Explore 1232 historical events from 1860–1869.
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.
The Battle of Alcolea took place on 28 September 1868, over a bridge above Guadalquivir river in the town of Alcolea, Córdoba, Spain. In this battle, revolutionary forces led by Ge…
The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
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…
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…
Grito de Lares, also referred to as the Lares revolt, or the Lares revolution, was the first short revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico, staged by the Revolutionary Committee…
The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
Alexander Nevsky was a large screw frigate of the Russian Imperial Navy. The ship was designed as part of a challenge being offered by the Russian Empire to the Royal Navy, but was…
The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei…
Cornell University is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and h…
Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American…
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)
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)
The Ten Years' War, also known as the Great War and the War of '68, was a war of independence of Cuba from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy nati…
The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
The Meiji Restoration , referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration , was a political event that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji and led to the…
Meiji Restoration: Having taken the shogunate's seat of power at Edo and declared it his new capital as Tokyo,…
Uspenski Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox or Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the T…
The Uspenski Cathedral, designed by Aleksey Gornostayev, is inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
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)
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)