Historical figures in 1899
The atlas holds 36 people and 46 moments here, in 1899. The most recorded lives are Winston Churchill, Sarah Bernhardt and Dmitri Mendeleev. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Alfred Hitchcock
in 1899
1 moment here
English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), known as the “Master of Suspense,” worked in British cinema before relocating to Hollywood in 1939.…
Anton Chekhov
in 1899
1 moment here
Russian playwright, short-story writer, and physician. Chekhov was born in Taganrog, studied and began his literary career in Moscow, undertook a…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1899
3 moments here
Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Eleanor Roosevelt
in 1899
1 moment here
American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…
Émile Zola
in 1899
1 moment here
French novelist, journalist, and leading naturalist writer. Born in Paris, Zola spent formative years in Aix-en-Provence before returning to Paris;…
Emilio Aguinaldo
in 1899
1 moment here
Filipino revolutionary, military leader, and political figure who led forces in the Philippine Revolution, headed the First Philippine Republic,…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1899
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Helen Keller
in 1899
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Henri Matisse
in 1899
1 moment here
French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…
Herbert Hoover
in 1899
1 moment here
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
Hermann Hesse
in 1899
1 moment here
German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…
Huang Xianfan
in 1899
1 moment here
Huang Xianfan was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist, educator, and pioneer of field research on minority peoples in Guangxi and neighboring…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1899
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Lu Xun
in 1899
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…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1899
1 moment here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Mark Twain
in 1899
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Max Theiler
in 1899
1 moment here
South African-American virologist and physician whose work at Harvard, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Yale contributed to the development of the 17D…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1899
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mikhail Vrubel
in 1899
1 moment here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Muhammad Iqbal
in 1899
1 moment here
Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) was a South Asian philosopher, poet, lawyer, and political figure.…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1899
1 moment here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Nikola Tesla
in 1899
2 moments here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Octave Mirbeau
in 1899
2 moments here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…
Pablo Picasso
in 1899
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Moments
- 1899 Residence at the White Dacha Anton Chekhov
- 1899 Kyshtym visit on Ural expedition Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1899 Return to Tobolsk on Ural expedition Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1899 Allenswood education Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1899 First Christmas in Tientsin Herbert Hoover
- 1899 School of Mines and Railways student Lu Xun
- 1899 Spends summer at Sanna sanatorium Mark Twain
- 1899 Birth in Pretoria Max Theiler
- 1899 Painting Pan at Talashkino Mikhail Vrubel
- 1899 Arabic reader at Oriental College Muhammad Iqbal
- 1899 Colorado Springs experimental station Nikola Tesla
- 1899 Presence during the Rennes retrial Octave Mirbeau
- 1899 Returns to Barcelona's avant-garde Pablo Picasso
- 1899 Joined Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Ronald Ross
- 1899 Meeting Francisca Sánchez in Casa de Campo Rubén Darío
- 1899 Family relocation to Pau Saint-John Perse
- 1899 Lease of the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt
- 1899 Opening of the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt
- 1899 Middle Eastern journey: Egypt Selma Lagerlöf
- 1899 Middle Eastern journey: Palestine Selma Lagerlöf
- 1899 First visit to London Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1899 Writes at Berchtesgaden Sigmund Freud
- 1899 Imprisonment at Gyeongmucheong Prison Syngman Rhee
- 1899 Return to Paris Henri Matisse
- 1899 Dreyfusard meeting in Rouen Octave Mirbeau
- 1899 Command at the Battle of Marilao River Emilio Aguinaldo
- 1899 Enters the Ottoman Military Academy Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1899 Commercial Club address Nikola Tesla
- 1899 Hamlet premiere Sarah Bernhardt
- 1899 Arrival at Nizhny Tagil during Ural expedition Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1899 Return to Paris from exile Émile Zola
- 1899 Radcliffe entrance examinations Helen Keller
- 1899 Birth in Tenma Yasunari Kawabata
- 1899 Birth in Oak Park Ernest Hemingway
- 1899 Birth at the Hitchcock family shop Alfred Hitchcock
- 1899 Birth in Buenos Aires Jorge Luis Borges
- 1899 Birth at the Australian Joint Stock Bank P. L. Travers
- 1899 Bookseller and antiquarian in Basel Hermann Hesse
- 1899 Birth in Traralgon Macfarlane Burnet
- 1899 Birth in Guatemala City Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1899 Birth at Qusi Village Huang Xianfan
- 1899 Captured near Chieveley Winston Churchill
- 1899 California lecture period begins Swami Vivekananda
- 1899 Imprisoned and escapes in Pretoria Winston Churchill
- 1899 Reaches Lourenço Marques after escape Winston Churchill
- 1899 Returns to Durban as a celebrity Winston Churchill