Historical figures in 1909

The atlas holds 43 people and 66 moments here, in 1909. The most recorded lives are Sri Aurobindo, Sigmund Freud and Anatole France. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.

Notable people

  1. Albert Einstein

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

  2. Anatole France

    in 1909

    5 moments here

    French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…

  3. Benito Mussolini

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…

  4. C. V. Raman

    in 1909

    2 moments here

    Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), known for research on light scattering and for the Raman effect.…

  5. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…

  6. Errol Flynn

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…

  7. Frank Lloyd Wright

    in 1909

    2 moments here

    American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…

  8. Franz Kafka

    in 1909

    2 moments here

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

  9. Jack London

    in 1909

    1 moment here

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

  10. James Joyce

    in 1909

    2 moments here

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

  11. Jiddu Krishnamurti

    in 1909

    2 moments 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…

  12. John Maynard Keynes

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…

  13. Jomo Kenyatta

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…

  14. Jorge Luis Borges

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

  15. José Raúl Capablanca

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…

  16. Kahlil Gibran

    in 1909

    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…

  17. Katherine Mansfield

    in 1909

    2 moments here

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

  18. Kwame Nkrumah

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…

  19. Lawrence Bragg

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…

  20. Macfarlane Burnet

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

  21. Mao Zedong

    in 1909

    1 moment here

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

  22. Max Planck

    in 1909

    1 moment here

    German theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory. Planck’s documented life moved from Kiel to Munich, Berlin, Kiel again, and Berlin,…

  23. Max Weber

    in 1909

    1 moment here

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

  24. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    in 1909

    1 moment here

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

Moments

  1. 1909 Lectures at University of Zurich Albert Einstein
  2. 1909 Currency officer in Rangoon C. V. Raman
  3. 1909 Return to Madras after his father's death C. V. Raman
  4. 1909 Abilene High School graduation Dwight D. Eisenhower
  5. 1909 Portfolio negotiations in Berlin Frank Lloyd Wright
  6. 1909 Summer visit to Dublin with Giorgio James Joyce
  7. 1909 Move to the Theosophical headquarters Jiddu Krishnamurti
  8. 1909 Lectures on money, credit and prices John Maynard Keynes
  9. 1909 Pampa journey near San Nicolás Jorge Luis Borges
  10. 1909 Marshall match José Raúl Capablanca
  11. 1909 Convalescence at Bad Wörishofen Katherine Mansfield
  12. 1909 Entered Trinity College, Cambridge Lawrence Bragg
  13. 1909 Family move to Terang Macfarlane Burnet
  14. 1909 Higher primary school at Dongshan Mao Zedong
  15. 1909 Adams lectures at Columbia University Max Planck
  16. 1909 Trip to Venice with Marianne and Else von Richthofen Max Weber
  17. 1909 Residence at Cheverchemont Octave Mirbeau
  18. 1909 School-inspection posting at Hamirpur Premchand
  19. 1909 Transfer to Mahoba Premchand
  20. 1909 Professor at Calcutta City College Rajendra Prasad
  21. 1909 Medical visit to Brussels Ronald Ross
  22. 1909 Family move to Tacna Salvador Allende
  23. 1909 Entered Presidency College Satyendra Nath Bose
  24. 1909 Piano Concerto No. 3 in New York Sergei Rachmaninoff
  25. 1909 Stayed at Wesleyan College Soong Mei-ling
  26. 1909 Harvard philosophy assistantship T. S. Eliot
  27. 1909 Birth in Pantanaw U Thant
  28. 1909 Schooling in Marceline Walt Disney
  29. 1909 Residence in Surugadai Higashikōbaichō Yosano Akiko
  30. 1909 Socialist organizer in Trento Benito Mussolini
  31. 1909 Work in Marcel-Béronneau's studio Kahlil Gibran
  32. 1909 Marriage at Paddington Register Office Katherine Mansfield
  33. 1909 Smithsonian-Roosevelt expedition arrival Theodore Roosevelt
  34. 1909 Inauguration as president William Howard Taft
  35. 1909 Discovery on the Adyar beach Jiddu Krishnamurti
  36. 1909 Marches to the outskirts of Constantinople Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  37. 1909 Appointment at Madras Presidency College Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  38. 1909 Arrival in Buenos Aires Anatole France
  39. 1909 Arrival in Recife on South American tour Anatole France
  40. 1909 Uttarpara Speech Sri Aurobindo
  41. 1909 Lecture at Teatro Odeón Anatole France
  42. 1909 Birth at Queen Alexandra Hospital Errol Flynn
  43. 1909 Returns to Horta with Fernande Pablo Picasso
  44. 1909 Jhalakati Conference speech Sri Aurobindo
  45. 1909 Right of Association speech Sri Aurobindo
  46. 1909 Speech at Bakergunj Sri Aurobindo
  47. 1909 Speech at Khulna Sri Aurobindo
  48. 1909 Lecture at Theatro Municipal Anatole France
  49. 1909 Return to Oakland from Australia Jack London
  50. 1909 Call at Funchal Anatole France

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