Explore 1232 historical events from 1860–1869.
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)
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: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
The Battle of Tom's Brook was fought on October 9, 1864, near Tom's Brook in Shenandoah County, Virginia, during Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign of the American Civil …
American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah…
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 Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
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 Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
The St. Albans Raid was the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. Taking place in St. Albans, Vermont, on October 19, 1864, it was a raid conducted out of the Provinc…
American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
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)
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)
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)
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)
Otto Ludwig Hermann Weingärtner was a German gymnast.
Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (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)
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which formed in 1861 by Southern states that had decided to secede from the Union…
American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River, ending in…
Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massac…
American Civil War: Union General Benjamin Butler launches an attack during the Siege of Petersburg with the Battle of…
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which formed in 1861 by Southern states that had decided to secede from the Union…
American Civil War: In East Tennessee, Union forces under General Alvan C. Gillem route Confederate troops under…
The Second Schleswig War or German-Danish War, also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War, was the second military conflict over the Schleswig–Holstein ques…
Second War of Schleswig: The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia…
Anna Maria Jarvis was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire to establish such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarv…
Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (died 1948)
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)
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…
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)
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)
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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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)
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)