Historical figures in 1889
The atlas holds 19 people and 32 moments here, in 1889. The most recorded lives are Rudyard Kipling, Friedrich Nietzsche and Vladimir Lenin. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Rudyard Kipling
in 1889
8 moments here
English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Friedrich Nietzsche
in 1889
3 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Vladimir Lenin
in 1889
2 moments here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Vincent van Gogh
in 1889
2 moments here
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
Franz Kafka
in 1889
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…
Nikola Tesla
in 1889
2 moments here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Adolf Hitler
in 1889
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1889
1 moment here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Thomas Edison
in 1889
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Sigmund Freud
in 1889
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Marie Curie
in 1889
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Anton Chekhov
in 1889
1 moment here
Russian playwright, short-story writer, and physician. Chekhov was born in Taganrog, studied and began his literary career in Moscow, undertook a…
Oscar Wilde
in 1889
1 moment here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
in 1889
1 moment here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1889
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1889
1 moment here
Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Helen Keller
in 1889
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1889
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Empress Dowager Cixi
in 1889
1 moment here
Empress Dowager Cixi (Yehe Nara Xingzhen) was a Manchu noblewoman who exercised decisive power in the Qing government as empress dowager and regent…
Moments
- 1889 Attends German boys’ school Franz Kafka
- 1889 Collapses at Piazza Carlo Alberto Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1889 Confined in a Basel psychiatric clinic Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1889 Transferred to the Jena clinic Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1889 Returns to Warsaw Marie Curie
- 1889 Exposition Universelle visit Nikola Tesla
- 1889 Grand Street laboratory Nikola Tesla
- 1889 Beginning North American travels Rudyard Kipling
- 1889 Journey to Chicago Rudyard Kipling
- 1889 Meeting with Mark Twain Rudyard Kipling
- 1889 Pacific journey through Japan Rudyard Kipling
- 1889 Residence on Villiers Street Rudyard Kipling
- 1889 Travel through Yellowstone Rudyard Kipling
- 1889 Visit to Vancouver Rudyard Kipling
- 1889 Studies hypnotic techniques in Nancy Sigmund Freud
- 1889 Studied rural life at Alakaevka Vladimir Lenin
- 1889 Retirement residence at the Summer Palace Empress Dowager Cixi
- 1889 Second European tour: Geneva concert Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1889 Born in Braunau am Inn Adolf Hitler
- 1889 Born in London Charlie Chaplin
- 1889 Birth in Vicuña Gabriela Mistral
- 1889 Stay at the Lintvaryovs' estate Anton Chekhov
- 1889 Documents life at Saint-Rémy Vincent van Gogh
- 1889 Enters Saint-Paul asylum Vincent van Gogh
- 1889 Departure from London before Faraday Lecture Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1889 Settles in the Minute House Franz Kafka
- 1889 Dinner at the Langham Hotel Oscar Wilde
- 1889 Tours Europe and Paris Exposition Thomas Edison
- 1889 Moved to Samara Vladimir Lenin
- 1889 Atlantic arrival at Liverpool Rudyard Kipling
- 1889 Studies at Perkins Institution Helen Keller
- 1889 Birth in Allahabad Jawaharlal Nehru