Explore 683 historical events from 1860–1869.
John Quincy Marr was a Virginia militia company captain and the first Confederate States Army soldier killed by a Union army soldier in combat during the American Civil War. Marr w…
John Quincy Marr, American captain (born 1825)
Stephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate for fourteen years and defeated Abraham Lincoln to win…
Stephen A
Henry Gray was an English anatomist and surgeon most notable for publishing the book Gray's Anatomy. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) at the age of 25.
Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon (born 1827)
Abdülmecid I was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839.
Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1823)
Jonas Furrer was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to …
Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1805)
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri, generally known as the Count of Cavour or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman…
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (born 1810)
Patrick Brontë was an Irish Anglican clergyman and author who spent most of his adult life in England. One of ten children from a very poor family, he managed to secure a scholarsh…
Patrick Brontë, Anglo-Irish priest and author (born 1777)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her w…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (born 1806)
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…
The first bloodshed of the American Civil War took place when Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore, Maryland, attacked
The Battle of Fairfax Court House was the first land engagement of the American Civil War with fatal casualties. On June 1, 1861, a Union scouting party clashed with the local mili…
The first land battle of the American Civil War after Fort Sumter took place in the village of Fairfax, Virginia
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 Confederate Army only suffered eight casualties in its victory at the Battle of Big Bethel in Yo
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 Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movemen
A United States presidential election was held on November 6, 1860. The Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged victorious.
United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. H…
Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification
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…
The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office
The 1860 Oxford evolution debate took place at the Oxford University Museum in Oxford, England, on 7 July 1860, seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin…
The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place
Count Clary was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Par…
Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (died 1933)
Justinian Oxenham ISO was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Postmaster-General's Department from January 1911 until December 1923.
Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (died 1932)
Johanna Marau Taʻaroa a Tepau Salmon was the last Queen of Tahiti as the wife of King Pōmare V, who ruled from 1877 to 1880. Her name means "Much unique cleaning of the splash" in …
Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (died 1935)
John Scott Haldane was a Scottish physician physiologist and philosopher famous for his often-dangerous self-experimentation that led to many important discoveries about the human …
John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic (died 1936)
Vito Volterra was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations, being one of the founders of functional analys…
Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1940)
Tom Norman, born Thomas Noakes, was an English businessman, showman and the last exhibitor of Joseph Merrick who was otherwise known as the "Elephant Man". Among his later exhibits…
Tom Norman, English businessman (died 1930)
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet was a British novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to Lon…
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Theodor Herzl was a Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to …
Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author (died 1904)