Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Prince Boris Borisovich Golitsyn was a prominent Russian Empire physicist who invented the first electromagnetic seismograph in 1906. He was one of the founders of modern seismolog…
Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (born 1862)
Chen Qimei, courtesy name Yingshi (英士) was a Chinese revolutionary activist and key figure of the Green Gang, close political ally of Sun Yat-sen, and an early mentor of Chiang Kai…
Chen Qimei, Chinese revolutionary (born 1878)
Ivan Yakovych Franko PhD was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, ethnographer, and the author of the first …
Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (born 1856)
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his invo…
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (born
Yuan Shikai was a Chinese general and statesman. As leader of the Beiyang Army, he played a decisive role in securing the abdication of the Qing court. He served as the second prov…
Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (born 1859)
Auguste Émile Faguet was a French author and literary critic.
Émile Faguet, French author and critic (born 1847)
João Simões Lopes Neto was a Brazilian regionalist writer from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul.
João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian author (born 1865)
Max Immelmann PLM was a German World War I flying ace. He was a pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun,…
Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (born 1890)
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artis…
Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1844)
Eunice Gibbs Allyn was an American correspondent, author, songwriter, illustrator, and painter. She intended to become a teacher, but her mother dissuaded her so she remained at ho…
Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn, American correspondent, author, and poet (born 1847)
Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. Those who knew her well referred…
Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (born 1834)
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist draftsman, printmaker, and painter.
Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (born 1840)
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Childrens' Poet" for his dialect works and h…
James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (born 1849)
Charles Algernon Fryatt was a British merchant seaman who was court martialled by the Imperial German Navy for attempting to ram a German U-boat in 1915. When his ship, the SS Brus…
Charles Fryatt, English captain (born 1872)
William Jonas, usually known as Billy or Willie, was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient.
William Jonas, English footballer (born 1890)
Alan Seeger was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Elizabeth Se…
Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (born 1888)
Benjamin Cummings Truman, was an American journalist and author; in particular, he was a distinguished war correspondent during the American Civil War, and an authority on duels. T…
Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (born 1835)
Sir William Ramsay was a British chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the in…
William Ramsay, Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
Irish republicanism is the political movement which advocates the establishment of an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encomp…
Irish republicans led by Patrick Pearse began the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, and proclaimed the Iris
Irish War News was a republican publication in Dublin during the Easter Rising. The first issue of Irish War News was published by the Gaelic Press on 25 April 1916, the second day…
The first issue of Irish War News was published in Ireland
Jesse Washington was a 17-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching. Wa…
Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Russian forces began their successful Brusilov offensive against the Central Powers
Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great …
Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz, orchestrated a revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unifi
Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great …
Hussein, King of Hejaz, orchestrated a revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unified and i