Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
The Battle of Dybbøl was the key battle of the Second Schleswig War, fought between Denmark and Prussia. The battle was fought on the morning of 18 April 1864, following a siege th…
Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
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A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. The term was also retrospectively applied to the Baltimore clipper, which originated in the la…
The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co
The Battle of Marks' Mills, also known as the Action at Marks’ Mills, was fought in present-day Cleveland County, Arkansas, during the American Civil War. Confederate Brigadier-Gen…
American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers an
Theta Xi (ΘΞ) is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1864. Of all the social fraternities today, Theta Xi…
Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the America
The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, west of mainland Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese, but the group includes many smaller islands in ad…
The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece
During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union army, Federal a…
American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure
The Emperor of Mexico was the head of state and head of government of Mexico on two non-consecutive occasions during the 19th century.
Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877, and General-in-Chief of the Union Army, leading them to victory in the American Civil War i…
American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S
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: Confederate forces led by General E
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: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County
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: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S
The Second Schleswig War, also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War, was the second military conflict over the Schleswig–Holstein question of the 19th cent…
Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania, was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. Geor…
American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mul
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
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The National Party also known as the White Party, is a major political party in Uruguay. Founded in 1836 by General Manuel Oribe, it is one of the country's oldest active political…
After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian…
The Battle of Gainesville was an American Civil War engagement fought on August 17, 1864, when a Confederate force defeated Union detachments from Jacksonville, Florida. The result…
American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
The Battle of New Market was fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. A makeshift Confederate army of 4,100 men defeated t…
American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Co
The Battle of Ware Bottom Church was fought on May 20, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Union troops were led by Benjamin Butler, while…
American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this
The Russo-Circassian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Circassia, took place in the North Caucasus between July 1763 and June 1864. It began when the Russian Empire entere…
Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania, was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. Geor…
American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southe…
Montana is organized as a United States territory
John Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William…
Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Seco…
Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (died 1916)