Explore 1232 historical events from 1860–1869.
Hans Ernst Kinck was a Norwegian author and philologist who wrote novels, short stories, dramas, and essays. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (died 1926)
Sir Arthur Harden, FRS was a British biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin for their investigations into the ferm…
Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)
Charles William Clark was an American baritone singer and vocalist teacher. He is generally regarded as the first American baritone singer to be famous in Europe, and as one of the…
Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (died 1925)
James Rudolph Garfield was an American lawyer and politician. Garfield was a son of the 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Garfield. He s…
James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1950)
Arie de Jong was a Dutch enthusiast and reformer of the constructed language Volapük by Johann Martin Schleyer, with whose help the Volapük movement gained new strength in the Neth…
Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author (died 1957)
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th cen…
Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic (died 1946)
Borghild Holmsen was a Norwegian pianist, teacher, music critic and composer. She is thought to be the first Norwegian woman to perform a concert featuring only her own composition…
Borghild Holmsen, Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (died 1938)
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian symbolist painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Estonian National Museum. Folklore elements figure heavily in his subject matter …
Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1943)
Blanchan De Graff Doubleday was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who published several books on wildflowers and birds under the pen name Neltje Blanchan. He…
Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author (died 1918)
Benjamin Guggenheim was an American businessman who was a member of the Guggenheim family. He was among the most prominent American passengers aboard the British ocean liner RMS Ti…
Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (died 1912)
Charles Spencelayh was an English genre painter and portraitist in the Academic style.
Charles Spencelayh, English painter and academic (died 1958)
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)
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
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)