Explore 683 historical events from 1860–1869.
John Ulric Nef was a Swiss-born American chemist and the discoverer of the Nef reaction and Nef synthesis. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Nati…
John Ulric Nef, Swiss-American chemist and academic (died 1915)
Carolyn Wells was an American mystery author, poet, humorist, and children's writer. Over her career, she authored more than 170 books, spanning genres including detective fiction,…
Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (died 1942)
Prince Tisavarakumara, the Prince Damrong Rajanubhab was the founder of the modern Thai educational system as well as the modern provincial administration. He was an autodidact, a …
Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and author (died 1943)
May Irwin was an actress, singer and star of vaudeville. Originally from Canada, she and her sister Flo Irwin found theater work after their father died. She was known for her perf…
May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 1938)
Princess Alice was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of …
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future…
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 Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George…
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglican deacon. His most notable works…
Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the highest military decoration of the United States Armed Forces and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, an…
The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
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 CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union Navy…
Sir William Henry Bragg was a British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in …
William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)
Horatio Caro was an English-German chess player, of world-class Master strength for about a decade, from the late 1880s to the late 1890s, a frequent winner of significant German…
Horatio Caro, English chess master (died 1920)
Florence Bascom was a pioneer American woman geologist and educator. Bascom was the second woman to earn a PhD in geology in the United States. She received her PhD in 1893 from …
Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (died 1945)
David Glasgow Farragut was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Nav…
American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to…
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: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army.
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 spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in…
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard was a Hungarian–German experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays. This work led to his exp…
Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
George Henry Falkiner Nuttall FRS was an American-British bacteriologist who contributed much to the knowledge of parasites and of insect carriers of diseases. He made significant …
George Nuttall, American-British bacteriologist (died 1937)
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for hi…
Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1918)
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National A…
Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (died 1931)
Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, DL was a prominent British aristocrat and sportsman who owned land in Scotland, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape fro…
Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Scottish fencer (died 1931)
Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich was a commander of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was a leader of the anti-communist White movement in northwestern Russia during th…
Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (died 1933)
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living …
Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (born 1817)
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was an English politician in colonial Canada and New Zealand. He is considered a key figure in the establishment in the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s of British co…
Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (born 1796)
John Drew was an Irish-American stage actor and theatre manager. Drew is a part of the multi-generational Drew acting family and the great-great-grandfather of actress Drew Barrymo…
John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (born 1827)