Explore 1232 historical events from 1860–1869.
Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He is most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devo…
Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (died 1955)
Ladislaus Josephovich Bortkiewicz was a Russian economist and statistician of Polish ancestry. He wrote a book showing how the Poisson distribution, a discrete probability distribu…
Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician (died 1931)
Huntley Wright was an English stage and film actor, comedian, dancer and singer, best known for creating roles in many important Edwardian musical comedies.
Huntley Wright, English actor (died 1941)
Hugo Eckener was the manager of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, includ…
Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman (died 1954)
Bernarr Macfadden was an American proponent of physical culture, a combination of bodybuilding with nutritional and health theories. He founded the long-running magazine publishing…
Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (died 1955)
Ellen Crosby Roosevelt was an American tennis player. Roosevelt was a daughter of John Aspinwall Roosevelt, an estate proprietor, and Ellen Murray Crosby. She started playing tenni…
Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (died 1954)
Willis Rodney Whitney was an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company. He is known as the "father of industrial research" in the Unit…
Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (died 1958)
Edgar Lee Masters was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology (1915), The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Sati…
Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (died 1950)
General Hong Beom-do was a Korean independence activist and national hero. Hong served as commander of a guerrilla unit of the Justice Army "Yibyon" within the Righteous armies and…
Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist (died 1943)
Heinrich Häberlin was a Swiss politician, judge and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1920–1934).
Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (died 1947)
Silas Seth Weeks was an American composer who played mandolin, violin, banjo and guitar. Although he played many instruments he concentrated professionally on the mandolin. He is c…
Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (died 1953)
Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a m…
Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (died 1952)
Mary Hunter Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and peo…
Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic (died 1934)
Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie Botrel was a French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright. He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany, of which the most famous …
Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)
James Alexander Calder was a Canadian politician.
James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (died 1956)
Louise McKinney was a Canadian politician, temperance advocate, and women's rights activist. She was the first woman elected into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first …
Louise McKinney, Canadian educator and politician (died 1931)
Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear y Pacheco served as president of Argentina from 1922 to 1928.
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (died 1942)
August Horch was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant that eventually became Audi.
August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi (died 1951)
Mariano Trías y Closas is considered to be the first de facto Philippine Vice President of that revolutionary government established at the Tejeros Convention - an assembly of Phil…
Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines (died 1914)
Ernst Didring was an early 20th-century author who wrote mainly of life in his home country of Sweden.
Ernst Didring, Swedish author (died 1931)
Bertha Ethel Knight Landes was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928. After years of civic activism, primarily …
Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (died 1943)
Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, was a British Army officer who played a part in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War. He was also a war corr…
Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (died 1951)
Alexandra David-Néel was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden…
Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969)
Daniel L. Burke was an American reserve catcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Rochester Broncos and the Syracuse Stars in 1890, and with the Bo…
Dan Burke, American baseball player (died 1933)