The 1860s

1861 165 years ago

American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins…

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: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins…

1861 165 years ago

American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being…

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 United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being…

1861 165 years ago

American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat…

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: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat…

1861 165 years ago

John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (died 1906)

John Peltz was an American professional baseball player in the 19th century. Peltz first played with the Indianapolis Hoosiers, in 1884 at the age of 23. He batted .219 and surrend…

John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (died 1906)

1861 165 years ago

Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (died 1933)

Sir Alexander James Peacock was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Premier of Victoria.

Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (died 1933)

1861 165 years ago

Pete Browning, American baseball player (died 1905)

Louis Rogers "Pete" Browning, nicknamed "Gladiator" and "the Louisville Slugger", was an American professional baseball center fielder and left fielder. He played in Major League B…

Pete Browning, American baseball player (died 1905)

1861 165 years ago

Omar Bundy, American general (died 1940)

Major General Omar Bundy was a career United States Army officer who was a veteran of the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, Pancho Villa Expediti…

Omar Bundy, American general (died 1940)

1861 165 years ago

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish-English field marshal (died 1928)

Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Fro…

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish-English field marshal (died 1928)

1861 165 years ago

Émile Haug, French geologist and paleontologist (died 1927)

Gustave Émile Haug was a French geologist and paleontologist known for his contribution to the geosyncline theory.

Émile Haug, French geologist and paleontologist (died 1927)

1861 165 years ago

Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1940)

Gerald Paul Joseph Cajetan Carmel Antony Martin Strickland, 6th Count della Catena, 1st Baron Strickland,, usually known between 1897 and January 1928 as Sir Gerald Strickland, was…

Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1940)

1861 165 years ago

Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916)

Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem was a French theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity. Duhem was also a pr…

Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916)

1861 165 years ago

William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)

William Attewell was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Attewell was a medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy a…

William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)

1861 165 years ago

José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet (died 1896)

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly …

José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet (died 1896)

1861 165 years ago

Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins. H…

Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)

1861 165 years ago

Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (died 1914)

Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee was a German naval officer in the Imperial German Navy, who commanded the East Asia Squadron during World War I. Spee entered t…

Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (died 1914)

1861 165 years ago

William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (died 1939)

William James Mayo was a physician and surgeon in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He and his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, both joined their fat…

William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (died 1939)

1861 165 years ago

Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (died 1912)

Nettie Maria Stevens was the American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes. In 1905, soon after the rediscovery of Mendel's paper on genetics in 1900, she observed that male m…

Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (died 1912)

1861 165 years ago

Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1906)

Anton Stepanovich Arensky was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, pianist, conductor and professor of music. He is known especially for his chamber music, songs and pia…

Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1906)

1861 165 years ago

Kate M. Gordon, American activist (died 1931)

Kate M. Gordon was an American suffragist, civic leader, and one of the leading advocates of women's voting rights in the Southern United States. Gordon was the organizer of the So…

Kate M. Gordon, American activist (died 1931)

1861 165 years ago

Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (died 1923)

Kadambini Bose Ganguly was the first Indian female doctor of western medicine along with Anandibai Joshi. Both got their degree in Western medicine in 1886. However, she was India'…

Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (died 1923)

1861 165 years ago

Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (born 1805)

Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, known as Ernst von Lasaulx was a German philologist and politician.

Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (born 1805)

1861 165 years ago

John Stevens Henslow, British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (born 1796)

John Stevens Henslow was an English Anglican priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to Charles Darwin.

John Stevens Henslow, British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (born 1796)

1861 165 years ago

Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (born 1829)

Thornsbury Bailey Brown of Taylor County, Virginia, is generally considered the first Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. Brown, a member o…

Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (born 1829)

1861 165 years ago

Elmer E

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth was a United States Army officer, close personal friend of the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln, and law clerk who was the first conspicu…

Elmer E