Historical figures in 1893

The atlas holds 39 people and 61 moments here, in 1893. The most recorded lives are Swami Vivekananda, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nikola Tesla. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.

Notable people

  1. Dmitri Mendeleev

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…

  2. Edmund Barton

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Australian barrister, federation leader, first prime minister of Australia (1901–1903), and founding justice of the High Court of Australia.…

  3. Franz Kafka

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…

  4. Friedrich Engels

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…

  5. George Bernard Shaw

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, became a leading Fabian and dramatist,…

  6. Giuseppe Verdi

    in 1893

    3 moments here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

  7. Grover Cleveland

    in 1893

    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.…

  8. Helen Keller

    in 1893

    2 moments here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  9. Hermann Hesse

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…

  10. James Joyce

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…

  11. José Martí

    in 1893

    3 moments here

    Cuban nationalist, writer, journalist, and organizer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Martí lived and worked across Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,…

  12. Katherine Mansfield

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, later Murry) was a New Zealand modernist short-story writer, poet, critic and diarist.…

  13. Mahatma Gandhi

    in 1893

    2 moments here

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

  14. Mao Zedong

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…

  15. Mark Twain

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…

  16. Max Weber

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…

  17. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister and political leader who led the All-India Muslim League and became Pakistan’s first governor-general after…

  18. Muhammad Iqbal

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) was a South Asian philosopher, poet, lawyer, and political figure.…

  19. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

  20. Nikola Tesla

    in 1893

    3 moments here

    Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…

  21. Octave Mirbeau

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…

  22. Paramahansa Yogananda

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…

  23. Prajadhipok

    in 1893

    1 moment here

    Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…

  24. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    in 1893

    7 moments here

    Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…

Moments

  1. 1893 Director of the Bureau of Weights and Measures Dmitri Mendeleev
  2. 1893 Enters the Old Town gymnasium Franz Kafka
  3. 1893 Fabian delegate at Bradford conference George Bernard Shaw
  4. 1893 At Villa Verdi with Boito Giuseppe Verdi
  5. 1893 Visit to Washington during Cleveland inauguration Helen Keller
  6. 1893 Brief bookshop apprenticeship Hermann Hesse
  7. 1893 Starts at Belvedere College James Joyce
  8. 1893 Childhood move to Karori Katherine Mansfield
  9. 1893 Defies Durban court's turban order Mahatma Gandhi
  10. 1893 Expelled from train at Pietermaritzburg Mahatma Gandhi
  11. 1893 Witnessed Naoroji's maiden speech Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  12. 1893 Matriculation at Scotch Mission College Muhammad Iqbal
  13. 1893 Enters Salonica Military School Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  14. 1893 Franklin Institute address Nikola Tesla
  15. 1893 Wireless-power address Nikola Tesla
  16. 1893 World's Columbian Exposition demonstrations Nikola Tesla
  17. 1893 Residence at Clos Saint-Blaise Octave Mirbeau
  18. 1893 Birth in Gorakhpur Paramahansa Yogananda
  19. 1893 Medical studies abandoned Roald Amundsen
  20. 1893 Third International congress speech Rosa Luxemburg
  21. 1893 Artistic direction at the Théâtre de la Renaissance Sarah Bernhardt
  22. 1893 Conducting performances of Aleko in Kyiv Sergei Rachmaninoff
  23. 1893 Birth in Shanghai Soong Ching-ling
  24. 1893 Baroda State service Sri Aurobindo
  25. 1893 Pharmacy moved to Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen
  26. 1893 Madras preparations for Chicago Swami Vivekananda
  27. 1893 Meeting John Henry Wright Swami Vivekananda
  28. 1893 Meetings at Madurai Swami Vivekananda
  29. 1893 Visit to Nagasaki Swami Vivekananda
  30. 1893 Established himself in Saint Petersburg Vladimir Lenin
  31. 1893 Columbian Exposition visit Warren G. Harding
  32. 1893 Climbs in the Swiss Alps Winston Churchill
  33. 1893 Travels through Milan Winston Churchill
  34. 1893 Arrival at Grand Hotel after Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi
  35. 1893 Arrival for Odessa concerts Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  36. 1893 Niagara Falls visit Helen Keller
  37. 1893 Falstaff premiere visit to Rome Giuseppe Verdi
  38. 1893 Meeting Rubén Darío at Hardman Hall José Martí
  39. 1893 Departure for the United States Swami Vivekananda
  40. 1893 Planning interview with Máximo Gómez José Martí
  41. 1893 Cambridge honorary doctorate visit Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  42. 1893 Conducting in London Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  43. 1893 Honorary Doctor of Music ceremony Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  44. 1893 Unveiling of her Kensington Palace statue Queen Victoria
  45. 1893 Canadian recuperative visit Edmund Barton
  46. 1893 Secret surgery voyage on the Oneida Grover Cleveland
  47. 1893 Meeting Antonio Maceo José Martí
  48. 1893 Arrival in Chicago Swami Vivekananda
  49. 1893 Arrival in Vancouver Swami Vivekananda
  50. 1893 Second International congress address Friedrich Engels

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