Historical figures in 1895
The atlas holds 37 people and 77 moments here, in 1895. The most recorded lives are Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and Vladimir Lenin. Among them Scientists, Writers and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1895
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German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Alfred Nobel
in 1895
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Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Calvin Coolidge
in 1895
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John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…
David Hilbert
in 1895
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German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…
Emilio Aguinaldo
in 1895
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Filipino revolutionary, military leader, and political figure who led forces in the Philippine Revolution, headed the First Philippine Republic,…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1895
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Friedrich Engels
in 1895
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German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Henrik Ibsen
in 1895
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Norwegian playwright and poet whose career took him from Telemark and coastal Norway to theatre work in Bergen and Christiania, then to long…
Herbert Hoover
in 1895
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Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
Hermann Hesse
in 1895
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German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…
H. G. Wells
in 1895
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Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1895
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Igor Tamm
in 1895
1 moment here
Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…
Jack London
in 1895
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1895
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
José Martí
in 1895
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Cuban nationalist, writer, journalist, and organizer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Martí lived and worked across Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,…
José Rizal
in 1895
1 moment here
Filipino nationalist, writer, physician, and polymath whose reform advocacy, novels, exile, trial, and execution made him a central figure in…
Juan Perón
in 1895
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Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…
Kahlil Gibran
in 1895
1 moment here
Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist, best known for The Prophet. Born in Bsharri, he emigrated to Boston as a child, studied in Beirut…
Katherine Mansfield
in 1895
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Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, later Murry) was a New Zealand modernist short-story writer, poet, critic and diarist.…
Liliʻuokalani
in 1895
3 moments here
Liliʻuokalani was the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, reigning from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the monarchy on January…
Louis Pasteur
in 1895
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French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Marie Curie
in 1895
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Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Mark Twain
in 1895
13 moments here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Moments
- 1895 Studies and lodges in Aarau Albert Einstein
- 1895 Takes Zurich Polytechnic examination Albert Einstein
- 1895 Appointment to Göttingen chair David Hilbert
- 1895 Freemason initiation at Pilar Lodge Emilio Aguinaldo
- 1895 Research student at the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford
- 1895 Graduation from Stanford Herbert Hoover
- 1895 Study in Huế Ho Chi Minh
- 1895 Oakland High School attendance Jack London
- 1895 Karori schooling Katherine Mansfield
- 1895 Arrest at Washington Place Liliʻuokalani
- 1895 Imprisoned at ʻIolani Palace Liliʻuokalani
- 1895 Cycles through France on honeymoon Marie Curie
- 1895 Government College studies begin Muhammad Iqbal
- 1895 East Houston Street laboratory Nikola Tesla
- 1895 Imprisonment at Pentonville Oscar Wilde
- 1895 Imprisonment at Wandsworth Oscar Wilde
- 1895 Student at Queen's College Premchand
- 1895 Malaria work at Bombay Civil Hospital Ronald Ross
- 1895 Studies at King's College London Sarojini Naidu
- 1895 Journey to Sicily Selma Lagerlöf
- 1895 Planning the Guangzhou uprising Sun Yat-sen
- 1895 New York City Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt
- 1895 Met émigré Marxists in Zurich Vladimir Lenin
- 1895 Researched the Paris Commune Vladimir Lenin
- 1895 Studied at the Staatsbibliothek Vladimir Lenin
- 1895 Household in Talisay, Dapitan José Rizal
- 1895 Military-commission trial in the palace throne room Liliʻuokalani
- 1895 Premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
- 1895 Warning at the Café Royal Oscar Wilde
- 1895 Departure for Cuba with Gómez José Martí
- 1895 Landing at Playitas José Martí
- 1895 Libel trial at the Old Bailey Oscar Wilde
- 1895 Preliminary hearing at Bow Street Oscar Wilde
- 1895 First visit to the Prado Pablo Picasso
- 1895 Return and landing at Secunderabad Ronald Ross
- 1895 Residence at Lynton, Maybury Road H. G. Wells
- 1895 Birth in Madanapalle Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1895 Death at the Battle of Dos Ríos José Martí
- 1895 Expedition reaches Dos Ríos José Martí
- 1895 Conviction in London Oscar Wilde
- 1895 Processing at Newgate Prison Oscar Wilde
- 1895 Cholera investigation at Bangalore Ronald Ross
- 1895 Graduation from Amherst Calvin Coolidge
- 1895 Final move to Villeneuve-l'Étang Louis Pasteur
- 1895 Private lectures at Thousand Island Park Swami Vivekananda
- 1895 Birth in Vladivostok Igor Tamm
- 1895 Marries Pierre Curie in Sceaux Marie Curie
- 1895 Launches world tour in Cleveland Mark Twain
- 1895 Lectures at Mackinac Mark Twain
- 1895 Lectures in Duluth Mark Twain