Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
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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Martin Kukučín was a Slovak prose writer, dramatist and publicist. He was the most notable representative of Slovak literary realism, and is considered one of the founders of moder…
Martin Kukučín, Slovak author and playwright (died 1928)
Charlotte Cynthia Barnum, mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University.
Charlotte Barnum, American mathematician and social activist (died 1934)
Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and expert on fermentation, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.
Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1…
Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physician, physiologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)
James McKeen Cattell was the first professor of psychology in the United States, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was a long-time editor and publisher…
James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (died 1944)
Manuel Teixeira Gomes was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1923 to 1925.
Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (died 1941)
Margrethe Aabel Munthe was a Norwegian teacher, children's writer, songwriter and playwright.
Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (died 1931)
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the post-romantic era who also had a signif…
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (died 1909)
Walter Richard Sickert was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was…
Walter Sickert, English painter (died 1942)
Alexis Lapointe, known as Alexis le Trotteur was a Quebec athlete in the early 20th century who has become a legendary character of québécois folklore.
Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (died 1924)
Alicia Boole Stott was a British mathematician. She made a number of contributions to the field and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Groningen. She grasped …
Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist (died 1940)
Alexander Winton was a Scottish-American bicycle, automobile, and diesel engine designer and inventor, as well as a businessman and racecar driver. Winton founded the Winton Motor …
Alexander Winton, Scottish-American race car driver and engineer (died 1932)
John Worrall was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFA, and a Test cricketer. He was also a prominent coach in both sports and a journa…
Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (died 1937)
William Dobinson Halliburton FRS was a British physiologist, noted for being one of the founders of the science of biochemistry.
William Dobinson Halliburton, British physiologist and biochemist (died 1931)
Albert Giraud was a Belgian poet who wrote in French.
Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian (died 1929)
Gustave Charpentier was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise.
Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (died 1956)
Robert Bacon was an American athlete, banker, businessman, statesman, diplomat and Republican Party politician who served as the 39th United States Secretary of State in the Theodo…
Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (died 1919)
Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate…
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (died 1935)
Mathieu Jaboulay was a French surgeon born in Saint-Genis-Laval, a city in the department of Rhône. He is remembered for introduction of new surgical procedures, as well as his wor…
Mathieu Jaboulay, French surgeon (died 1913)
Gustav Mahler was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century tradition a…
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1911)
Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No one else was…
Lizzie Borden, American woman, tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and step-mother in 1892 (died 1927)
Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen was Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen from 1914 to 1918 as the wife of Bernhard III, the duchy's last ruler. Born at the Neues Pala…
Princess Charlotte of Prussia (died 1919)