Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
Edgar von Wahl was a Baltic German mathematics and physics teacher who lived in Tallinn, Estonia. He also used the pseudonym Julian Prorók, and is best known as the creator of Inte…
Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (died 1948)
James Watson Gerard III was an American lawyer, diplomat, and justice of the New York Supreme Court.
James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (died 1951)
Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano was an Italian composer, mainly of operas. His best-known work in that genre was Andrea Chenier (1896).
Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic (died 1948)
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games. He served as a Member of Parliament (…
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (died 1947)
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music.
Amy Beach, American pianist and composer (died 1944)
Albert Bassermann was a German stage and screen actor. He was considered to be one of the greatest German-speaking actors of his generation and received the famous Iffland-Ring. Ba…
Albert Bassermann, German-Swiss actor (died 1952)
John Pierpont Morgan Jr. was an American banker and finance executive. He inherited the family fortune and took over the business interests including J.P. Morgan & Co. after his fa…
J. P. Morgan Jr., American banker and philanthropist (died 1943)
Alexander Israel Helphand, better known as Alexander Parvus, was a Russian-born Marxist theorist, journalist, and activist who became a prominent figure in the Social Democratic Pa…
Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (died 1924)
Charles Dana Gibson was an American illustrator who created the Gibson Girl, a character that represented American woman at the turn of the 20th century.
Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944)
Vladimir Zenonovich May-Mayevsky KCMG was a Russian military leader who was a general in the Imperial Russian Army and one of the leaders of the counterrevolutionary White movement…
Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (died 1920)
Vera Yevstafievna Popova was a Russian chemist. She was one of the first female chemists in Russia, and the first Russian female author of a chemistry textbook. She "probably becam…
Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Russian chemist (died 1896)
Arthur Rackham was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust …
Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (died 1939)
Socrates Nelson was an American businessman, politician, and pioneer who served one term as a Minnesota State Senator from 1859 to 1861. He was a general store owner, lumberman, an…
Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician (born 1814)
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard was a German archaeologist. He was co-founder and secretary of the first international archaeological society.
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (born 1795)
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield was an English artist best known for his large-scale paintings of marine art and landscapes. A former sailor he became celebrated for his Romantic seas…
Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (born 1793)
Thomas Bulfinch was an American author born in Newton, Massachusetts, known best for Bulfinch's Mythology, a posthumous combination of his three volumes of mythologies.
Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (born 1796)
Ramón Castilla y Marquesado was a Peruvian caudillo who served twice as President of Peru, first in 1845–1851, and then in 1855–1862. He also led a Military junta in 1844, and was …
Ramón Castilla, Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (born 1797)
Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo, known as Miguel Miramón, was a Mexican conservative general who disputed the Mexican presidency with Benito Juárez at the age…
Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico, 1859-1860 (born 1832)
Maximilian I was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867.
Maximilian I of Mexico (born 1832)
Otto was King of Greece from the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece on 7 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed in October 1862.
Otto, king of Greece (born 1815)
August Böckh was a German classical scholar and antiquarian.
August Böckh, German historian and scholar (born 1785)
Juan Nepomuceno Álvarez Hurtado de Luna, generally known as Juan Álvarez, was a general, long-time caudillo in southern Mexico, and president of Mexico for two months in 1855, foll…
Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1790)
Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy was a French satirical poet. His name can hardly be separated from that of his friend and compatriot, Joseph Méry (1798–1866), with whom he carried on …
Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (born 1796)
Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherit…
Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (born 1821)