Historical figures in 1890
The atlas holds 35 people and 50 moments here, in 1890. The most recorded lives are Vincent van Gogh, Anton Chekhov and Swami Vivekananda. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.
Notable people
Agatha Christie
in 1890
1 moment here
English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…
Alfred Deakin
in 1890
3 moments here
Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…
Anton Chekhov
in 1890
4 moments here
Russian playwright, short-story writer, and physician. Chekhov was born in Taganrog, studied and began his literary career in Moscow, undertook a…
Baháʼu'lláh
in 1890
1 moment here
Baháʼu'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí) was an Iranian religious leader and founder of the Baháʼí Faith.…
Bertrand Russell
in 1890
1 moment here
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…
Calvin Coolidge
in 1890
1 moment here
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…
Camille Pissarro
in 1890
1 moment here
Danish-French painter and a central figure in Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Born in Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, Pissarro studied in…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1890
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1890
1 moment here
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1890
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Florence Nightingale
in 1890
1 moment here
English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Friedrich Nietzsche
in 1890
1 moment here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Grover Cleveland
in 1890
1 moment here
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Harry S. Truman
in 1890
1 moment here
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
Hermann Hesse
in 1890
1 moment here
German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1890
2 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1890
1 moment here
English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
José Rizal
in 1890
1 moment here
Filipino nationalist, writer, physician, and polymath whose reform advocacy, novels, exile, trial, and execution made him a central figure in…
Lawrence Bragg
in 1890
1 moment here
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1890
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Marcel Proust
in 1890
1 moment here
French novelist, essayist, and critic, best known for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time).…
Mark Twain
in 1890
2 moments here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Mikhail Vrubel
in 1890
1 moment here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1890
2 moments here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Moments
- 1890 Australasian Federal Conference Alfred Deakin
- 1890 Irrigation journey to Ceylon Alfred Deakin
- 1890 Irrigation journey to India Alfred Deakin
- 1890 Sakhalin expedition Anton Chekhov
- 1890 Interview with Edward Granville Browne Baháʼu'lláh
- 1890 Studies begin at Trinity College Bertrand Russell
- 1890 Visit to London Camille Pissarro
- 1890 Student at Canterbury College Ernest Rutherford
- 1890 Extended stay at Claydon after her sister's death Florence Nightingale
- 1890 Lives under his mother's care in Naumburg Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1890 Move to Independence Harry S. Truman
- 1890 Preparatory schooling in Göppingen Hermann Hesse
- 1890 Childhood in Làng Sen Ho Chi Minh
- 1890 Perse School kindergarten John Maynard Keynes
- 1890 Move to Brussels José Rizal
- 1890 Meets vegetarians on the Isle of Wight Mahatma Gandhi
- 1890 Military service at Coligny Barracks Marcel Proust
- 1890 Returns to Hannibal for his mother's funeral Mark Twain
- 1890 Visits his mother in Keokuk Mark Twain
- 1890 Retirement at Friedrichsruh Otto von Bismarck
- 1890 Retirement at Varzin estate Otto von Bismarck
- 1890 Florentine work on The Queen of Spades Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1890 Estate life at Shilaidaha Rabindranath Tagore
- 1890 Studies at the University of Zurich Rosa Luxemburg
- 1890 Summer at Ivanovka Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1890 King's College, Cambridge Sri Aurobindo
- 1890 Himalayan journey Swami Vivekananda
- 1890 Study and meditation at Meerut Swami Vivekananda
- 1890 Visit to Ghazipur Swami Vivekananda
- 1890 Studies at Emory College Yun Ch'iho
- 1890 Arrives as solicitor general William Howard Taft
- 1890 Princeton faculty chair Woodrow Wilson
- 1890 Birth in Adelaide Lawrence Bragg
- 1890 Journey through Tomsk Anton Chekhov
- 1890 Black River Academy graduation Calvin Coolidge
- 1890 Birth at Hoàng Trù Ho Chi Minh
- 1890 Arrives for final months in Auvers Vincent van Gogh
- 1890 Lodges at Auberge Ravoux Vincent van Gogh
- 1890 Works from Auvers-sur-Oise Vincent van Gogh
- 1890 Arrival in Irkutsk Anton Chekhov
- 1890 Marriage and editorship in San Salvador Rubén Darío
- 1890 Move to Guatemala Rubén Darío
- 1890 Arrival on Sakhalin Anton Chekhov
- 1890 Stay at Abramtsevo after Mamontov funeral Mikhail Vrubel
- 1890 Dies at Auberge Ravoux Vincent van Gogh
- 1890 Summer residence at Gray Gables Grover Cleveland
- 1890 Birth at Ashfield Agatha Christie
- 1890 Birth in Denison Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1890 Birth in Lille Charles de Gaulle
- 1890 Conducting in Tiflis Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky