Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Dorothy Burr Thompson was an American classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College and a leading authority on Hellenistic terracotta figurines.
Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (died 2001)
Elisabeth (Lisy) Fischer was a Swiss pianist from a talented Jewish family. Born to parents Arthur Fischer and Bertha Hochstetter, she was a child prodigy giving piano recitals fro…
Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)
Frances Alice Adaskin, was a Canadian pianist.
Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (died 2001)
Ernst Heinrich Krenek was an Austrian, later American, composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now (1939), a s…
Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (died 1991)
Malvina Reynolds was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to…
Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (died 1978)
Preston Stratton Foster, was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist.
Preston Foster, American actor (died 1970)
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie was possibly the first woman in Scotland to practice architecture on a regular basis.
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (died 1970)
Margaret Elizabeth Doolin "Peggy" Utinsky was an American nurse who worked with the Filipino resistance movement to provide medicine, food, and other items to aid Allied prisoners …
Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (died 1970)
Hellmuth Walter was a German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. His most noteworthy contributions were rocket motors for the Messerschmitt Me 163…
Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (died 1980)
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, FRS was a German-British biologist, physician and biochemist. He was a pioneer scientist in the study of cellular respiration, a biochemical process in living…
Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
Gino Lucetti was an Italian anarchist and anti-fascist who attempted to assassinate the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926.
Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (died 1943)
Arthur Percy Frank Chapman was an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1926 and 1931. A left-handed batsman, he played 26 Test matches for England, capt…
Percy Chapman, English cricketer (died 1961)
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also s…
Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (died 1986)
William Andrew Cecil Bennett was a Canadian politician who served as the 25th premier of British Columbia from 1952 to 1972. With just over 20 years in office, Bennett remains the …
W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (died 1979)
Julien Green, often Julian Green, was an American writer who lived most of his life in France and wrote primarily in French, although he also wrote some works in English. Over a lo…
Julien Green, French-American author (died 1998)
Nguyễn An Ninh was a Vietnamese revolutionary, political journalist and publicist in French colonial Cochinchina. An independent and charismatic figure, Ninh was able to conciliate…
Nguyễn An Ninh, Vietnamese political journalist (died 1943)
Janet Miriam Caldwell was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also k…
Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (died 1985)
Giuseppe Zangara was an Italian-born American man who attempted to assassinate the President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, 17 days before…
Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (died 1933)
Matilda Mary Devine, also known as Tilly Devine, was an English Australian organised crime boss. She was involved in a wide range of activities, including sly-grog, razor gangs, an…
Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (died 1970)
Claude Denson Pepper was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Miami area in the United Stat…
Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (died 1989)
James Hilton was a British-American novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon; Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest; and co-writing screenplays …
James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (died 1954)
Martha Atwell was an American radio director, known for her association with Frank and Anne Hummert.
Martha Atwell, American radio director (died 1949)
Haskell Brooks Curry was an American mathematician and computer scientist. Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic. Although its initial concept was based on a paper …
Haskell Curry, American mathematician, logician, and academic (died 1982)
Hugh Melville Critz was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1920s and the New York Giants in the 1930s.
Hughie Critz, American baseball player (died 1980)