Historical figures in 1898

The atlas holds 43 people and 66 moments here, in 1898. The most recorded lives are Émile Zola, Emilio Aguinaldo and Theodore Roosevelt. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Scientists.

Notable people

  1. Adolf Hitler

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

  2. Albert Luthuli

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…

  3. Alfred Deakin

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…

  4. Camille Pissarro

    in 1898

    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…

  5. Edmund Barton

    in 1898

    1 moment here

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

  6. Émile Zola

    in 1898

    8 moments here

    French novelist, journalist, and leading naturalist writer. Born in Paris, Zola spent formative years in Aix-en-Provence before returning to Paris;…

  7. Emilio Aguinaldo

    in 1898

    5 moments here

    Filipino revolutionary, military leader, and political figure who led forces in the Philippine Revolution, headed the First Philippine Republic,…

  8. Ernest Rutherford

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

  9. George Bernard Shaw

    in 1898

    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,…

  10. Golda Meir

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…

  11. Hastings Banda

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…

  12. Helen Keller

    in 1898

    2 moments here

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

  13. Henri Matisse

    in 1898

    2 moments here

    French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…

  14. Howard Florey

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…

  15. Igor Tamm

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…

  16. Jack London

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…

  17. James Joyce

    in 1898

    1 moment here

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

  18. Kahlil Gibran

    in 1898

    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…

  19. Katherine Mansfield

    in 1898

    1 moment here

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

  20. Leon Trotsky

    in 1898

    3 moments here

    Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…

  21. Lu Xun

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…

  22. Marie Curie

    in 1898

    1 moment here

    Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…

  23. Max Weber

    in 1898

    1 moment here

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

  24. Mikhail Vrubel

    in 1898

    2 moments here

    Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…

Moments

  1. 1898 Settles near Linz in childhood Adolf Hitler
  2. 1898 Birth at Solusi Mission Station Albert Luthuli
  3. 1898 Second Australasian Federal Convention concludes Alfred Deakin
  4. 1898 Rouen hotel-window campaign Camille Pissarro
  5. 1898 Federal Convention at Melbourne Edmund Barton
  6. 1898 Writing J'accuse… at rue de Bruxelles Émile Zola
  7. 1898 Macdonald Chair at McGill Ernest Rutherford
  8. 1898 Birth near Kasungu Hastings Banda
  9. 1898 Study trip to London Henri Matisse
  10. 1898 Trip to Corsica Henri Matisse
  11. 1898 Family relocation to Elisavetgrad Igor Tamm
  12. 1898 University College student James Joyce
  13. 1898 Study at Collège de la Sagesse Kahlil Gibran
  14. 1898 Return to Wellington Katherine Mansfield
  15. 1898 Arrest in Nikolayev Leon Trotsky
  16. 1898 Imprisonment in Kherson Leon Trotsky
  17. 1898 Imprisonment in Odessa Leon Trotsky
  18. 1898 Jiangnan Naval Academy student Lu Xun
  19. 1898 Moves research into the radium shed Marie Curie
  20. 1898 Stay at Konstanzer Hof Max Weber
  21. 1898 January stay in Saint Petersburg Mikhail Vrubel
  22. 1898 Summer stay in Ukraine Mikhail Vrubel
  23. 1898 Radio-controlled boat demonstration Nikola Tesla
  24. 1898 Mosquito research at Mahanad Ronald Ross
  25. 1898 Winter holiday at Groote Schuur Rudyard Kipling
  26. 1898 Entered Kōtō Elementary School Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  27. 1898 Return to Hyderabad Sarojini Naidu
  28. 1898 Rough Riders training Theodore Roosevelt
  29. 1898 Smith Academy studies T. S. Eliot
  30. 1898 Visits Tuskegee Institute William McKinley
  31. 1898 Tutored studies in Wrentham Helen Keller
  32. 1898 Settlement in Paris Oscar Wilde
  33. 1898 Belgica trapped in Antarctic pack ice Roald Amundsen
  34. 1898 Arrival at Presidency General Hospital Ronald Ross
  35. 1898 Birth in Pudong Soong Mei-ling
  36. 1898 Birth in Huai'an Zhou Enlai
  37. 1898 Battle of Alapan Emilio Aguinaldo
  38. 1898 Departure aboard USS McCulloch Emilio Aguinaldo
  39. 1898 First raising of the Philippine flag Emilio Aguinaldo
  40. 1898 Return from exile at Cavite Emilio Aguinaldo
  41. 1898 Birth in Kyiv Golda Meir
  42. 1898 Move to Berlin Rosa Luxemburg
  43. 1898 Declaration of Independence Emilio Aguinaldo
  44. 1898 Marriage to Charlotte Payne-Townshend George Bernard Shaw
  45. 1898 First extended stay at Horta Pablo Picasso
  46. 1898 Battle of Las Guásimas Theodore Roosevelt
  47. 1898 Landing at Daiquirí Theodore Roosevelt
  48. 1898 Arrival at Victoria Station Émile Zola
  49. 1898 Departure by train for Calais Émile Zola
  50. 1898 Exile lodging at Oatlands Park Hotel Émile Zola

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