Explore 319 historical events from 1860–1869.
John Stevens Henslow was an English Anglican priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to Charles Darwin.
John Stevens Henslow, British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (born 1796)
Thornsbury Bailey Brown of Taylor County, Virginia, is generally considered the first Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. Brown, a member o…
Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (born 1829)
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth was a United States Army officer, close personal friend of the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln, and law clerk who was the first conspicu…
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John Quincy Marr was a Virginia militia company captain and the first Confederate States Army soldier killed by a Union army soldier in combat during the American Civil War. Marr w…
John Quincy Marr, American captain (born 1825)
Stephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate for fourteen years and defeated Abraham Lincoln to win…
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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…
The first bloodshed of the American Civil War took place when Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore, Maryland, attacked
The Battle of Fairfax Court House was the first land engagement of the American Civil War with fatal casualties. On June 1, 1861, a Union scouting party clashed with the local mili…
The first land battle of the American Civil War after Fort Sumter took place in the village of Fairfax, Virginia
A United States presidential election was held on November 6, 1860. The Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged victorious.
United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. H…
Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification
Count Clary was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Par…
Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (died 1933)
Justinian Oxenham ISO was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Postmaster-General's Department from January 1911 until December 1923.
Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (died 1932)
Johanna Marau Taʻaroa a Tepau Salmon was the last Queen of Tahiti as the wife of King Pōmare V, who ruled from 1877 to 1880. Her name means "Much unique cleaning of the splash" in …
Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (died 1935)
John Scott Haldane was a Scottish physician physiologist and philosopher famous for his often-dangerous self-experimentation that led to many important discoveries about the human …
John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic (died 1936)
Theodor Herzl was a Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to …
Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author (died 1904)
Vito Volterra was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations, being one of the founders of functional analys…
Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1940)
Tom Norman, born Thomas Noakes, was an English businessman, showman and the last exhibitor of Joseph Merrick who was otherwise known as the "Elephant Man". Among his later exhibits…
Tom Norman, English businessman (died 1930)
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet was a British novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to Lon…
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Martin Kukučín was a Slovak prose writer, dramatist and publicist. He was the most notable representative of Slovak literary realism, and is considered one of the founders of moder…
Martin Kukučín, Slovak author and playwright (died 1928)
Charlotte Cynthia Barnum, mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University.
Charlotte Barnum, American mathematician and social activist (died 1934)
Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and expert on fermentation, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.
Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1…
Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physician, physiologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)
James McKeen Cattell was the first professor of psychology in the United States, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was a long-time editor and publisher…
James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (died 1944)
Manuel Teixeira Gomes was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1923 to 1925.
Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (died 1941)
Margrethe Aabel Munthe was a Norwegian teacher, children's writer, songwriter and playwright.
Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (died 1931)