Explore 683 historical events from 1860–1869.
The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War, Revolution, or Movement, was a civil war in late imperial China between the Qing dynasty and the rebel Taiping Heavenly …
Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20, 1864, as part of the Atlanta campaign in the American Civil War. It was the first major attack by Lt. Gen. John Bell…
American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood…
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: In the Battle of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on…
Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer and conductor known for his tone poems and operas. A leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern era, and a successor to Richar…
Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (died 1949)
Frank Michler Chapman was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.
Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945)
Johan Rudolf Kjellén was a Swedish political scientist, geographer and politician who first coined the term "geopolitics". His work was influenced by Friedrich Ratzel. Along with A…
Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and academic (died 1922)
Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist, neuropathologist and colleague of Emil Kraepelin. He is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which…
Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (died 1915)
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 of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George…
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: In the Battle of Ezra Church, Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt under General…
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 of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by…
Anna Maria Jarvis was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire to establish such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarv…
Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (died 1948)
Dr. Dwight Bryant Waldo was the first President of Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Waldo was born in Arcade, N.Y. but spent his childhood in Plainwell, Mi…
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Heinrich Wölfflin was a Swiss art historian, esthetician and educator, whose objective classifying principles were influential in the development of formal analysis in art history …
Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss historian and critic (died 1945)
Hermann Minkowski was a mathematician and professor at the University of Königsberg, ETH Zürich, and the University of Göttingen, described variously as German, Polish, Lithuanian-…
Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic (died 1909)
Walther Hermann Nernst was a German physical chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid-state physics. His formulation of the Ner…
Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
Frederick Bligh Bond, was an English architect, illustrator, archaeologist, psychical researcher and member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia.
Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (died 1945)
Stephan Krehl was a German composer, teacher, and theoretician. His writings include Traité général de la musique and Théorie de la musique et de science de la composition. His pup…
Stephan Krehl, German composer (died 1924)
Sir Austin Chapman was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1901 until his death in 1926. He held ministerial office in the governments of Alfre…
Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1926)
John Jacob Astor IV was an American business magnate, real estate developer, and investor who was a member of the Astor family and also the Livingston family. A writer, as well as …
John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel and businessman (died 1912)
Dame Mary Susan Etherington, known professionally as Marie Tempest, was an English singer and actress.
Marie Tempest, English actress and singer (died 1942)
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, PC was a British politician. A strong speaker, he became popular in trade union circles for his denunciation of capitalism as unethical and hi…
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1937)
Fiammetta Wilson was a British astronomer elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916.
Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer (died 1920)
Erik Axel Karlfeldt was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously after he ha…
Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)
Ruggero Oddi was an Italian physiologist and anatomist who was a native of Perugia. He is most well known for the sphincter of Oddi, which was named after him.
Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (died 1913)