Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
Sengge Rinchen or Senggelinqin was a Mongol nobleman and general who served under the Qing dynasty during the reigns of the Daoguang, Xianfeng and Tongzhi emperors. He is best know…
Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (born 1811)
John Catron was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1837 to 1865, during the Taney Court.
John Catron, American lawyer and judge (born 1786)
Ner Middleswarth was an American politician from New Jersey who served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 185…
Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (born 1783)
Okada Izō was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, feared as one of the four most notable assassins of the Bakumatsu period. He was a member of Tosa Kinnoto in his hometown,…
Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (born 1838)
William Clarke Quantrill was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
William Quantrill, American Confederate guerrilla band leader (born 1837)
Evangelos or Evangelis Zappas was a Greek philanthropist and businessman who is recognized today as one of the founders of the modern Olympic Games, which were held in 1859, 1870, …
Evangelos Zappas, Greek-Romanian businessman and philanthropist (born 1800)
Frances Adeline Seward was the First Lady of New York and the wife of William Henry Seward, a senator in the New York legislature, Governor of New York, a senator from New York and…
Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H
George Andrew Atzerodt was a German American repairman, Confederate sympathizer, and conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was assigned to assassin…
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: execution of convicted conspirators
James Barry was a military surgeon in the British Army. Originally from the city of Cork in Ireland, Barry obtained a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School…
James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (born 1799)
Jean-Joseph Dassy, a French historical and portrait painter, and lithographer, was born at Marseilles on 27 December 1791, and died in the same city on 27 July 1865.
Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (born 1791)
William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as…
William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (born 1785)
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothe…
Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (born 1818)
Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer. Among his activities, he worked on the calculation of the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the Earth to the S…
Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (born 1791)
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a Nova Scotia-born judge, author, novelist, and Conservative MP in Britain. He was the first internationally bestselling fiction author from what is …
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (born 1796)
Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who made numerous major contributions to algebra, classical mechanics, and optics. His theoretical …
William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1805)
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière was a 19th-century French general.
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (born 1806)
Christian Julius de Meza was the commander of the Danish Army during the 1864 Second Schleswig War. De Meza was responsible for the withdrawal of the Danish army from the Danevirke…
Christian de Meza, Danish general (born 1792)
The United States Army is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As a part …
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It…
The International Telecommunication Union, which standardizes and regulates international radio and telecommunications,
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: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Ar
Brigadier-General Stand Watie, also known as Standhope Uwatie and Isaac S. Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 186…
Stand Watie became the last Confederate general of the American Civil War to surrender to Union forces
The first ascent of the Matterhorn was a mountaineering expedition of the Matterhorn made by Edward Whymper, Lord Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz, and t…
A seven-man mountaineering team made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, marking the end of the golden age of alpinism.
Crescent City is the only incorporated city in Del Norte County, California, United States, of which it is also the county seat. The city is on the North Coast of California and ha…
Off the coast of Crescent City, California, the steamer Brother Jonathan struck an uncharted rock and sank, killing…
The Battle of Plymouth was an engagement during the American Civil War that was fought from April 17 through April 20, 1864, in Washington County, North Carolina.
American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina