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2 Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 heads of State |
Events
- February 2 - The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut
- February 7 - In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place.
- March 22 - Polygamy is outlawed by the United States Congress.
- March 24 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).
- March 29 - The Knights of Columbus are established.
- April 3 - Old West outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward.
- May 20 - Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
- August 5 - Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
- August 20 - Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuts in Moscow.
- September 5 - The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
- Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (German bacteriologist) discovers the tubercle bacillus.
- Nikola Tesla invents alternating current generator
- First Polar Year, an international scientific program.
- Ferdinand von Lindemann publishes his proof of the transcendence of pi
Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy
Births
- January 6 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian poet and political figure (d. 1965)
- January 18 - A. A. Milne, British author (d. 1956)
- January 25 - Virginia Woolf, writer (d. 1941)
- January 30 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States
- February 1 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent, twelfth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)
- February 2 - James Joyce, author (d. 1941)
- February 11 - Gheorghe Cucu composer (d. 1932)
- February 15 - John Barrymore, actor (d. 1942)
- March 14 - Waclaw Sierpinski Polish mathematician (d. 1969)
- March 15 - Jim Lightbody, American middle-distance runner
- March 21 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, actor (d. 1971)
- March 23 - Emmy Noether, mathematician (d. 1935)
- April 17 - Artur Schnabel, pianist (d. 1951)
- April 18 - Isabel J. Cox, future First Lady of Canada (d. 1985)
- May 6 - Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, heir of Kaiser Wilhelm II (d. 1951)
- May 9 - Henry J. Kaiser, industrialist (d. 1967)
- May 9 - George Barker, United States painter (d. 1965)
- May 13 - Georges Braque, painter (d. 1963)
- May 16 - Anne McCormick, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1954)
- May 19 - Mohammed Mossadegh, Iranian prime minister (d. 1967)
- May 20 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author (d. 1949)
- June 9 - Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter
- June 17 - Igor Stravinsky, composer (d. 1971)
- August 14 - Gisela Richter, art historian (d. 1972)
- August 25 - Sean T. O'Kelly, second President of Ireland (d. 1966)
- October 5 - Robert Goddard, rocket scientist (d. 1945)
- October 6 - Karol Szymanowski, composer (d. 1937)
- October 14 - Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (d. 1975)
- December 9 - Joaquin Turina, composer (d. 1949)
- November 11 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)
- December 16 - Zoltan Kodaly, composer (d. 1967)
Deaths
- February 11 - Gustav Schmidt, composer
- March 24 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author
- April 3 - Jesse James, outlaw
- April 10 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet, painter
- April 19 - Charles Darwin, British naturalist
- July 16 - Mary Todd Lincoln, former First Lady of the United States
- Charles A. Alexander, Victorian architect
heads of State
- China - Guāngxu Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (1875-1908)
- Denmark - Christian IX, King of Denmark (1863-1906)
- France - Jules Grevy, President of France (1879-1887)
- Germany - Wilhelm I, German Kaiser (1871-1888)
- Holy See - Pope Leo XIII, Bishop of Rome (1878-1903)
- Japan - Mutsuhito, Meiji emperor (1867-1912)
- Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway (1872-1905)
- Ottoman Empire - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909)
- Russia - Alexander III, Tsar of Russia (1881-1894)
- Spain - Alfonso XII of Spain, King of Spain (1875-1885)
- United States - Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States (1881-1885)