Explore 1001 historical events from 1860–1869.
Mariamna Vladimirovna Veryovkina, commonly known as Marianne von Werefkin, was a Russian-born painter, active in Germany and Switzerland during the late Belle Époque and interwar p…
Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (died 1938)
James Allan ) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played eight games for the New Zealand national rugby union team, and was nicknamed the Taieri Giant. Allan played in the fir…
James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (died 1934)
John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary F…
John J. Pershing, American general and lawyer (died 1948)
Hannibal Hamlin Garland was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Mi…
Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)
Mihkel Martna was an Estonian politician and journalist.
Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (died 1934)
Alberto Franchetti was an Italian composer and racing driver, best known for the 1902 opera Germania.
Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (died 1942)
Jean-Charles Prince was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, teacher, seminary administrator, editor, and Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada from 1852 to 1860.
Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (born 1804)
Ludwig Bechstein was a German writer and collector of folk fairy tales.
Ludwig Bechstein, German author (born 1801)
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Bismarck was a German lieutenant general, diplomat and military writer. He wrote several major military-political works and military histories, which wer…
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (born 1783)
George Montgomery White was an American politician in North Carolina who was a two-term member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County.
George Montgomery White, American politician (born 1828)
Sir Charles Barry was an English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsible for nu…
Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (born 1795)
Thomas Addison was an English physician and medical researcher. He is traditionally regarded as one of the "great men" of Guy's Hospital in London.
Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (born 1793)
Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Pat…
Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (born 1800)
André Marie Constant Duméril was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetol…
André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (born 1774)
Joseph Locke FRSA was an English civil engineer of the nineteenth century, particularly associated with railway projects. Locke ranked alongside Robert Stephenson and Isambard King…
Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (born 1805)
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…
Led by Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi, the volunteer Expedition of the Thousand set sail from Genoa on a campaign to
R v Hopley was an 1860 legal case in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. The case concerned the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley. Hopley …
The trial of the Eastbourne manslaughter, which later became an important legal precedent in the United Kingdom for…