Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Arthur Gordon Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and Peop…
Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (died 2010)
Peter Leo Gerety was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Newark from 1974 to 1986. He previously served as Bishop of Portland in Maine from 1969 to 1974. Geret…
Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (died 2016)
George Henry Johnston OBE was an Australian journalist, war correspondent and novelist, best known for My Brother Jack. He was the husband and literary collaborator of Charmian Cli…
George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (died 1970)
Sir John Vivian Dacie, FRS was a British haematologist.
John Vivian Dacie, English haematologist (discovered haemophilia B) (died 2005)
Meyer Howard Abrams, usually cited as M. H. Abrams, was an American literary critic, known for works on romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. Under Abrams's …
M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (died 2015)
Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfr…
Michael Wilding, English actor (died 1979)
Essie Summers was a New Zealand writer whose romance novels sold more than 19 million copies in 105 countries. She was known as New Zealand's "Queen of Romance."
Essie Summers, New Zealand author (died 1998)
Vernon Pelling Elliott was a British bassoonist, conductor and composer. He was an influential teacher of the bassoon for over 40 years. From the 1960s he became more widely known…
Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (died 1996)
Martha George Rogers Ripley was an American physician, suffragist, and professor of medicine. Founder of the Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ripley was one of the mos…
Martha Ripley, American physician (born 1843)
Abraham Stoker was an Irish writer, barrister, and theatre manager. He was the author of Dracula (1897) and the creator of the fictional character Count Dracula. The novel and its …
Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (born 1847)
Homer Calvin Davenport was a political cartoonist and writer from the United States. He is known for drawings that satirized figures of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, most not…
Homer Davenport, American political cartoonist (born 1867)
Nettie Maria Stevens was an American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes. In 1905, soon after the rediscovery of Mendel's paper on genetics in 1900, she observed that male me…
Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (born 1861)
Frederik VIII was King of Denmark from 29 January 1906 until his death in 1912.
Frederik VIII of Denmark (born 1843)
Aleksander Głowacki, better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus, was a Polish journalist, novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, and a disti…
Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (born 1847)
Austin Lane Crothers, was an American politician and a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 46th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1908 to 1912.
Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (born 1860)
Frédéric Passy was a French economist and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was also an author and politician, sit…
Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1822)
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more…
August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (born 1849)
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane…
Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1867)
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and…
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (born 1836)
George John Bonnor was an Australian cricketer, known for his big hitting, who played Test cricket between 1880 and 1888.
George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (born 1855)
Harriet Quimby was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1…
Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (born 1875)
Tom Richardson was an English cricketer. A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back, a relatively long run-up and high arm which allowed him to gain sharp…
Tom Richardson, English cricketer (born 1870)
Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last U…
Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1854)
Emperor Meiji was Emperor of Japan from 30 January 1867 until his death in 1912. The Meiji Restoration proclaimed the Empire of Japan in 1868, beginning the Meiji era. During his r…
Emperor Meiji of Japan (born 1852)