Explore 319 historical events from 1860–1869.
George Grey Barnard, often written George Gray Barnard, was an American sculptor who trained in Paris. He is especially noted for his heroic sized Struggle of the Two Natures in Ma…
George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (died 1938)
Robert James Fitzsimmons was a Cornish-New Zealand professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. He achieved fame for beating "Gentleman Jim" Corbett,…
Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (died 1917)
Arthur Webb Mold was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire as a fast bowler between 1889 and 1901. A Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1892,…
Arthur Mold, English cricketer (died 1921)
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; esp…
Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer (died 1942)
Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist.
Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1942)
Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet DL was an Irish baronet, landowner and Conservative politician.
Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (born 1782)
Jean Danjou was a decorated captain of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. He commanded the two lieutenants and 62 legionnaires who fought the Battle of Camarón during the Frenc…
Jean Danjou, French Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Camarón (born 1828)
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engag…
Stonewall Jackson, American general (born 1824)
Grand Gulf is a ghost town in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. Before the American Civil War, "its wharves were crowded with cotton from Copiah, Hinds, and Claiborne c…
Confederate forts at Grand Gulf survived a bombardment by Union gunboats, preventing Ulysses S
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: At the Battle of Big Black River Bridge in Mississippi, Union forces under John A
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: General Ulysses S
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia
An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia, 37th Cong., Sess. 2, ch. 54, 12 Stat. 376, known colloquially as the District of Col…
American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Colu
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating t…
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Tomitaro Makino was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany", having been one of the first Japanese botanists to wo…
Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist (died 1957)
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was the main force behind British foreign poli…
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Com
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the la…
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Forces under U
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut
The siege of Corinth, also known as the first battle of Corinth, was an American Civil War engagement lasting from April 29 to May 30, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. A collection o…
American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck move to engage Confederate f
Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. Z…
Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico
Edmund Charles Tarbell was an American Impressionist painter. A member of the Ten American Painters, his work hangs in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N…
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