Explore 683 historical events from 1860–1869.
Maurice Raoul-Duval was a French polo player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (died 1916)
Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel sometimes spelled Stillwell-Kuesel was a pioneer American dentist. She was the founder of the Women's Dental Association of the United States, which s…
Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (died 1936)
Thomas Barfoed Thrige was a Danish entrepreneur, industrialist and businessman. In 1894, he started the company Thomas B. Thrige, a manufacturer of electric motors, now known as T-…
Thomas B
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie, better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire but …
Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (died 1925)
The Fenian Brotherhood was an Irish republican organisation founded in the United States in 1858 by John O'Mahony and Michael Doheny. It was a precursor to Clan na Gael, a sister o…
The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after
The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military fortifications, customs…
One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-
The Austro-Prussian War was fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, with each also being aided by various allies within the German Confederation. Pru…
Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs.
The Austro-Prussian War was fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, with each also being aided by various allies within the German Confederation. Pru…
Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian…
The Reconstruction era, often simply called Reconstruction, was a period in United States history that followed the American Civil War (1861–1865) and was dominated by the legal, s…
Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.
John Joseph O'Connor, also known as Peach Pie, was an American catcher, outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball in the American Association, the National League, and …
Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)
George Howells Broadhurst was an Anglo-American theatre owner/manager, director, producer and playwright. His plays were most popular from the late 1890s into the 1920s.
George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager (died 1952)
Miina Sillanpää was a Finnish politician. She served as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in 1926–1927. She was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' mov…
Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (died 1952)
Germanos Karavangelis was known for his service as Metropolitan Bishop of Kastoria and later Amaseia, Pontus. He was a member of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee and functioned as…
Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (died 1935)
Military ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships within armed forces, police, intelligence agencies and other institutions organized along military lines. Responsibility f…
The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses…
Lavinia Ellen "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie was an American sculptor. Her most famous work is the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. Ream's Statue…
At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United…
The New Orleans massacre of 1866 occurred on July 30, when a peaceful demonstration of mostly Black freedmen was set upon by a mob of white rioters, many of whom had been soldiers …
Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and…
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was an Indian political leader and a social reformer during the Indian independence movement, and political mentor of Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi. G…
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician (died 1915)
John Nicholas Ringling was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bro…
John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus (died 1936)
James Burns was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1890 and 1896 as a right-handed middle order batter and as an occasional left-arm slow bowler, and for Marylebone …
James Burns, English cricketer (died 1957)
Matthew Aloysius "Matches" Kilroy was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. During his rookie season in 1886, he had 513 strikeouts, which remains the MLB singl…
Matt Kilroy, American baseball player (died 1940)
Eloísa Díaz Inzunza was a Chilean medical doctor. She was the first female medical student to attend the University of Chile, and the first woman to become a doctor of medicine in …
Eloísa Díaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (died 1950)
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the sear…
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker, backer in the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb (
Bartholomeus Roodenburch was a Dutch backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (died 1939)
Albert Gottschalk was a Danish painter. He had a close connection, personally and artistically, to the poets Johannes Jørgensen, Viggo Stuckenberg and Sophus Claussen.
Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (died 1906)