Explore 1232 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)
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, was a British landowner, barrister, Conservative politician and government minister, and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New…
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1958)
Henry Lewis Stimson was an American statesman, lawyer, and politician. Over his long career, he emerged as a leading figure in U.S. foreign policy by serving in both Republican and…
Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (died 1950)
John Avery Lomax was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax, Joh…
John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist (died 1948)
Yevgeny-Ludvig Karlovich Miller was a Russian general of Baltic German descent and one of the leaders of the anti-Communist White Army during the Russian Civil War. After the civil…
Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (died 1938)
Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.
Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1952)
James Edwin Campbell was an American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist. Campbell was the first principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute f…
James Edwin Campbell, American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (died 1896)
Joseph Beech, or Joe Beech as he was more commonly known, was an American Methodist missionary and educator, member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and founding president of the…
Joseph Beech, American Methodist missionary and educator (died 1954)
Giacomo Inaudi, also known as Jacques Inaudi in France, was an Italian calculating prodigy.
Jacques Inaudi, Italian calculating prodigy (died 1950)
Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern…
Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (died 1902)
Mario dei Principi Ruspoli was an Italian prince, son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa and first wife Princess Caterina Vogoride-Conachi. He was the 2nd Prince of Po…
Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (died 1963)
Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding membe…
Pierre Bonnard, French painter (died 1947)
Josep Puig i Cadafalch was a Spanish architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona, and a politician who had a significant role in the development of Catalan regio…
Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (died 1956)