Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Melville Weston Fuller was an American politician, attorney, and jurist who served as the eighth chief justice of the United States from 1888 until his death in 1910. Staunch conse…
Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (born 1833)
Kabua the Great, also Kabua Laplap, was a Marshallese iroij whom the German Empire recognized as the king of the Marshall Islands. From 1863 until his death in 1910, he claimed to …
Kabua the Great, Marshallese iroijlaplap (born c. 1820)
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi was a Russian landscape painter of Urum origin.
Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (born 1841)
Huo Yuanjia, courtesy name Jùnqīng, was a Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, a martial arts school in Shanghai. A practitioner of the marti…
Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (born 1868)
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses…
Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (born 1820)
Bertalan Székely was a Hungarian history and portrait painter who worked in the Romantic and Academic styles.
Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1835)
William James was an American philosopher and psychologist. The first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States, he is considered to be one of the leading thinkers…
William James, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1842)
Emīls Dārziņš was a Latvian composer, conductor and music critic. Dārziņš' work bears a distinct romantic character, with a strong trend towards national themes. His main musical a…
Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (born 1875)
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as …
Henri Rousseau, French painter (born 1844)
Lloyd Wheaton Bowers was an American lawyer.
Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General (born 1859)
Rajanikanta Sen, also known as Kantakobi, was a Bengali poet and composer, known for his devotional (bhakti) compositions, as well as his patriotic songs.
Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (born 1865)
William Holman Hunt was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, …
William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (born 1827)
Lombe Athill was a Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist. Hailing from Ardess, Magheraculmoney in County Fermanagh, he studied at the Trinity College, Dublin, and obtained …
Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827)
Rebecca Blaine Harding Davis was an American author and journalist. She was a pioneer of literary realism in American literature. She graduated valedictorian from Washington Female…
Rebecca Harding Davis, American author and journalist (born 1831)
Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a pre…
Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (born 1836)
Maurice Lévy was a French engineer and member of the Institut de France.
Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (born 1838)
Lucy Hobbs Taylor was an American dentist, known for being the first woman to graduate from dental school.
Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist (born 1833)
Sergei Andreevich Muromtsev was a Russian lawyer and politician, and chairman of the First Imperial Duma in 1906.
Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1850)
Stanisław Kiecal, better known in the boxing world as Stanley Ketchel, was an American professional boxer who became one of the greatest World Middleweight Champions in history. He…
Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (born 1886)
Julia Ward Howe was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as new lyrics to the song "John Brown's Body," and the original 1870 pacifist M…
Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (born 1819)
Kurd Lasswitz was a German author, scientist, and philosopher. He has been called "the father of German science fiction". He sometimes used the pseudonym Velatus.
Kurd Lasswitz, author and physician (born 1848)
Chulalongkorn, posthumously honoured as King Chulalongkorn the Great, was the fifth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama V. Chulalongkorn's reign from 1868 until his d…
Chulalongkorn, Thai king (born 1853)
David Bennett Hill was an American politician from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 29th governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York…
David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (born 1843)
William Law Anderson was a Scottish-American golfer who became the first man to win four U.S. Opens, with victories in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905. Although Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, …
Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (born 1878)