Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of…
Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Considered one of the most consequential amendments…
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and…
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Considered one of the most consequential amendments…
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and…
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers study astronomical objects, such as stars…
French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
The Glorious Revolution took place in Spain in 1868, resulting in the deposition of Queen Isabella II. The success of the revolution marked the beginning of the Sexenio Democrático…
La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
Alfred Henry Maurer was an American modernist painter. He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early twentieth century. Highly …
Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (died 1932)
The 1868 Arica earthquake occurred on 13 August 1868, near Arica, then part of Peru, now part of Chile, at 21:30 UTC. It had an estimated magnitude between 8.8 and 9.1, although ea…
The 8.5–9.0 Mw Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing…
The 1868 Arica earthquake occurred on 13 August 1868, near Arica, then part of Peru, now part of Chile, at 21:30 UTC. It had an estimated magnitude between 8.8 and 9.1, although ea…
The 8.5–9.0 Mw Arica earthquake strikes southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing…
Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková was a Moravian teacher, journal editor, and women's rights activist. Born into a family of progressive educators, she studied to become a teacher, gr…
Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková, Moravian educator (died 1915)
Mary Farrand Rogers Miller was an American writer, naturalist, and educator. She authored The Brook Book (1902) and Outdoor Work (1911), as well as magazine articles and educationa…
Mary Rogers Miller, American author and educator (died 1971)
Alexander Herd was a Scottish professional golfer from St Andrews. He won The Open Championship in 1902 at Hoylake.
Sandy Herd, Scottish golfer (died 1944)
John Bevins Moisant was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. He was the first pilot to conduct passenger flights over a ci…
John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (died 1910)
Commissioner Lucy Milward Booth-Hellberg was the eighth and youngest child of Catherine and William Booth, the Founder of The Salvation Army.
Lucy Booth, English composer (died 1953)
Georgy Feodosevich Voronoy was an Imperial Russian mathematician of Ukrainian descent noted for defining the Voronoi diagram.
Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (died 1908)
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (died 1927)
Sumner Paine was an American shooter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Sumner Paine, American target shooter (died 1904)
Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician, sexologist, and LGBTQ advocate whose German citizenship was revoked in 1933 by the Nazi government.
Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (died 1935)
Horace Elgin Dodge Sr. was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.
Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (died 1920)
Panagis Tsaldaris was a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece twice. He was a revered conservative politician and leader for many years (1922–1936) of the conserv…
Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
Nicholas II was Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. He was the last Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution and oversaw the Russian Empire's …
Nicholas II of Russia (died 1918)
Augusto Pestana was a Brazilian engineer and politician. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Pestana moved in the late 1880s to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, where he would b…
Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician (died 1934)
Charles Edward Taylor was an American inventor, mechanic and machinist. He built the first aircraft engine used by the Wright brothers in the Wright Flyer, and was a vital contribu…
Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (died 1956)
Aleksa Šantić was a Herzegovinian Serb poet and writer from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Šantić wrote about the urban culture of his hometown Mostar and Herzegovina, the growing…
Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)
James Connolly was a Scottish-born Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. He remains …
James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (died 1916)