Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
Isobel Lilian Gloag (1865–1917) was an English Victorian painter, known for her oil and watercolour portraits, as well as posters and stained-glass designs.
Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (died 1917)
John Radecki was a master stained glass artist working in Australia, considered to be the finest such artist of his time.
John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (died 1955)
Guido Castelnuovo was an Italian mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of algebraic geometry. He is also renowned for his contributions to the study of statis…
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1952)
Mikao Usui was the father of a form of energy medicine and spiritual practice known as Reiki, used as an alternative therapy for the treatment of physical, emotional, and mental di…
Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (died 1926)
Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In the first quarter of the 20th century, he played a leading role in both his…
Philipp Scheidemann, German journalist and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (died 1939)
Irving Babbitt was an American academic and literary critic, noted for his founding role in a movement that became known as the New Humanism, a significant influence on literary di…
Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic (died 1933)
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory be…
Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (died 1936)
Dame Mary Jean Gilmore was an Australian writer and journalist known for her prolific contributions to Australian literature and the broader national discourse. She wrote both pros…
Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist (died 1962)
Julia Marlowe was an English-born American actress, known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare's plays.
Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (died 1950)
Augustus Bernard Tancred was a 19th-century South African Test cricketer. His brothers, Vincent and Louis, also played Test cricket for South Africa.
Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer (died 1911)
Ferdinand I, nicknamed the Unifier, was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta A…
Ferdinand I of Romania (died 1927)
Arthur James Arnot was a Scottish electrical engineer and inventor, best known for patenting the world's first electric drill. He later designed the Spencer Street Power Station.
Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (died 1946)
James Henry Breasted was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894 – the first American to obtain a docto…
James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian (died 1935)
Charles Gates Dawes was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 for h…
Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate…
Simeón Ola y Arboleda is a hero of the Philippine Revolution and was the last general of the Philippines to surrender to the American forces after the Philippine–American War.
Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician (died 1952)
Jānis Pliekšāns, known by his pseudonym Rainis, was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts and Indulis un Ār…
Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (died 1929)
Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, was a senior and highly decorated and distinguished British Indian Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boe…
William Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal (died 1951)
Sir William Murray McPherson, KBE was an Australian philanthropist and politician. He was the 31st Premier of Victoria.
William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (died 1932)
Frank Eugene was an American-born photographer who was a founding member of the Photo-Secession and one of the first university-level professors of photography in the world.
Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (died 1936)
Silas Stillman Soule was an American abolitionist, teenage conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and early example of what would later be called a "whistleblower…
Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (born 1838)
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the pro…
John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (born 1838)
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet, was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first scheduled steamship conne…
Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (born 1787)
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845.
Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (born 1805)
William Armstrong was an American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson. He represented Hampshire County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1818 to 1820, and V…
William Armstrong, American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (born 1782)