Historical figures in 1912
The atlas holds 54 people and 91 moments here, in 1912. The most recorded lives are Yosano Akiko, Franz Kafka and Pancho Villa. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.
Notable people
Agatha Christie
in 1912
1 moment here
English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…
Alan Turing
in 1912
2 moments here
English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…
Albert Einstein
in 1912
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German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Arthur Conan Doyle
in 1912
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Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1912
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Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Dolores del Río
in 1912
1 moment here
Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…
Emperor Meiji
in 1912
1 moment here
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1912
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Franz Kafka
in 1912
4 moments here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1912
2 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Golda Meir
in 1912
1 moment here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Henri Matisse
in 1912
2 moments here
French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…
Hermann Hesse
in 1912
1 moment here
German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1912
3 moments 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 1912
2 moments here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
James Joyce
in 1912
3 moments here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1912
2 moments here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1912
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…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1912
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…
Jorge Amado
in 1912
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Kim Il Sung
in 1912
1 moment here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Lawrence Bragg
in 1912
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Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…
Le Corbusier
in 1912
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Leon Trotsky
in 1912
1 moment here
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Moments
- 1912 Childhood at Baston Lodge Alan Turing
- 1912 Family reunited in Mexico City Dolores del Río
- 1912 Visits the Panama Canal Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1912 History teacher and inspector in Antofagasta Gabriela Mistral
- 1912 Teacher and inspector at Los Andes Gabriela Mistral
- 1912 North Division High School Golda Meir
- 1912 First Tangier visit Henri Matisse
- 1912 Arrival in Rio de Janeiro Ho Chi Minh
- 1912 Residence in Santa Teresa Ho Chi Minh
- 1912 Summer return to Galway James Joyce
- 1912 Congress annual session Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1912 Residence in England Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1912 Return to La Chaux-de-Fonds Le Corbusier
- 1912 Residence in Beijing Lu Xun
- 1912 Studies in Changsha Mao Zedong
- 1912 Gymnasium studies in Basel Max Theiler
- 1912 Facing execution in Jiménez Pancho Villa
- 1912 Boarding at Normanhurst School P. L. Travers
- 1912 Post-abdication residence Puyi
- 1912 Returns to Framheim Roald Amundsen
- 1912 Magazine-promotion tour in Buenos Aires Rubén Darío
- 1912 Magazine-promotion tour in Montevideo Rubén Darío
- 1912 Magazine-promotion tour in Rio de Janeiro Rubén Darío
- 1912 Magazine-promotion tour in São Paulo Rubén Darío
- 1912 Composition retreat at Piazza di Spagna Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1912 YMCA conference at Montreat Soong Ching-ling
- 1912 Freshman registration at Wesleyan Soong Mei-ling
- 1912 Family residence in George Town Srinivasa Ramanujan
- 1912 Temporary Accountant General post Srinivasa Ramanujan
- 1912 Primary school in Mojokerto Sukarno
- 1912 Provisional presidency in Nanjing Sun Yat-sen
- 1912 Republican National Convention Theodore Roosevelt
- 1912 Visit to Katia Mann at Davos sanatorium Thomas Mann
- 1912 Housewarming at Asham House Virginia Woolf
- 1912 Moved to Kraków Vladimir Lenin
- 1912 Worked at Jagiellonian University Library Vladimir Lenin
- 1912 Study at Ibaraki Middle School Yasunari Kawabata
- 1912 Ministry of Education work in Nanjing Lu Xun
- 1912 Presidential-nomination declaration Theodore Roosevelt
- 1912 Architectural work at Lyndhurst Grand Hotel Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1912 Departure from Baltimore aboard Dirigo Jack London
- 1912 Commands forces at Derna Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1912 Announces South Pole success Roald Amundsen
- 1912 Madras Port Trust clerkship Srinivasa Ramanujan
- 1912 Royal Society of Medicine clinical meeting Willem Einthoven
- 1912 Teaching examinations in Padua James Joyce
- 1912 Birth near Pyongyang Kim Il Sung
- 1912 Arrival in Madrid Porfirio Díaz
- 1912 Birth in Liuhe Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1912 Arrival at Vladivostok Yosano Akiko