Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
Samuel Percy Jones was an Australian cricketer who played 12 Test matches between 1882 and 1888.
Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (died 1951)
Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray CIE FNI FRASB FIAS FCS was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist from Bengal. He established the first modern Indian…
Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic (died 1944)
Daniel Edward Howard was the 16th president of Liberia, serving from 1912 to 1920.
Daniel Edward Howard, 16th president of Liberia (died 1935)
Dorothea Klumpke Roberts was an American astronomer. In 1893, she became the first woman to earn a doctorate degree at the Sorbonne University. She joined the Paris Observatory whe…
Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic (died 1942)
Byron George Harlan was an American singer from Kansas, a comic minstrel singer and balladeer who often recorded with Arthur Collins. The two together were often billed as "Collin…
Byron G. Harlan, American singer (died 1936)
William Lane was an English-born journalist, author, advocate of Australian labour politics and a utopian socialist ideologue.
William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia (died 1917)
Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt, was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times.
Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, also referred to by his initials, MV, was an Indian civil engineer, administrator, and statesman, who served as the 19th Dewan of Mysore from 1912 to…
M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (died 1962)
Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin was an American schoolteacher and inventor. In 1888, she obtained a patent for the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels, becoming the second African-American …
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
George Herbert Putnam was an American librarian. He was the eighth Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. He implemented his vision of a universal collection with strengths in ma…
Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress (died 1955)
Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, known as Ernst von Lasaulx was a German philologist and politician.
Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (born 1805)
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)
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)
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…
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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…
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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)
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)
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)
Vincent Novello, was an English musician and music publisher born in London. He was an organist, chorister, conductor and composer, but he is best known for bringing to England man…
Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (born 1781)
Eliphalet Remington II was an American engineer who founded what would become known as Remington Arms. Originally the company was known as E. Remington followed by E. Remington & S…
Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (born 1793)