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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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The 1860s
Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
1864
John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel and businessman (died 1912)
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)
1864
Marie Tempest, English actress and singer (died 1942)
Dame Mary Susan Etherington, known professionally as Marie Tempest, was an English singer and actress.
Marie Tempest, English actress and singer (died 1942)
1864
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1937)
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)
1864
Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer (died 1920)
Fiammetta Wilson was a British astronomer elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916.
Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer (died 1920)
1864
Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)
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)
1864
Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (died 1913)
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)
1864
Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright (died 1918)
Benjamin Franklin Wedekind was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes, is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the devel…
Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright (died 1918)
1864
Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 1903)
Apolinario Mabini y Maranán was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Governm…
Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 1903)
1864
Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (died 1917)
Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis was a Scottish medical doctor, surgeon, teacher, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She was the first woman to hold the Serbian Or…
Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (died 1917)
1864
Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos was a Cretan Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party, Venizelos served as …
Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
1864
Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (died 1919)
Otto Ludwig Hermann Weingärtner was a German gymnast.
Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (died 1919)
1864
Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (died 1919)
Baron Akashi Motojiro was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 7th Governor-General of Taiwan from 6 June 1918 to 26 October 1919.
Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (died 1919)
1864
Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (died 1933)
Carl Erich Correns was a German botanist and geneticist notable primarily for his independent discovery of the principles of heredity, which he achieved simultaneously but independ…
Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (died 1933)
1864
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign…
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood,, known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was one of th…
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign…
1864
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (died 1866)
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901. She and her prince consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, became the ancestors of many members of European royalty.
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (died 1866)
1864
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ukrainian writer (died 1913)
Mykhailo Mykhailovych Kotsiubynsky was a Ukrainian author whose writings described typical Ukrainian life at the start of the 20th century. Kotsiubynsky's early stories were descri…
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ukrainian writer (died 1913)
1864
James Tancred, English admiral (died 1943)
Vice-Admiral James Charles Tancred, born James Charles Cleghorn, was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service in the First World War, and rose to the rank of vice-admira…
James Tancred, English admiral (died 1943)
1864
Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (born 1832)
Juris Alunāns was a Latvian writer and philologist in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first contributors of the Latvian language. He was one of the members of the Young Latvi…
Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (born 1832)
1864
John B
John Benjamin Cocke was an American lawyer who served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment in the Trans-Mississippi Th…
John B
1864
John Sedgwick, American general and educator (born 1813)
John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was one of the highest-ranking Union officers to be…
John Sedgwick, American general and educator (born 1813)
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James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart w…
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1864
Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (born 1791)
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert l…
Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (born 1791)
1864
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (born 1804)
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (born 1804)