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1910(MCMX) was acommon year starting on Saturdayof theGregorian calendarand acommon year starting on Fridayof theJulian calendar,the 1910th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 910th year of the2nd millennium,the 10th year of the20th century,and the 1st year of the1910sdecade. As of the start of 1910, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
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January
[edit]- January 6–Abépeople in theFrench West Africacolony ofCôte d'Ivoirerise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military.[1]
- January 8– By theTreaty of Punakha,the Himalayan kingdom ofBhutanbecomes aprotectorateof the British Empire.[2]
- January 11–Charcot Islandis discovered by theAntarcticexpedition led by French explorerJean-Baptiste Charcoton the shipPourquoi Pas?[3]Charcot returns from his expedition on February 11.
- January 12–Great January Comet of 1910first observed (perihelion:January 17).[4]
- January 21–The Great Flood of Parisbegins when theSeineoverflows its banks.[5]
- January 22– Completion of construction of New York City'sMetropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower,at 700 feet (210 m) the world's tallest building at this time, is celebrated.[6]
- January 31
- A coal mineexplosionat the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company inPrimero, Colorado,kills 75 miners.[7]
- American-born medical practitionerHawley Harvey Crippenpoisons his wife, Cora, and buries her body in the cellar of their London home (probable date).[8]
February
[edit]- February 1– A coal mine explosion at the Browder Coal Company inDrakesboro, Kentuckykills 34 miners.[9]
- February 2– A coal mine explosion at the Palau mine at Las Esperanzas in the State ofCoahuilain Mexico kills 68 miners.[9][10]
- February 5– A coal mine explosion at the Jefferson Clearfield Coal Company mine atErnest, Pennsylvania,kills 11 miners (10 Hungarian) but another 110 are able to escape.[11]
- February 9– French linerGeneral Chanzysinks in the Mediterranean after striking rocks offMenorca,with only one survivor of the 157 on board.[12][13]
- February 12–Chinese expedition to Tibet:A force of 2,000 Chinese troops march intoLhasa,the capital of Tibet; the13th Dalai Lama,Thubten Gyatso, is forced to flee to British India.[14]
- February 13– The strike, begun on November 23, 1909, by 20,000 women against New York City's shirtwaist (blouse) factories ends after 339 manufacturers agree to a reduced workweek (52 hours a week rather than 56), increased wages and labor union recognition.[15]
- February 20–Boutros Ghali,the first native-bornPrime Minister of Egypt,is assassinated in Cairo.
March
[edit]- March–Albanian revolt of 1910:An uprising against Ottoman rule breaks out inAlbania.
- March 1– TheWellington, Washington avalanchesweeps away twoGreat Northern Railway (U.S.)passenger trainsin theCascade Mountains,killing 96, making it the worstsnowslideaccident inUnited Stateshistory.[16][17]
- March 3–Moroccosigns accords with France in Paris, permitting the French to occupyCasablancaandOujdain return for military training, as part of refinancing of loans.[18]
- March 4– TheRogers Pass avalancheburies a group ofCanadian Pacific Railwayworkers clearing tracks in theSelkirk MountainsatRogers Pass (British Columbia),making it the worst snowslide accident in Canadian history.[19]
- March 8– InFrance,Raymonde de Larocheis awardedPilot's licenseNo. 36 by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, becoming the first woman authorized to fly an airplane.[20]
- March 10
- Slavery in China,which has existed since theShang dynasty,is now made illegal.
- Nazareth Baptist Church,anAfrican-initiated church,is founded by ProphetIsaiah Shembein South Africa.[21]
- March 12– American actressFlorence Lawrencebecomes "the first true movie star" after being named in advertisements, having previously been billed only as "The Biograph Girl".[22]
- March 17– Progressive Republicans in theUnited States House of Representativesrebel against SpeakerJoseph Gurney Cannon,removing him from the Rules Committee and stripping him of his power to appoint committee chairmen.
- March 18– The first filmed version of Mary Shelley'sFrankensteincomes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actorCharles Ogle(unbilled) as the monster.
- March 20– The first clinic for treatment ofoccupational diseasesis opened inMilan(Italy).[23]
- March 22–President of the United StatesWilliam H. Taftgives an American endorsement in favor of creating a "World Court" for the resolution of disputes between nations.[24]
- March 23– A rebellion by Rif tribesmen in Spanish Morocco is finally suppressed after 8 months. During the conflict, an estimated 8,000 Berbers and 2,000 Spanish soldiers have been killed.
- March 27– A fire during a barn-dance inÖköritófülpös,Hungary, kills 312 people after ballroom decorations catch alight.[25]
April
[edit]- April 5– TheTransandine Railwayconnecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.[26]
- April 10–Halley's Cometbecomes visible with the naked eye (perihelion:April 20);[27]Earth passes through its tail about May 19[28](its next visit will be in1986).
May
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- May 6–George Vbecomes King of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelandupon the death of his father,Edward VII.
- May 12– The secondNational Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoplemeeting is held inNew York City.
- May 31– TheUnion of South Africais created.
June
[edit]- June 2–Charles Rollsbecame the first person to fly across theEnglish Channeland back without stopping.[8][29]
- June 3–The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition,led byRoald Amundsenon the steamerFram,departs from Christiania (modern-dayOslo) without fanfare, and no announcement until later in the year of Amundsen's intention to reach the South Pole.[30]
- June 5– TheNanyang industrial exposition( "NankingExposition "), an officialworld's fair,opens inQing dynastyChina.[31][32]
- June 6– The Holland Dakota Landbouw Compagnie is established.[33]
- June 14–23–Edinburgh Missionary Conferenceis held in Scotland, presided over byJohn Mott,launching the modernecumenical movementand the modernmissionsmovement.
- June 15–The British Antarctic Expedition,led byRobert Falcon Scotton the whalerTerra Nova,departs fromCardifffor the South Pole.
- June 22–DELAGZeppelin dirigibleDeutschlandmakes the first commercial passenger flight, fromFriedrichshafentoDüsseldorfinGermany;the flight takes 9 hours.
- June 25– The balletThe Firebird(L'Oiseau de feu), the first major work by Russian composerIgor Stravinsky,commissioned byDiaghilev'sBallets Russes,is premièred in Paris, bringing the composer international fame.[34]
July
[edit]- July – FirstGirl Guidetroops registered in the United Kingdom, under the supervision ofAgnes Baden-Powell.[35][36]
- July 4–African-AmericanboxerJack Johnsondefeats white American boxerJames J. Jeffriesin aheavyweight bo xingmatch, sparkingrace riotsacross the United States.
- July 9–10– 'Fowler's match': theEton v Harrowcricketmatch atLord'sground in London, known after the captain ofEton College,Robert St Leger Fowler,and described as "what might just be the greatest cricket match of all time".[37]
- July 11– Departure for France ofAmenokalMoussa Ag Amastanas part of theTuaregmission.[38]
- July 12–Charles Rollsbecomes the first British aviation fatality when his French-built Wright aeroplane suffers a broken rudder at an altitude of 80 feet (24 meters) and crashes during a contest atBournemouth.[39]
- July 22– Awirelesstelegraph sent from theSSMontroseresults in the identification, arrest and execution of murdererDr. Crippen.
- July 24–Ottomanforces capture the city ofShkodërto put down theAlbanian Revolt of 1910.
August
[edit]- August– The International Commercial Bureau of the American Republics becomes thePan-American Union.
- August 14– A fire at theBrussels International 1910world's fair destroys exhibitions of Britain and France.
- August 20– TheGreat Fire of 1910( "Big Blowup" ), a wildfire that burns 4,700 square miles in theInland Northwestof the United States, due to dry weather.
- August 22– TheJapan–Korea Treaty of 1910,by which theEmpire of Japanformally annexes theKorean Empire,is signed (it becomes effectively void in1945,which is formally recognised in1965).
- August 28–Montenegrois proclaimed an independent kingdom, underNicholas I.
- August 29– EmperorSunjong of Koreaabdicates and the country's monarchy is abolished.
- August 31–Gafanha da Nazaréis founded byPrior Sardoand becomes the last Portuguese town to receive aforal(royal charter) from themonarchy,granted byKing Manuel II.[40]
September
[edit]- September 1
- TheVaticanintroduces a compulsoryoath against modernism(Sacrorum antistitum), to be taken by all priests uponordination.
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulistais founded inBrazilby railwaymen; its Association football team will be the firstFIFA Club World Cupchampions in 2000.
October
[edit]- October
- Infrared photographsare first published by ProfessorRobert Williams Wood,in theRoyal Photographic Society's journal.
- Approximate date of origin ofManchurian plague,a form ofpneumonic plaguewhich by December is spreading through northeastern China, killing more than 40,000.[41][42][43]
- October 5–5 October 1910 revolution:TheFirst Portuguese Republicis proclaimed inLisbon;KingManuel II of Portugalflees to England.
- October 7–Baudette fire of 1910,a wildfire that burns ca. 350,000 square miles inMinnesotaandOntario,including several towns.
- October 18– Thelake freighterSSWilliam C. Morelandruns aground on a reef near theKeweenaw PeninsulainLake Superior,leading to its loss.[44]
- October 20– The hull ofWhite Starocean linerRMSOlympicis launched, at theHarland and Wolffshipyards inBelfast.
- October 23
- Vajiravudh(Rama VI) is crownedKing of Siam,after the death of his father, KingChulalongkorn(Rama V).
- ThePhiladelphia Athleticsdefeat theChicago Cubs,7–2, to win the1910 World Seriesin baseball in Game 5 (Jack Coombshas been the winning pitcher in three of the Athletics' four wins).
November
[edit]- November 7– The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight takes place in the United States. The flight, made byWright brotherspilotPhilip Parmalee,is betweenDaytonandColumbus, Ohio.
- November 14– In the firsttakeofffrom a ship by a fixed-wing aircraft,Eugene Elytakes off from a temporary platform erected over the bow of thelight cruiserUSSBirminghaminHampton Roads, Virginia.
- November 18–Black Friday:300suffragettesclash with police outside theParliament of the United Kingdomover the failure of theConciliation Bill.[35]
- November 20– TheMexican Revolutionbegins, whenFrancisco I. Maderoproclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship ofPorfirio Díaz.
- November 22–Revolt of the LashatRio de Janeiro:Mutineers in theBrazilian Navy,led byJoão Cândido Felisberto,seize control of the newdreadnoughtbattleshipMinas Geraesand other ships, whose guns are aimed at the city as the crews demand improvements in their conditions (which are conceded onNovember 26by the Brazilian government).
- November 23– MurdererJohan Alfred Anderbecomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
December
[edit]- December 3– Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
- December 10–Giacomo Puccini's operaLa fanciulla del Westhas its world première at theMetropolitan Operain New York City, conducted byArturo Toscaniniand starringEnrico CarusoandEmmy Destinn.[45]
- December 19– Thesecond 1910 United Kingdom general election(the last to be fought with an all-male electorate) concludes with confirmation of a majority for theLiberal Partyin alliance with theIrish Parliamentary Party,resolving the battle of wills between theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdomand theHouse of Lordsby giving a majority for restriction of the powers of the Lords and support for theIrish Home Rule movement.[46]
- December 21–Pretoria Pit disaster:a coal mine explosion at theHulton Colliery CompanyofWesthoughtoninLancashire,England, kills 344 miners, with just one survivor.[47]
Undated
[edit]- Autumn – English-born comediansCharlie Chaplinand Stan Jefferson, later known asStan Laurel,embark fromSouthamptonon the same ship, SSCairnrona,on their first trip to North America, as part ofFred Karno's comedy troupe.[48]
- The electric streetcars ofAustria-Hungary,France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying 6.7 million riders per year.
- Henry Fordsells 10,000 automobiles.
- Hitachi,anelectromechanicscompany, is founded as a mining machine repair factory inIbaraki Prefecture,Japan.[49]
Births
[edit]January
[edit]
- January 4
- Josephine McKim,American Olympic swimmer (d.1992)
- Hilde Schrader,German swimmer (d.1966)
- January 5–Jack Lovelock,New Zealand Olympic athlete (d.1949)
- January 6-James "Lugs" Branigan,Irish police detective and boxer (d. 1986)
- January 8–Galina Ulanova,Russian dancer (d.1998)
- January 10
- Alioune Diop,Senegalese writer, editor (d.1980)
- Allal al-Fassi,Moroccan politician, writer, poet and Islamic scholar (d.1974)
- January 11–Trygve Bratteli,Norwegian politician,Prime Minister of Norway(d.1984)
- January 12
- Luise Rainer,German-born actress (d.2014)
- Patsy Kelly,American actress and comedian (d.1981)
- January 16–Mario Tobino,Italian poet, writer and psychiatrist (d.1991)
- January 21–Károly Takács,Hungarian Olympic shooter (d.1976)
- January 23–Django Reinhardt,Romani-French jazz musician (d.1953)
- January 27–Edvard Kardelj,Yugoslav political leader, partisan (d.1979)
- January 28
- John Banner,Austrian film, television actor (d.1973)
- Arnold Moss,American actor (d.1989)
February
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- February 2–David Sharpe,American actor, stunt performer (d.1980)
- February 5–Francisco Varallo,Argentine footballer (d.2010)
- February 9–Jacques Monod,French biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1976)
- February 10
- Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark(d.1989)
- Georges Pire,Belgian monk and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1969)
- Sofia Vembo,Greek singer and actress (d.1978)
- February 13–William Shockley,American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1989)
- February 15–Irena Sendler,Polish humanitarian (d.2008)
- February 17
- Arthur Hunnicutt,American actor (d.1979)
- Marc Lawrence,American actor (d.2005)
- Kothamangalam Seenu,Tamil actor, Carnatic music singer (d.2001)
- February 21–Douglas Bader,British fighter pilot (d.1982)
- February 22–Vaughn Taylor,American actor (d.1983)
- February 27
- Joan Bennett,American actress (d.1990)
- Genrikh Kasparyan,Armenian chess player, composer (d.1995)
- Carl Tchilinghiryan,German businessman (d.1987)
March
[edit]
- March 1
- Archer Martin,British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.2002)
- David Niven,British actor (d.1983)
- March 4–Tancredo Neves,President of Brazil(d.1985)
- March 5
- Momofuku Ando,Japanese inventor, businessman (d.2007)
- Ennio Flaiano,Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and drama critic (d.1972)
- March 7–Will Glickman,American playwright (d.1983)
- March 8–Claire Trevor,American actress (d.2000)
- March 9–Samuel Barber,American composer (d.1981)
- March 11
- Robert Havemann,German chemist (d.1982)
- Jacinta Marto,Portuguese saint (d.1920)
- March 12–Masayoshi Ōhira,Prime Minister of Japan(d.1980)
- March 13–Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt,Danish actor (d.1985)
- March 16–Aladár Gerevich,Hungarian fencer (d. 1991)
- March 21–Muhammad Siddiq Khan,Bangladeshi academic and librarian (d.1978)[50]
- March 23–Akira Kurosawa,Japanese screenwriter, producer and director (d.1998)
- March 24
- Sailor Malan,South AfricanBattle of Britainfighter pilot (d.1963)
- Richard Halsey Best,US Navy pilot (d.2001)
- March 25–Magda Olivero,Italian soprano (d.2014)[51]
- March 27–Hugh Nibley,American scholar and Latter-day Saint apologist (d.2005)
- March 28–Ingrid of Sweden,Queen consort of Denmark(d.2000)
- March 31–Edward Seago,British artist (d.1974)
April
[edit]- April 1–Harry Carney,American jazz musician (d.1974)
- April 2–Chico Xavier,Brazilian medium (d.2002)
- April 4–Barthélemy Boganda,Central African politician (d.1959)
- April 6
- Barys Kit,Belarusian scientist (d.2018)
- Olin E. Teague,American politician and member of theUnited States House of Representativesfrom 1946 to 1978 (d.1981)
- April 9–Nouhak Phoumsavanh,3rdPresident of Laos(d.2008)
- April 10
- Paul Sweezy,American economist, editor (d.2004)
- Abdel Halim Muhammad,Sudanese Physician and Political Activist (d.2009)
- April 11–António de Spínola,14thPresident of Portugal(d.1996)
- April 12
- Gillo Dorfles,Italian art critic, painter and philosopher (d.2018)
- Irma Rapuzzi,French politician (d.2018)
- April 14–Stanisław Kowalski,Polish supercentenarian, athlete (d.2022)
- April 20–Brigitte Mira,German actress (d.2005)
- April 22–Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin(d.2001)
- April 23–Simone Simon,French actress (d.2005)
- April 24–Pupella Maggio,Italian actress (d.1999)
- April 26–Tomoyuki Tanaka,Japanese film producer (d.1997)
- April 27
- April 30–Levi Celerio,Filipino composer, lyricist (d.2002)
May
[edit]- May 1
- Raya Dunayevskaya,Russian-born philosopher, founder ofMarxist humanismin the United States (d.1987)
- J. Allen Hynek,American astronomer, ufologist (d.1986)
- Mary Rockefeller,American heiress, socialite and philanthropist (d.1997)
- May 6–June Gittelson,American film actress (d.1993)
- May 12
- Johan Ferrier,1stPresident of Suriname(d.2010)
- Elwyn Flint,Australianlinguistand academic (d.1983)
- Dorothy Hodgkin,British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1994)
- Giulietta Simionato,Italian mezzo-soprano (d.2010)
- May 14–Ne Win,4thPresident of Burma(d.2002)
- May 23
- Scatman Crothers,African-American actor, musician (d.1986)
- Artie Shaw,American clarinetist, bandleader (d.2004)
- May 25–Edward Harrison,English cricketer, squash player (d.2002)
- May 28
- Rachel Kempson,English actress (d.2003)
- T-Bone Walker,American singer, guitarist (d.1975)
- May 29–Ralph Metcalfe,American athlete (d.1978)
- May 30–Inge Meysel,German actress (d.2004)
June
[edit]
- June 1–Gyula Kállai,48thPrime Minister of Hungary(d.1996)
- June 2–Annie Lee Cooper,American civil rights activist (d.2010)
- June 4–Christopher Cockerell,British engineer, inventor of theHovercraft(d.1999)
- June 7–Til Kiwe,German actor and screenwriter (d.1995)
- June 8–Lauro Ortega Martínez,governor ofMorelos,Mexico 1982–1988 (d.1999)
- June 9–Robert Cummings,American actor (d.1990)
- June 10
- Abdul Rahman al-Eryani,President of the Yemen Arab Republic (d.1998)
- Armen Takhtajan,Soviet-Armenian botanist (d.2009)
- Howlin' Wolf,American blues musician (d.1976)
- Ted Richmond,American film producer (d.2013)
- June 11–Jacques-Yves Cousteau,French naval officer, explorer (d.1997)
- June 12–Ahmadu Bello,Nigerian statesman (d.1966)
- June 13–Mary Wickes,American actress (d.1995)
- June 14
- Rudolf Kempe,German conductor (d.1976)
- J. Harold Smith,American pastor, evangelist (d.2001)
- June 15–Suleiman Frangieh,10thPresident of Lebanon(d.1992)
- Alf Pearson,British variety performer with his brother Bob as half of Bob and Alf Pearson (d.2012)
- June 16–Juan Velasco Alvarado,militaryPresident of Peru(d.1977)
- June 17–Red Foley,American country music singer (d.1968)
- June 19
- Paul Flory,American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1985)
- Abe Fortas,Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States(d.1982)
- June 22
- Peter Pears,English tenor (d.1986)
- Anne Ziegler,born Irené Eastwood, English soprano (d.2003)
- Konrad Zuse,German engineer (d.1995)
- June 23
- Jean Anouilh,French dramatist (d.1987)
- Lydia Delectorskaya,Russian refugee, model (d.1998)
- Gordon B. Hinckley,15th president ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(d.2008)
- June 25–Ian McTaggart-Cowan,Scottish-Canadian zoologist (d.2010)
- June 26
- Margaret Dunning,American philanthropist (d.2015)
- Roy J. Plunkett,American chemist noted for discovering Teflon (d.1994)
- June 27–Pierre Joubert,French illustrator (d.2001)
- June 28–Ingrid Luterkort,Swedish actress, stage director (d.2011)
July
[edit]
- July 2–Louise Laroche,one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic onApril 15,1912(d.1998)
- July 3–Domenica Ercolani,Italian supercentenarian (d.2023)
- July 4–Gloria Stuart,American actress (d.2010)
- July 5–S. Poniman,Indonesian singer and actor (d.1978)
- July 6
- John Knott,Australian public servant (d.1999)
- Jayna Rowley, American model (d.2000)
- René Le Grevès,French cyclist (d.1946)
- July 8–Carlos Betances Ramírez,first Puerto Rican to command a battalion in the Korean War (d.2001)
- July 9–Govan Mbeki,South African anti-apartheid activist, politician (d.2001)
- July 10
- Nguyễn Hữu Thọ,Vietnamese politician (d.1996)
- Ne Win,Burmese politician, military commander (d.2002)
- July 11
- Sally Blane,American actress (d.1997)
- John Stapp,American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician and biophysicist (d.1999)
- July 12
- Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr.,American counsel (d.2011)
- Laszlo Szapáry,Austrian sports shooter (d.1998)
- July 14–William Hanna,American animator (d.2001)
- July 15
- Bettie du Toit,South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist (d.2002)
- Ken Lynch,American actor (d.1990)
- July 17–James Coyne,2ndGovernor of the Bank of Canada(1955–1961) (d.2012)
- July 18–Mamadou Dia,1stPrime Minister of Senegal(d.2009)
- July 19–Mamadou M'Bodje,Malian politician (d.1958)[52]
- July 20–Muriel Evans,American actress (d.2000)
- July 21–Pietro Pasinati,Italian football player (d.2000)
- July 22
- Gordon Blake,U.S. Air Force lieutenant general (d.1997)
- Ruthie Tompson,American animator, artist (d.2021)
- July 27
- Julien Gracq,French author (d.2007)
- Lupita Tovar,Mexican-born American actress (d.2016)
August
[edit]
- August 4
- Anita Page,American actress (d.2008)
- William Schuman,American composer (d.1992)
- August 6–Adoniran Barbosa,Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist and actor (d.1982)
- August 7–Lucien Hervé,Hungarian-born French photographer (d.2007)
- August 10–Aldo Buzzi,Italian architect, director and screenwriter (d.2009)
- August 12
- Yusof bin Ishak,1stPresident of Singapore(d.1970)
- Jane Wyatt,American actress (d.2006)
- August 14
- Nüzhet Gökdoğan,Turkish astronomer and mathematician (d.2003)
- Pierre Schaeffer,French composer (d.1995)
- August 15–Josef Klaus,16thChancellor of Austria(d.2001)
- August 19–Saint Alphonsa,Indian saint (d.1946)
- August 22–Lucille Ricksen,American silent film actress (d.1925)
- August 25
- George Cisar,American baseball player (d.2010)
- Dorothea Tanning,American artist (d.2012)
- August 26
- Katherine Fryer,English artist (d.2017)
- Mother Teresa,Macedonian-born Albanian-Indian nun, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1997)
- August 28–Tjalling Koopmans,Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1985)
- August 29–Georges Loinger,French resistance fighter (d.2018)
September
[edit]
- September 1–Mine Kondo,Japanese supercentenarian
- September 3–Maurice Papon,French civil servant and collaborator (d.2007)
- September 5–Ralph Berkowitz,American composer, classical musician, and painter (d.2011)
- September 10–Charles August Nichols,American animator, film director (d.1992)
- September 11–Gerhard Schröder,German politician (d.1989)
- September 14–Jack Hawkins,British actor (d.1973)
- September 15–Robert Carter,British Royal Air Force officer (d.2012)
- September 16
- Erich Kempka,German chauffeur, bodyguard ofAdolf Hitler(d.1975)
- Karl Kling,German race car driver (d.2003)
- September 19–Margaret Lindsay,American film actress (d.1981)
- September 21–Zhang Tianfu,Chinese agronomist, tea expert (d.2017)
- September 22
- Louis Bisdee,Australian politician (d.2010)
- Hidekichi Miyazaki,Japanese athlete (d.2019)
- September 24–Ignatius J. "Pete" Galantin,United States Navy admiral (d.2004)
- September 28
- Diosdado Macapagal,9thPresident of the Philippines(d.1997)
- Wenceslao Vinzons,Filipino politician, resistance leader (d.1942)
- September 29–Virginia Bruce,American actress, singer (d.1982)
- September 30–Jussi Kekkonen,Finnish major (d.1962)
October
[edit]
- October 1
- Bonnie Parker,American outlaw, member ofBarrow Gang(d.1934)
- Attilio Pavesi,Italian Olympic cyclist (d.2011)
- October 7
- Henry Plumer McIlhenny,American art collector and philanthropist (d.1986)
- Ngô Đình Nhu,Vietnamese archivist and politician, political advisor ofSouth Vietnam(d.1963)
- October 8
- Paulette Dubost,French actress (d.2011)
- Gus Hall,American Communist leader (d.2000)
- October 10
- SirAlbert Margai,2ndPrime Minister of Sierra Leone(d.1980)
- Julius Shulman,American architectural photographer (d.2009)
- October 13
- Claudia Baccarini,Italian centenarian
- Robert McKimson,American animator, director (d.1977)
- October 19
- Farid al-Atrash,Arab composer, singer and actor (d.1974)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,Indian-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1995)
- October 23
- Richard Mortensen,Danish painter (d.1993)
- Hayden Rorke,American actor (d.1987)
- October 24–Gunter d'Alquen,German journalist, propagandist and SS unit commander (d.1998)
- October 25
- Tyrus Wong,Chinese-born American artist (d.2016)
- David Lichine,Russian-American ballet dancer, choreographer (d.1972)
- October 27
- Jack Carson,Canadian-born actor (d.1963)
- Herschel Daugherty,American television director (d.1993)
- October 31–Trevor Housley,Australian public servant (d.1968)
November–December
[edit]
- November 4–Agda Rössel,UN Ambassador (d.2001)
- November 6–Erik Ode,German television actor (d.1983)
- November 20–Pauli Murray,African-American civil rights activist, lawyer, author and Episcopal priest (d.1985)
- November 21–Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz,Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia (d.1999)
- November 23–Hawley Harvey Crippen,American murderer, first criminal captured with the aid ofwireless telegraphy(executed) (b.1862)[53][54]
- November 26–Cyril Cusack,South African–born actor (d.1993)
- November 30–Harry Bauler,American politician (d.1962)
- December 1
- DameAlicia Markova,born Lilian Marks, English ballerina (d.2004)
- Louis Slotin,Canadian physicist, chemist (d.1946)
- December 4–R. Venkataraman,8thPresident of India(d.2009)
- December 7
- Louis Prima,American singer-songwriter and bandleader (d.1978)
- Edmundo Ros,Trinidadian musician (d.2011)
- December 11–Noel Rosa,Brazilian songwriter (d.1937)
- December 15–John Hammond,American record producer (d.1987)
- December 19–Jean Genet,French writer (d.1986)
- December 23
- Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies(d.2000)
- Kurt "Panzermeyer" Meyer,GermanGeneralmajor der Waffen-SS,war criminal (d.1961)
- December 29
- Michel Aflaq,Syrian political theorist, founder of Ba'athism (d.1989)
- Ronald Coase,English-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.2013)
- December 30–Paul Bowles,American author (d.1999)
- December 31–Mallikarjun Mansur,Hindustani classical vocalist (d.1992)
Date unknown
[edit]- Engracia Pastora Pérez Yépez,Venezuelan culinary artisan (d.2015)[55]
- Fawzi Al-Mulki,Prime Minister of Jordan (d.1962)
- Ek Yi Oun,Cambodian Politician (d.2013)
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- January 1–Harriet Powers,American folk artist (b.1837)
- January 4–Léon Delagrange,French pioneer aviator (b.1873)
- January 5–Léon Walras,French economist (b.1834)
- January 12–Bass Reeves,one of the first African-AmericanDeputy U.S. Marshalswest of theMississippi River(b.1838)
- January 13–Andrew Jackson Davis,American spiritualist (b.1826)
- January 25–W. G. Read Mullan,American Jesuit, academic (b.1860)
- January 27–Thomas Crapper,British plumber (b.1836)
- January 29–Sir Charles Todd,Australian telegraph pioneer (b.1826)
- January 30–Granville Woods,African-American inventor (b.1856)
February
[edit]
- February 6–Alfonso Maria Fusco,ItalianRoman Catholicpriest, saint (b.1839)
- February 7–Elizabeth Martha Olmsted,American poet (b.1825)
- February 9–Miguel Febres Cordero,EcuadorianRoman Catholicreligious brother (b.1854)
- February 10–Lucy Stanton,American abolitionist (b.1831)
- February 10–Dirk van Raalte,AmericanUnionsoldier and politician (b.1844)
- February 14–Giovanni Passannante,Italian anarchist (b.1849)
- February 20–Boutros Ghali,Prime Minister of Egypt(assassinated) (b.1846)
- February 23–Vera Komissarzhevskaya,Russian actress (b.1864)
- February 26–Esther E. Baldwin,American missionary (b.1840)
March
[edit]
- March 1–José Domingo de Obaldía,2ndPresident of Panama(b.1845)
- March 4–Knut Ångström,Swedish physicist (b.1857)
- March 9–Fredrik von Otter,8thPrime Minister of Sweden(b.1833)
- March 10–Karl Lueger,Austrian mayor (b.1844)
- March 18–Julio Herrera y Reissig,Uruguayan poet, writer (b.1875)
- March 20–Nadar,French photographer (b.1820)
- March 24–Carlo Mirabello,Italian admiral and politician (b.1847)[56]
- March 26–An Jung-geun,Korean assassin (executed) (b.1879)
- March 27–Alexander Agassiz,American scientist (b.1835)
- March 28–David Josiah Brewer,American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b.1837)
- March 29–H. Maria George Colby,American fashion editor (b.1844)
- March 30–Jean Moréas,Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b.1856)
April
[edit]
- April 4–Augusta Harvey Worthen,American educator and author (b.1823)
- April 15–Angelia Thurston Newman,American activist and author (b.1837)
- April 12–William Graham Sumner,American social scientist (b.1840)
- April 21
- Anne Isabella Robertson,Anglo-Irish writer and suffragist (b. circa 1830)
- Mark Twain,American writer (b.1835)[57]
- April 26–Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson,Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1832)
May
[edit]
- May 1–Pierre Nord Alexis,President of Haiti (b.1820)
- May 3–Howard Taylor Ricketts,American pathologist (b.1871)
- May 6– KingEdward VIIof the United Kingdom (b.1841)[58]
- May 10–Stanislao Cannizzaro,Italian chemist (b.1826)
- May 12–Sir William Huggins,British astronomer (b.1824)
- May 18–Pauline Viardot,French mezzo-soprano, composer (b.1821)
- May 22–Jules Renard,French writer (b.1864)
- May 27–Robert Koch,German physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1843)
- May 28–Kálmán Mikszáth,Hungarian novelist (b.1847)
- May 29–Mily Balakirev,Russian composer (b.1837)
- May 31–Elizabeth Blackwell,British-born American physician (b.1821)
June
[edit]- June 5–William Sydney Porter(alias O. Henry), American novelist (b.1862)
- June 7–Goldwin Smith,British-born Canadian historian and journalist (b.1823)
- June 8–Henry Granger Piffard,New York dermatologist and author of the first systematic treatise ondermatologyin America (b.1842)
- June 11–Maria Schininà,ItalianRoman Catholicreligious professed (b.1844)
- June 24–Juan Williams Rebolledo,Chilean admiral and politician (b.1825)
July
[edit]
- July 3–Tokugawa Akitake,Japanesedaimyō,the last lord ofMito Domain,younger brother of the lastshōgunTokugawa Yoshinobu(b.1853)
- July 4
- Melville Fuller,American Chief Justice (b.1833)
- Kabua the Great,Marshalleseiroijlaplap(b.c. 1820)[59]
- Giovanni Schiaparelli,Italian astronomer (b.1835)
- July 10–Johann Gottfried Galle,German astronomer (b.1812)
- July 12–Charles Rolls,British aviator, automobile manufacturer (b.1877)
August
[edit]
- August 6–Klemens Bachleda,PolishTatraguide and mountain rescuer (b.1851)
- August 10–S. Isadore Miner,American journalist (b.1863)
- August 13–Florence Nightingale,British nurse (b.1820)
- August 14–Frank Podmore,British psychical researcher (b.1856)
- August 15–Constantin Fahlberg,Russian chemist (b.1850)
- August 16–Pedro Montt,15thPresident of Chile(b.1849)
- August 26
- William James,American psychologist, philosopher (b.1842)
- Thomas Petrie,Australian explorer, gold prospector, logger and grazier (b.1831)[60]
- August 28–Paolo Mantegazza,Italian neurologist, physiologist, anthropologist, and fiction author (b.1831)
September
[edit]- September 1–Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev,Russian chemist (b.1841)
- September 2–Henri Rousseau,French painter (b.1844)
- September 6–Elías Fernández Albano,president of Chile (b.1845)
- September 7
- Emily Blackwell,American physician (b.1826)
- William Holman Hunt,British Pre-Raphaelite painter (b.1827)
- September 14–Lombe Atthill,Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (b.1827)[61]
- September 16–Hormuzd Rassam,Iraqi archaeologist (b.1826)
- September 23–Tup Scott,Australian cricketer (b.1858)
- September 27–Jorge Chávez,Peruvian aviator (b.1887)
- September 28–Marie Pasteur,French chemist (b.1826)
- September 29–Winslow Homer,American painter (b.1836)
October
[edit]
- October 3–Lucy Hobbs Taylor,American dentist (b.1833)[62]
- October 17
- Carlo Michelstaedter,Italian philosopher (b.1887)[63]
- Julia Ward Howe,American abolitionist, poet (b.1819)
- October 21–Charles van der Stappen,Belgian sculptor (b.1843)
- October 23–KingChulalongkorn(Rama V) ofSiam(b.1853)
- October 27–Henrietta Gould Rowe,American litterateur (b.1835)
- October 30–Jean Henri Dunant,Swiss founder of the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1828)
November
[edit]
- November 6–Giuseppe Cesare Abba,Italian patriot, writer (b.1838)
- November 7–Florencio Sánchez,Uruguayan playwright (b.1875)
- November 13–Isabel Grimes Richey,American poet (b.1858)
- November 15–Wilhelm Raabe,German writer (b.1831)
- November 19–Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig,German chemist (b.1835)
- November 20(N.S.) –Leo Tolstoy,Russian writer (b.1828)
- November 23
- Hawley Harvey Crippen,American murderer (executed) (b.1862)
- Octave Chanute,French-American engineer, aviation pioneer (b.1832)
December
[edit]
- December 1–William Pryor Letchworth,American businessman and philanthropist (b.1823)
- December 3
- Mary Baker Eddy,American religious leader, founder of Christian Science (b.1821)
- Wesley Merritt,American general (b.1836)
- December 8–Paškal Buconjić,Herzegovinian Catholic bishop (b.1834)
- December 28–Benjamin Pitman,English-born American stenographer and crafts promoter (b.1822)
- December 29–Reginald Doherty,British tennis player (b.1872)
- December 31–John Moisant,American aviator (b.1868)[64]
Date unknown
[edit]- Emma Bedelia Dunham,American poet and teacher (b.1826)
Nobel Prizes
[edit]
- Chemistry–Otto Wallach
- Literature–Paul Heyse
- Medicine–Albrecht Kossel
- Peace–Permanent International Peace Bureau
- Physics–Johannes Diderik van der Waals
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