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Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist and self-rule activist in the Indian independence movement. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. The honorific "Lokmanya"…
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (born 1856)
Peeter Süda was a father of the Estonian organ school, composer and an early collector of Estonian folksongs.
Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (born 1883)
Stefan Bastyr was a Polish aviator and military pilot, one of the pioneers of the Polish aviation. He is credited with the first military flight in the history of the Polish Air Fo…
Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (born 1890)
Eduard Birnbaum (1855–1920) was a Polish-born German hazzan (cantor) and one of the first explorers of Jewish music.
Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (born 1855)
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1919. He also served a term as Chie…
Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (born 1845)
Ádám Politzer was a Hungarian and Austrian physician and one of the pioneers and founders of otology.
Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (born 1835)
Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American professional baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians of the American League.
Ray Chapman, American baseball player (born 1891)
Henry Daglish was an Australian politician who was the sixth premier of Western Australia and the first from the Labor Party, serving from 10 August 1904 to 25 August 1905. Daglish…
Henry Daglish, Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (born 1866)
Anders Leonard Zorn was a Swedish artist who attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist. His portrait subjects include King Oscar II of Sweden and th…
Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (born 1860)
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt was a German physiologist, philosopher, professor, and one of the fathers of modern psychology. Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from philo…
Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1832)
Robert Emmett Harron was an American motion picture actor of the early silent film era. Although he appeared in over 200 films, he is perhaps best remembered for his roles in the D…
Robert Harron, American actor (born 1893)
Simon-Napoléon Parent, KC was the 12th premier of Quebec from October 3, 1900 to March 21, 1905, as well as serving as President of the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company.
Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (born 1855)
Yu Gwan-sun was a Korean independence activist. She was particularly notable for her role in South Chungcheong during the March 1st Movement protests against Japanese colonial rule…
Yu Gwan-sun, Korean independence activist (born 1902)
Max Bruch was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple …
Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (born 1838)
Michael Fitzgerald also known as Mick Fitzgerald, was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was among the first members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and played a sign…
Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (born 1881)
Alexander was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death on 25 October 1920.
Alexander of Greece (born 1893)
Joseph Patrick Murphy was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was one of 22 Irish Republicans who died on hunger strike in the 20th century. He was an officer in the Iris…
Joe Murphy, (Irish-American), died on hunger strike during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (born 1895)
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is the unicameral legislative branch of the Turkish government. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the unitary Turkish …
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the country's unicameral legislature, first met in Ankara in the midst of the Tur
Terence James MacSwiney was an Irish playwright, author and politician. He was elected as Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork during the Irish War of Independence in 1920. He was arrested…
Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright, politician, Lord Mayor of Cork died on hunger strike (born 1879)
The San Remo conference was an international meeting of the post-World War I Allied Supreme Council as an outgrowth of the Paris Peace Conference, held at Castle Devachan in Sanrem…
At the San Remo conference, the principal Allies of World War I passed a resolution allocating League of Nations mandate
The 1920 blind march was a protest march from across the United Kingdom to London of 250 blind people. It was organised by the National League of the Blind (NLB) to protest poor wo…
A march by blind people from across the United Kingdom to protest poor working conditions ended at Trafalgar Square, Lon
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the …
Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat
Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American professional baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians of the American League.
Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit by a pitch and died the following day, becoming the only Major League…
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946. The Catholic kingdom emerged as a continuation of the Grand Princip…
The Kingdom of Hungary lost 72 percent of its territory and 64 percent of its population with the signing of the Treaty