Pre-1922

Events before 1922 which have relevance to The Walt Disney Company.

1412

 * January 6 - Joan of Arc is born.

1431

 * May 30 - Joan of Arc dies.

1452

 * April 15 - Leonardo da Vinci is born.

1519

 * May 2 - Leonardo da Vinci dies.

1564

 * April 26 - William Shakespeare is baptized (actual birth date unknown).

1616

 * April 23 - William Shakespeare dies.

1743

 * April 13 - Thomas Jefferson is born.

1769

 * August 15 - Napoleon Bonaparte is born.

1785

 * January 4 - Jacob Grimm is born.

1786

 * February 24 - Wilhelm Grimm is born.

1802

 * July 24 - Alexandre Dumas is born.

1805

 * April 2 - Hans Christian Andersen is born.

1809

 * January 19 - Edgar Allan Poe is born.

1819

 * June 20 - Jacques Offenbach is born.

1820

 * May 12 - Florence Nightingale is born.

1821

 * May 5 - Napoleon Bonaparte dies.

1826

 * July 4 - Thomas Jefferson dies.

1828

 * February 9 - Jules Verne is born.

1835

 * November 30 - Mark Twain is born.

1849

 * October 7 - Edgar Allan Poe dies.

1863

 * September 20 - Jacob Grimm dies.

1866

 * September 21 - H.G. Wells is born.

1868

 * April 22 - Flora Disney is born.

1870

 * December 5 - Alexandre Dumas dies.

1872

 * November 8 - Lucille La Verne is born.

1874

 * March 24 - Harry Houdini is born.

1875

 * August 4 - Hans Christian Andersen dies.
 * September 1 - Edgar Rice Burroughs is born.

1877

 * July 27 - Florence Gill is born.

1879

 * March 14 - Albert Einstein is born.

1880

 * September 14 - Earl Hurd is born.
 * October 5 - Jacques Offenbach dies.

1881

 * August 28 - Ferdinand Hovarth is born.

1883

 * May 11 - Albert Hurter is born.

1885

 * December 22 - Deems Taylor is born.

1886

 * November 9 - Ed Wynn is born.

1887

 * August 6 - Oliver Wallace is born.

1889

 * June 10 - Sessue Hayakawa is born.
 * November 5 - Charles Mintz is born.

1890

 * July 20 - Verna Felton is born.

1892

 * April 8 - Mary Pickford is born.
 * September 11 - Pinto Colvig is born.

1893

 * June 24 - Roy O. Disney is born.

1894

 * September 12 - Billy Gilbert is born.
 * September 24 - Billy Bletcher is born.

1895

 * April 11 - Jack King is born.
 * April 22 - Margaret J. Winkler is born.
 * June 14 - Cliff Edwards is born.

1896

 * May 3 - Dodie Smith is born.

1897

 * ? - Cy Young is born.

1898

 * January 2 - Dick Huemer is born.
 * April 2 - Earl Duvall is born.

1899

 * February 15 - Lillian Disney is born.
 * July 1 - Charles Laughton is born.

1900

 * January 23 - David Hand is born.
 * February 6 - Ted Osborne is born.
 * February 17 - Ruth Clifford is born.
 * September 1 - Don Wilson is born.
 * October 9 - Alastair Sim is born.
 * October 10 - Helen Hayes is born.
 * October 15 - Fritz Feld is born.
 * November 20 - Chester Gould is born.

1901

 * March 24 - Ub Iwerks is born.
 * March 27 - Carl Barks is born.
 * June 12 - Clyde Geronimi is born.
 * August 15 - Ned Washington is born.
 * September 28 - Ed Sullivan is born.
 * October 20 - Frank Churchill is born.
 * December 5 - Walt Disney is born.
 * December 7 - Harry Stanton is born.

1902

 * January 20 - Leon Ames is born.
 * January 26 - Romney Brent is born.
 * September 2 - Norman Ferguson is born.
 * October 12 - Anthony Eustrel is born.
 * October 31 - Eduard Franz is born.
 * December 27 - Carman Maxwell is born.

1903

 * February 16 - Edgar Bergen is born.
 * May 12 - Wilfrid Hyde-White is born.
 * May 29 - Bob Hope is born.
 * June 21 - Al Hirschfeld is born.
 * August 7 - Rudolf Ising is born.
 * August 31 - Hugh Harman is born.
 * October 16 - Hamilton Luske is born.
 * December 10
 * George J. Lewis is born.
 * Mary Norton is born.
 * Una Merkel is born.

1904

 * January 10 - Ray Bolger is born.
 * February 11 - José Oliveira is born.
 * March 2 - Dr. Seuss is born.
 * March 15 - J. Pat O'Malley is born.
 * May 6 - Raymond Bailey is born.
 * June 14 - Gil Lamb is born.
 * June 24 - Phil Harris is born.
 * August 22 - Jay Novello is born.
 * September 21 - Alexander Key is born.
 * September 29 - Greer Garson is born.
 * October 25 - Vladimir "Bill" Tytla is born.
 * December 7 - Clarence Nash is born.

1905

 * January 4
 * Sterling Holloway is born.
 * Arthur Gould-Porter is born.
 * January 26 - Charles Lane is born.
 * March 24 - Jules Verne dies.
 * March 31 - Robert Stevenson is born.
 * June 5 - John Abbott is born.
 * August 29 - Al Taliaferro is born.
 * September 3 - Eric Larson is born.
 * October 7 - Andy Devine is born.
 * November 19 - Eleanor Audley is born.
 * December 7 - Leonard H. Goldenson is born.

1906

 * ? - The Disney family moves to Marceline.
 * January 24 - Wilfred Jackson is born.
 * February 27 - Carlo Vinci is born.
 * March 12 - Gordon Gordon is born.
 * May 19 - Jimmy MacDonald is born.
 * July 3 - George Sanders is born.
 * August 21 - Friz Freleng is born.
 * October 30 - Paul Smith is born.
 * November 25 - Larry Clemmons is born.
 * December 9 - Freddy Martin is born.

1907

 * February 5 - Samuel W. Taylor is born.
 * February 15 - Cesar Romero is born.
 * March 5 - Thomas McKimson is born.
 * March 26 - Leigh Harline is born.
 * April 23 - James Hayter is born.
 * June 6 - Edward H. Plumb is born.
 * June 15 - James Robertson Justice is born.
 * June 16 - Jack Albertson is born.
 * June 27 - John McIntire is born.
 * August 14 - Dick Lundy is born.
 * October 8 - Art Babbitt is born.
 * November 16 - Burgess Meredith is born.
 * November 17 - Les Clark is born.
 * November 21 - Charles Korvin is born.
 * December 20 - Al Rinker is born.
 * December 25 - Andrew Cruickshank is born.

1908

 * January 10 - Bernard Lee is born.
 * January 16 - Ethel Merman is born.
 * January 19 - Jack Cutting is born.
 * February 13 - Patrick Barr is born.
 * February 22 - John Mills is born.
 * April 2 - Buddy Ebsen is born.
 * May 15 - Joe Grant is born.
 * May 26 - Robert Morley is born.
 * May 30 - Mel Blanc is born.
 * June 7 - Ken O'Connor is born.
 * June 29 - John Hench is born.
 * July 12 - Milton Berle is born.
 * August 30 - Fred MacMurray is born.
 * September 13 - Mae Questel is born.
 * September 30 - Judge Whitaker is born.
 * October 24 - Preston Blair is born.
 * November 12 - Shamus Culhane is born.

1909

 * January 3 - Victor Borge is born.
 * March 17 - Ken Anderson is born.
 * March 22 - Milt Kahl is born.
 * March 25 - Jerry Livingston is born.
 * March 29 - Jack Kinney is born.
 * June 7 - Jessica Tandy is born.
 * June 14 - Burl Ives is born.
 * June 26 - Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman is born.
 * September 11 - Anne Seymour is born.
 * December 20 - Amby Paliwoda is born.
 * December 26 - Don Patterson is born.

1910

 * March 1 - David Niven is born.
 * March 28 - Jimmie Dodd is born.
 * April 21 - Mark Twain dies.
 * May 24 - Ed Love is born.
 * June 13 - Mary Wickes is born.
 * July 3 - Marcellite Garner is born.
 * July 26 - Kenneth Muse is born.
 * July 28 - Judd Conlon is born.
 * August 12 - Jane Wyatt is born.
 * August 13 - Florence Nightingale dies.
 * August 16 - Gloria Blondell is born.
 * September 3 - Yale Gracey is born.
 * September 7 - Ben Stahl is born.
 * September 11 - John Sutherland is born.
 * September 15 - Charles A. Nichols is born.
 * October 8 - Winston Hibler is born.
 * October 13 - Robert McKimson is born.
 * October 25 - Tyrus Wong is born.
 * December 7 - Louis Prima is born.
 * December 20 - Carl Urbano is born.
 * December 21 - Marvin Davis is born.

1911

 * January 29 - Bryan Coleman is born.
 * February 6 - Ronald Reagan is born.
 * March 5 - Bob Karp is born.
 * March 9 - John Lounsbery is born.
 * March 16 - Harper Goff is born.
 * March 18 - William Lava is born.
 * March 24 - Joseph Barbera is born.
 * March 26 - T. Hee is born.
 * April 2 - Bill Days is born.
 * May 27 - Vincent Price is born.
 * July 6 - LaVerne Sophia Andrews is born.
 * July 14 - Terry-Thomas is born.
 * July 16 - Ginger Rogers is born.
 * July 18 - Bernard Wolf is born.
 * September 2 - Eileen Way is born.
 * September 7 - Fred Moore is born.
 * September 11 - Phil DeLara is born.
 * September 20 - Frank De Vol is born.
 * October 14 - Thor Putnam is born.
 * October 21 - Mary Blair is born.
 * October 27 - Daniel P. Mannix is born.
 * November 21 - Andy Engman is born.
 * November 23 - Ray Patterson is born.
 * November 25 - Paul Murry is born.
 * December 18 - David Hilberman is born
 * December 30 - Jeanette Nolan is born.

1912

 * March 23 - Jeff York is born.
 * May 29 - Iris Adrian is born.
 * June 11 - James Algar is born.
 * June 24 - Mildred Gordon is born.
 * July 5 - Mack David is born.
 * July 15 - Al Bertino is born.
 * August 23
 * Ed Benedict is born.
 * Gene Kelly is born.
 * September 5
 * Ray Gilbert is born.
 * Frank Thomas is born.
 * September 13 - Reta Shaw is born.
 * September 21 - Chuck Jones is born.
 * October 5 - Riley Thomson is born.
 * October 31 - Ollie Johnston is born.
 * November 24 - Joan Sanderson is born.

1913

 * January 5 - Jack Hannah is born.
 * January 17 - Claude Coats is born.
 * January 18 - Danny Kaye is born.
 * February 19 - Frank Tashlin is born.
 * February 25 - Jim Backus is born.
 * March 3 - Manuel Gonzales is born.
 * March 12 - Loulie Jean Norman is born.
 * March 16 - Lou Nova (boxer, actor)
 * March 22 - James Westerfield is born.
 * March 30 - Marc Davis is born.
 * April 16 - Les Tremayne is born.
 * May 5 - Hal King is born.
 * May 8 - Bob Clampett is born.
 * May 11 - Salvatore Camarata is born.
 * May 24 - Peter Ellenshaw is born.
 * July 8 - Bill Thompson is born.
 * August 1 - Hal Ambro is born.
 * August 10 - Noah Beery, Jr. is born.
 * August 25 - Walt Kelly is born.
 * October 28
 * Douglas Seale is born.
 * Don Lusk is born.
 * November 2 - Burt Lancaster is born.
 * December 25 - Candy Candido is born.
 * December 28 - Henry Rowland is born.

1914

 * February 6 - Thurl Ravenscroft is born.
 * February 9 - Bill Justice is born.
 * March 4 - Ward Kimball is born.
 * April 2 - Alec Guinness is born.
 * July 3 - George Bruns is born.
 * July 14 - Hubert Gregg is born.
 * October 9 - Edward Andrews is born.
 * October 19 - Juanita Moore is born.
 * October 26 - Jackie Coogan is born.
 * October 28 - Dody Goodman is born
 * November 6 - Jonathan Harris is born.
 * December 19 - Mel Shaw is born.
 * December 27 - Jack Bradbury is born.

1915

 * January 21
 * Alan Hewitt is born.
 * Ray Erlenborn is born.
 * January 29 - Bill Peet is born.
 * February 16 - Elton Hayes is born.
 * April 10 - Harry Morgan is born.
 * May 1 - Art Stevens is born.
 * May 5 - Ben Wright is born.
 * May 6 - Orson Welles is born.
 * May 12 - Tony Strobl is born.
 * May 20 - Peter Copley is born.
 * June 19 - Pat Buttram is born.
 * June 25 - Peter Lind Hayes is born.
 * September 10 - Edmond O'Brien is born.
 * October 3 - Anthony Forwood is born.
 * November 14 - Martha Tilton is born.
 * November 23 - John Dehner is born.
 * December 7 - Eli Wallach is born.
 * December 12 - Frank Sinatra is born.
 * December 19 - Ken O'Brien is born.

1916

 * January 3 - Maxene Angelyn Andrews is born.
 * January 9 - Card Walker is born.
 * February 14 - Edward Platt is born.
 * February 23 - Retta Scott is born.
 * March 31 - Lucille Bliss is born.
 * April 26 - Eyvind Earle is born.
 * May 16 - Adriana Caselotti is born.
 * May 21 - Dennis Day is born.
 * June 14 - Dorothy McGuire is born.
 * June 17 - Terry Gilkyson is born.
 * July 27 - Keenan Wynn is born.
 * August 21 - Bill Lee is born.
 * August 24 - Hal Smith is born.
 * September 13 - Roald Dahl is born.
 * September 17 - Mary Stewart is born.
 * October 19 - David Lewis is born.
 * November 4 - Walter Cronkite is born.
 * November 12 - Liam Dunn is born.
 * November 15 - Bill Melendez is born.
 * November 16 - Daws Butler is born.
 * November 23 - Michael Gough is born.
 * December 6 - Judson Pratt is born.
 * December 9 - Kirk Douglas is born.
 * December 15 - Dick Kinney is born.
 * ? - Van Arsdale France is born.

1917

 * January 5 - Jane Wyman is born.
 * January 24 - Ernest Borgnine is born.
 * March 12 - Millard Kaufman is born.
 * April 15 - Hans Conried is born.
 * April 29 - Milton Reid is born.
 * May 7 - David Tomlinson is born.
 * June 30 - Lena Horne is born.
 * July 17 - Phyllis Diller is born.
 * August 28 - Jack Kirby is born.
 * September 11 - Herbert Lom is born.
 * September 18 - June Foray is born.
 * September 30 - Buddy Rich is born.
 * October 21 - Dizzy Gillespie is born.
 * December 18 - Ossie Davis is born.

1918

 * January 4 - Buddy Baker is born.
 * January 26 - Vito Scotti is born.
 * January 29 - John Forsythe is born.
 * February 11 - Blaine Gibson is born.
 * February 16 - Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews is born.
 * February 22 - Don Pardo is born.
 * March 1 - Roger Delgado is born.
 * March 2 - Michael Rye is born.
 * March 12 - Alan Dinehart is born.
 * March 29 - Pearl Bailey is born.
 * April 16 - Spike Milligan is born.
 * April 17 - Anne Shirley is born.
 * May 11 - Sheila Burnford is born.
 * May 25 - Henry Calvin is born.
 * July 13 - Larry Taylor is born.
 * August 19 - Floyd Huddleston is born.
 * September 15 - Nipsey Russell is born.
 * October 19 - Bob Sweeney is born.
 * November 30 - Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. is born.
 * December 31 - Virginia Davis is born.

1919

 * February 4 - Janet Waldo is born.
 * February 5 - Red Buttons is born.
 * February 11 - Eva Gabor is born.
 * February 16 - Charlie Parlato is born.
 * February 17 - Kathleen Freeman is born.
 * February 20 - Dick Wesson is born.
 * February 25 - John W. Dunn is born.
 * April 29 - Gérard Oury is born.
 * June 11 - Richard Todd is born.
 * July 19 - Dallas McKennon is born.
 * July 27 - David Swift is born.
 * September 2 - Marge Champion is born.
 * September 21 - Miriam Nelson is born
 * September 27 - Jayne Meadows is born.
 * October 5 - Donald Pleasence is born.
 * November 19 - Alan Young is born.
 * November 25 - Norman Tokar is born.
 * December 17 - Ted Berman is born.

1920

 * January 4 - Rosalie Crutchley is born.
 * January 7 - Vincent Gardenia is born.
 * January 24 - Jerry Maren is born
 * January 30 - Michael Anderson is born.
 * March 16 - Leo McKern is born.
 * June 13 - Rex Everhart is born.
 * June 22 - Paul Frees is born.
 * June 29 - Ray Harryhausen is born.
 * August 2 - Bill Scott is born.
 * August 17 - Maureen O'Hara is born.
 * August 22 - Ray Bradbury is born.
 * September 3 - Jackson Weaver is born.
 * September 9 - Wally Boag is born.
 * September 18 - Jack Warden is born.
 * September 20 - Jay Ward is born.
 * September 23 - Mickey Rooney is born.
 * November 25 - Ricardo Montalbán is born.
 * December 31 - Rex Allen is born.

1921

 * January 31 - Carol Channing is born.
 * April 16 - Peter Ustinov is born.
 * May 12 - Farley Mowat is born.
 * May 14 - Richard Deacon is born.
 * June 4 - Don Diamond is born.
 * July 29 - Richard Egan is born.
 * August 28 - Nancy Kulp is born.
 * September 15 - Al Nalbandian is born.
 * October 17 - Tom Poston is born.
 * October 20 - Bob Gregory is born.
 * November 1 - Retta Davidson is born.
 * November 14 - Brian Keith is born.
 * November 22 - Rodney Dangerfield is born.