Polish Futurist movement in the interwar period. Jasieński was also a communist activist i…
Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (died 1938)
Patrick Smith was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 until 1977, a tenure of 53 years, and the longest in the state. He held a number of m…
Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (died 1982)
Ahmet Vehbi Koç was a Turkish billionaire, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Group, one of Turkey's largest groups of companies. During his lifetime,…
Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding (died 1996)
Eugenio "Eñing" Hofileña López Sr. was a leading business figure in the Philippines. He was the founder of López Group of Companies. He belonged to the prominent López family of Il…
Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies (died 1975)
Hank Worden was an American cowboy-turned-character actor who appeared in many Westerns, including a dozen John Ford films, such as The Searchers, and the TV series The Lone Ranger…
Hank Worden, American actor and singer (died 1992)
Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, better known as "Isabel la Negra", was a Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Her name and her brothel, Elizabet…
Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico (died 1974)
Ruth Ida Krauss was an American writer of children's books, including The Carrot Seed, and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print.
Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (died 1993)
Henry Emmett Manush, nicknamed "Heinie", was an American baseball outfielder. He played professional baseball for 20 years from 1920 to 1939, including 17 years in Major League Bas…
Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager (died 1971)
Ida Mett (1901–1973) was a Belarusian anarcho-syndicalist, physician and writer. Following her experiences in the Russian Revolution, she fled into exile in France, where she colla…
Ida Mett, Belarusian Jewish anarchist (died 1973)
Mohammed ″Mod″ Helmy was an Egyptian-German physician who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 2013, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in th…
Mohammed Helmy, Egyptian physician and Righteous Among the Nations (died 1982)
Lila Lee was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras.
Lila Lee, American actress and singer (died 1973)
Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1925 to 1943 with the Ne…
Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1979)
Hubert Prior Vallée, known professionally as Rudy Vallée, was an American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type.
Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist (died 1986)
Joseph Alfred Pierre Hormisdas "Pit" Lépine was a Canadian ice hockey forward and coach. He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.
Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1955)
Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Warsaw and Archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Lublin from 1…
Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (died 1981)
Claude Autant-Lara was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. His films were often adapted from literary sou…
Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000)
Arthur Simon Flegenheimer, known as Dutch Schultz, was an American mobster based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. He made his fortune in organized crime-related activities,…
Dutch Schultz, American gangster (died 1935)
Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet was a French painter and sculptor of the École de Paris. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" and eschewed traditional s…
Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (died 1985)
Francisco Villaruel Guilledo, commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino professional boxer. Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch (154 cm) tall and never weighed more than 1…
Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (died 1925)
John Cornelius Stennis was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming…
John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (died 1995)
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career span…
Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (died 1971.)
Ann Harding was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. Harding was a regular on Broadway and on tour in the 1920s. In the 1930s, Harding was one of the…
Ann Harding, American actress and singer (died 1981)
Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope se…
Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Arnulfo Arias Madrid was a Panamanian politician, medical doctor, and writer who served as the President of Panama from 1940 to 1941, again from 1949 to 1951, and finally for 11 da…
Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panamanian politician, 21st President of Panamá (died 1988)