Pre-1922

Events before the year 1922, which have relevance to Walt Disney, Walt Disney Productions, or The Walt Disney Company.

BC[]

July 12, 100 BC - Julius Caesar is born.
March 14, 44 BC - Julius Caesar dies.

15th century[]

January 6, 1412 - Joan of Arc is born.
May 30, 1431 - Joan of Arc dies.
October 31, 1451 - Christopher Columbus is born.
April 15, 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci is born.

16th century[]

May 20, 1506 - Christopher Columbus dies.
May 2, 1519 - Leonardo da Vinci dies.
April 26, 1564 - William Shakespeare is baptized (actual birth date unknown).
Date unknown, 1596 - Pocahontas is born.

17th century[]

April 23, 1616 - William Shakespeare dies.
March 21, 1617 - Pocahontas dies.

18th century[]

January 17, 1706 - Benjamin Franklin is born.
February 22, 1732 - George Washington is born.
April 13, 1743 - Thomas Jefferson is born.
January 27, 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born.
August 15, 1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte is born.
September 25, 1780 - Jean Lafitte is born.
January 4, 1785 - Jacob Grimm is born.
February 24, 1786 - Wilhelm Grimm is born.
August 17, 1786 - Davy Crockett is born.
April 17, 1790 - Benjamin Franklin dies.
December 5, 1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.
December 14, 1799 - George Washington dies.

Early 19th century[]

July 24, 1802 - Alexandre Dumas is born.
April 2, 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen is born.
January 19, 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe is born.
February 12, 1809 - Abraham Lincoln is born.
May 5, 1821 - Napoleon Bonaparte dies.
February 5, 1823 - Jean Lafitte dies.
July 4, 1826 - Thomas Jefferson dies.
February 9, 1828 - Jules Verne is born.

Mid-19th century[]

November 30, 1835 - Mark Twain is born.
March 6, 1836 - Davy Crockett dies.
February 11, 1847 - Thomas Edison is born.
October 7, 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe dies.
October 27, 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt is born.
February 6, 1859 - Elias Disney is born.
December 16, 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm dies.
September 20, 1863 - Jacob Grimm dies.
April 15, 1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies.
December 29, 1865 - Otis Harlan is born.
September 21, 1866 - H.G. Wells is born.
April 16, 1867 - Wilbur Wright is born.
April 22, 1868 - Flora Disney is born.
May 18, 1868 - Nicholas II of Russia is born.

1870s[]

December 5, 1870 - Alexandre Dumas dies.
August 19, 1871 - Orville Wright is born.
November 7, 1872 - Lucille La Verne is born.
March 24, 1874 - Harry Houdini is born.
November 30, 1874 - Winston Churchill is born.
August 4, 1875 - Hans Christian Andersen dies.
September 1, 1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs is born.
July 27, 1877 - Florence Gill is born.
May 2, 1878 - Roy Atwell is born.
May 16, 1878 - Taylor Holmes is born.
March 14, 1879 - Albert Einstein is born.

1880s[]

September 14, 1880 - Earl Hurd is born.
October 19, 1880 - Scotty Mattraw is born.
August 28, 1881 - Ferdinand Horvath is born.
January 30, 1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is born.
April 18, 1882 - Leopold Stokowski is born.
August 17, 1882 - Charles Judels is born.
January 30, 1883 - Eddie Collins is born.
May 11, 1883 - Albert Hurter is born.
June 23, 1884 - Charlotte Clark is born.
December 22, 1885 - Deems Taylor is born.
February 8, 1886 - Charlie Ruggles is born.
November 9, 1886 - Ed Wynn is born.
January 18, 1887 - Webb Smith is born.
August 5, 1887 - Reginald Owen is born.
August 6, 1887 - Oliver Wallace is born.
September 12, 1888 - Maurice Chevalier is born.
April 16, 1889 - Charlie Chaplin is born.
June 27, 1889 - Moroni Olsen is born.
November 5, 1889 - Charles Mintz is born.

1890s[]

June 12, 1890 - Junius Matthews is born.
July 20, 1890 - Verna Felton is born.
October 15, 1891 - Burt Gillett is born.
November 10, 1891 - Carl W. Stalling is born.
April 8, 1892 - Mary Pickford is born.
September 11, 1892 - Pinto Colvig is born.
December 26, 1892 - Don Barclay is born.
March 15, 1893 - George Lowerre is born.
June 10, 1893 - Hattie McDaniel is born.
June 24, 1893 - Roy O. Disney is born.
March 18, 1894 - Stuart Buchanan is born.
July 9, 1894 - Admiral Joe Fowler is born.
July 25, 1894 - Walter Brennan is born
September 12, 1894 - Billy Gilbert is born.
September 24, 1894 - Billy Bletcher is born.
April 22, 1895 - Margaret J. Winkler is born.
May 19, 1895 - Albert Hay Malotte is born.
June 14, 1895 - Cliff Edwards is born.
November 4, 1895
- Jack King is born.
- Ben Sharpsteen is born.
November 24, 1895 - Dessie Flynn is born.
May 3, 1896 - Dodie Smith is born.
November 3, 1896 - Gustaf Tenggren is born.
March 7, 1897 - Cy Young is born.
January 2, 1898 - Dick Huemer is born.
April 2, 1898 - Earl Duvall is born.
May 1, 1898 - Hazel Sewell is born.
May 11, 1898 - C.O. Slyfield is born.
June 18, 1898 - Dink Trout is born.
December 14, 1898 - Lillian Randolph is born.
February 15, 1899 - Lillian Disney is born.
July 1, 1899 - Charles Laughton is born.
August 2, 1899 - Bill Roberts is born.
September 17, 1899 - Perce Pearce is born.

1900[]

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Walt Disney as a baby.

January 23 - David Hand is born.
February 6 - Ted Osborne is born.
February 17 - Ruth Clifford is born.
March 13 - Ted Sears is born.
July 6 - James Bodrero is born.
October 9 - Alastair Sim is born.
October 10 - Helen Hayes is born.
October 15 - Fritz Feld is born.
December 30 - Joseph Dubin is born.

1901[]

March 24 - Ub Iwerks is born.
March 27 - Carl Barks is born.
May 14 - Walt Pfeiffer is born.
June 1 - Homer Brightman is born.
June 12 - Clyde Geronimi is born.
August 4 - Louis Armstrong 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.

1902[]

March 30 - Lance Nolley is born.
April 27 - Harry Stockwell is born.
June 17 - Sammy Fain is born.
September 2 - Norman Ferguson is born.
September 25 - Al Hoffman is born.
October 28 - Elsa Lanchester is born.
December 27 - Carman Maxwell is born.

1903[]

February 16 - Edgar Bergen is born.
May 3 - Bing Crosby is born.
August 7 - Rudolf Ising is born.
August 31 - Hugh Harman is born.
September 27 - Robert O. Cook is born.
October 16 - Hamilton Luske is born.
November 7 - Ary Barroso is born.
December 10 - Una Merkel is born.

1904[]

January 1 - Grace Bailey is born.
January 10 - Ray Bolger is born.
February 11 - José Oliveira is born.
February 16 - James Baskett is born.
February 21 - Hazel George is born.
March 15 - J. Pat O'Malley is born.
May 1 - Fred Spencer is born.
May 6 - Raymond Bailey is born.
June 14 - Gil Lamb is born.
June 24 - Phil Harris is born.
September 15 - Tom Conway is born.
September 17 - Jerry Colonna is born.
September 19 - Elvia Allman is born.
October 25 - Bill Tytla is born.
December 7 - Clarence Nash is born.

1905[]

January 4 - Sterling Holloway is born.
January 15 - Allie Wrubel is born.
January 17 - Erdman Penner is born.
January 26 - Charles Lane is born.
February 18 - Queenie Leonard is born.
March 10 - Richard Haydn is born.
March 24 - Jules Verne dies.
March 26 - Larry Morey is born.
March 31 - Robert Stevenson is born.
May 5 - Floyd Gottfredson is born.
June 1 - Robert Newton 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.

1906[]

January 24 - Wilfred Jackson is born.
February 9 - Harry Reeves is born.
February 17 - Otto Englander is born.
March 3 - Donald Novis is born.
May 19 - Jimmy MacDonald is born.
July 3 - George Sanders is born.
August 21 - Friz Freleng is born.
September 2 - Barbara Jo Allen is born.
September 29 - Charles Wolcott is born.
October 30 - Paul Smith is born.
November 13 - Hermione Baddeley is born.
November 19 - William Cottrell is born.
November 25 - Larry Clemmons is born.
November 29 - Luis van Rooten is born.

1907[]

February 15 - Cesar Romero is born.
March 17 - Johnny Cannon is born
March 26 - Leigh Harline 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.
July 27 - Jesse Marsh is born.
July 30 - Roy Williams 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.

1908[]

January 7 - Eliot Daniel is born.
January 19 - Jack Cutting is born.
February 1 - Gene Sheldon is born.
February 13 - Patrick Barr is born.
February 22 - John Mills is born.
April 2 - Buddy Ebsen is born.
April 5 - Bette Davis is born.
May 15 - Joe Grant is born.
May 17 - Ralph Wright is born.
May 25 - Barbara Luddy is born.
May 30 - Mel Blanc is born.
June 7 - Ken O'Connor is born.
June 29 - John Hench is born.
July 23 - Karl Swenson is born.
August 30 - Fred MacMurray is born.
September 30 - Judge Whitaker is born.
October 24 - Preston Blair is born.
November 12 - Shamus Culhane is born.

1909[]

February 9 - Heather Angel is born.
March 16 - Don Raye 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.
May 13 - Ken Darby is born.
May 15 - James Mason is born.
May 20 - Chuck Couch is born.
June 14 - Burl Ives is born.
June 26 - Wolfgang Reitherman is born.
September 11 - Anne Seymour is born.
October 31 - Thelma Boardman is born.
December 20 - Amby Paliwoda is born.

1910[]

March 1 - David Niven is born.
March 15 - Nick Stewart is born.
March 28 - Jimmie Dodd is born.
April 5 - Richard Irvine is born.
April 21 - Mark Twain dies.
June 13 - Mary Wickes is born.
June 16 - Judd Conlon is born.
June 28 - Herbert Ryman is born.
July 3 - Marcellite Garner is born.
July 22 - Ruthie Tompson is born.
July 26 - Kenneth Muse is born.
September 3 - Yale Gracey 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 14 - George Nicholas is born.
December 21 - Marvin Davis is born.

1911[]

January 28 - Basil Davidovich is born.
February 6 - Ronald Reagan is born.
March 5 - Bob Karp is born.
March 9 - John Lounsbery is born.
March 18 - William Lava is born.
March 26 - T. Hee is born.
May 1 - Maurice Noble is born.
May 18 - Larry Lansburgh is born.
May 27 - Vincent Price is born.
July 14 - Terry-Thomas is born.
July 16 - Ginger Rogers is born.
July 18 - Bernard Wolf is born.
September 7 - Fred Moore is born.
September 11 - Phil DeLara is born.
September 29 - Don DaGradi is born.
October 1
- Lee Blair is born.
- Irwin Kostal is born.
October 8 - Cotton Warburton is born.
October 11 - Michael Hordern is born.
October 12 - Bill Anderson is born.
October 14 - Thor Putnam is born.
October 21 - Mary Blair is born.
November 10 - Marjorie Ralston is born.
November 21 - Andy Engman is born.
November 25 - Paul Murry is born.
December 30 - Jeanette Nolan is born.

1912[]

March 22 - Karl Malden is born.
March 23 - Jeff York is born.
April 7
- Frank V. Phillips is born.
- Jack Lawrence is born.
May 29 - Iris Adrian is born.
May 30 - Wilbur Wright dies.
June 11 - James Algar is born.
July 5 - Mack David is born.
July 15 - Al Bertino is born.
September 5
- Frank Thomas is born.
- Ray Gilbert 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 11 - Grant Simmons is born.
November 23 - George O'Hanlon is born.

1913[]

January 5 - Jack Hannah is born.
January 9 - Richard Nixon is born.
January 17 - Claude Coats is born.
February 1 - Leo Salkin 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 30 - Marc Davis is born.
May 5 - Hal King is born.
May 8 - Bob Clampett is born.
May 11 - Salvador Camarata is born.
May 24 - Peter Ellenshaw is born.
June 13 - Sammy Cahn is born.
June 15 - Tom Adair is born.
July 8 - Bill Thompson is born.
July 18 - Marvin Miller is born.
July 31 - Eda Reiss Merin is born.
August 1 - Hal Ambro is born.
August 25 - Walt Kelly is born.
September 30 - Bill Walsh is born.
October 28
- Douglas Seale is born.
- Don Lusk is born.
December 21 - Fred Joerger is born.
December 25 - Candy Candido is born.

1914[]

February 6 - Thurl Ravenscroft is born.
February 9 - Bill Justice is born.
March 4 - Ward Kimball is born.
March 22 - Sonny Burke is born.
April 2 - Alec Guinness is born.
April 20 - Betty Lou Gerson is born.
May 21 - John Hubley is born.
July 3 - George Bruns is born.
August 1 - Joe Rinaldi is born.
August 10 - Ken Annakin is born.
October 9 - Edward Andrews is born.
November 6 - Jonathan Harris is born.
November 11 - Mel Leven is born.
December 19 - Mel Shaw is born.
December 21 - Eustace Lycett is born.
December 27 - Jack Bradbury is born.

1915[]

January 21 - Alan Hewitt is born.
January 29 - Bill Peet is born.
February 1 - The Fox Film Corporation is founded, which would later merge with 20th Century Pictures in 1935 to form 20th Century Fox.
April 10 - Harry Morgan is born.
April 21 - Lloyd Richardson 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 26 - Sam Edwards is born.
June 19 - Pat Buttram is born.
August 16 - Gloria Blondell is born.
November 23 - John Dehner is born.
December 19 - Ken O'Brien is born.

1916[]

January 9 - Card Walker is born.
February 23 - Retta Scott is born.
February 29 - Dinah Shore is born.
March 19 - Eric Christmas is born.
March 31 - Lucille Bliss is born.
April 2 - Don Duckwall is born.
April 26 - Eyvind Earle is born.
May 6 - Adriana Caselotti is born.
May 10 - John McLeish 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 17 - Pat McNalley is born.
August 21 - Bill Lee is born.
August 24 - Hal Smith is born.
September 13 - Roald Dahl is born.
September 25 - Jack Boyd is born.
October 22 - Sidney Miller is born.
November 4 - Walter Cronkite 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.

1917[]

April 15 - Hans Conried is born.
May 7 - David Tomlinson is born.
July 17 - Phyllis Diller is born.
July 22 - Lois Hardwick is born.
August 5 - Don Chaffey is born.
August 28 - Jack Kirby is born.
September 11
- Herbert Lom is born.
- Bill Berg is born.
September 18 - June Foray is born.
December 22 - Frankie Darro is born.

1918[]

January 4 - Buddy Baker is born.
January 26 - Vito Scotti is born.
January 28 - Bob Hilliard is born.
January 29 - John Forsythe is born.
February 3 - Don Griffith is born.
February 11 - Blaine Gibson is born.
March 2 - Michael Rye is born.
March 12 - Alan Dinehart is born.
April 5 - Faz Fazakas is born.
April 17 - Anne Shirley
May 25 - Henry Calvin is born.
July 6 - Sebastian Cabot is born.
September 20 - Dale Barnhart is born.
October 19 - Bob Sweeney is born.
November 11 - Stubby Kaye is born.
November 30 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is born.
December 31 - Virginia Davis is born.

1919[]

January 3 - Julius Svendsen is born.
January 6 - Theodore Roosevelt dies.
February 4 - Janet Waldo is born.
February 5 - Red Buttons is born.
February 11 - Eva Gabor is born.
February 20 - Dick Wesson is born.
February 25 - John W. Dunn is born.
June 11 - Richard Todd is born.
June 17 - Gene de Paul is born.
June 21 - Margie Gay is born.
June 29
- Slim Pickens is born.
- Wathel Rogers is born.
July 14 - Walt Stanchfield is born.
July 19 - Dallas McKennon is born.
July 27 - David Swift is born.
September 2 - Marge Champion is born.
September 4
- Howard Morris is born.
- Xavier Atencio is born.
October 7 - Betty Taylor is born.
November 19 - Alan Young is born.
November 25 - Norman Tokar is born.
December 14 - Dale Oliver is born.
December 17 - Ted Berman is born.

1920[]

January 3 - Eric Cleworth is born.
February 22 - Pete Alvarado is born.
March 16 - Leo McKern is born.
May 26 - Peggy Lee 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 13 - Wally Boag is born.
September 23 - Mickey Rooney is born.
November 25 - Ricardo Montalbán is born.
December 31 - Rex Allen is born.

1921[]

March 20 - Newman Laugh-O-Grams are released.
April 16 - Peter Ustinov is born.
July 6 - Bill Shirley is born.
August 28 - Nancy Kulp is born.
November 1 - Retta Davidson is born.
November 14 - Brian Keith is born.
November 15 - Joaquin Garay is born.
November 22 - Rodney Dangerfield is born.