Historical figures in 1908
The atlas holds 37 people and 54 moments here, in 1908. The most recorded lives are Sri Aurobindo, William Howard Taft and Vladimir Lenin. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Adolf Hitler
in 1908
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Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Albert Einstein
in 1908
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German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Albert Luthuli
in 1908
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Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1908
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English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Chiang Kai-shek
in 1908
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Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…
Empress Dowager Cixi
in 1908
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Empress Dowager Cixi (Yehe Nara Xingzhen) was a Manchu noblewoman who exercised decisive power in the Qing government as empress dowager and regent…
Franz Kafka
in 1908
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German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
Grover Cleveland
in 1908
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Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Hirohito
in 1908
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Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1908
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…
Jack London
in 1908
2 moments here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1908
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English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1908
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Kahlil Gibran
in 1908
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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 1908
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Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, later Murry) was a New Zealand modernist short-story writer, poet, critic and diarist.…
Le Corbusier
in 1908
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Leon Trotsky
in 1908
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Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Lev Landau
in 1908
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Soviet theoretical physicist Lev Davidovich Landau was born in Baku, educated in Baku and Leningrad, and undertook formative research travel in…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1908
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Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Lyndon B. Johnson
in 1908
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) was a Texas-born teacher, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 36th president of the United States.…
Mark Twain
in 1908
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1908
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Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Muhammad Iqbal
in 1908
1 moment here
Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) was a South Asian philosopher, poet, lawyer, and political figure.…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1908
2 moments here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Moments
- 1908 Moves to Vienna Adolf Hitler
- 1908 Teaches at University of Bern Albert Einstein
- 1908 Childhood residence in Groutville Albert Luthuli
- 1908 Family settlement in the Vryheid district Albert Luthuli
- 1908 Begins work at the Accident Insurance Institute Franz Kafka
- 1908 Makes first official trip to Děčín Franz Kafka
- 1908 Begins studies at Gakushūin Hirohito
- 1908 End of Snark voyage at Guadalcanal Jack London
- 1908 Hospital recovery in Sydney Jack London
- 1908 Lodgings in Edgbaston J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1908 Early Paris residence and Perret office Le Corbusier
- 1908 Birth in Baku Lev Landau
- 1908 Doctoral engineering work Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1908 Kite research near Glossop Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1908 Return to Guatemala City Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1908 Move to Yuzovka Nikita Khrushchev
- 1908 Study at Eton College Prajadhipok
- 1908 Birth in Montparnasse Simone de Beauvoir
- 1908 Move to Wesleyan College Soong Mei-ling
- 1908 Piedmont College year Soong Mei-ling
- 1908 Meditation with Vishnu Bhaskar Lele Sri Aurobindo
- 1908 Nationalist appearances at Amraoti Sri Aurobindo
- 1908 Nationalist meeting at Dhulia Sri Aurobindo
- 1908 Consults Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill William Howard Taft
- 1908 Debuts with Fred Karno at the Coliseum Charlie Chaplin
- 1908 Tokyo Shinbu Gakko enrolment Chiang Kai-shek
- 1908 Joins the Salzburg psychoanalytic meeting Sigmund Freud
- 1908 Holidayed with Gorky on Capri Vladimir Lenin
- 1908 Campaign tour reaches Omaha William Howard Taft
- 1908 Arrest at Grey Street office Sri Aurobindo
- 1908 Undertrial confinement at Alipore Jail Sri Aurobindo
- 1908 Returned to the British Museum Vladimir Lenin
- 1908 Death at Westland Grover Cleveland
- 1908 Returns to Cambridge after India Office John Maynard Keynes
- 1908 Moves into Stormfield Mark Twain
- 1908 Birth in Santiago Salvador Allende
- 1908 Wins Republican nomination William Howard Taft
- 1908 Art study in Paris Kahlil Gibran
- 1908 Beauchamp Lodge arrival Katherine Mansfield
- 1908 Admission to Collège Quốc học Ho Chi Minh
- 1908 Birth near Stonewall Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1908 Return to Lahore Muhammad Iqbal
- 1908 Vacations across western North America Thomas Edison
- 1908 Takes campaign vacation at Hot Springs William Howard Taft
- 1908 Proposes to Clementine at Blenheim Winston Churchill
- 1908 Continues organizing in Benghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1908 Travels to Tripoli and Benghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1908 Marries at St Margaret’s Winston Churchill
- 1908 Principal of Daeseong School Yun Ch'iho
- 1908 Pravda editorial work in Vienna Leon Trotsky