Explore 436 historical events from 1860–1869.
Anna Maria Jarvis was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire to establish such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarv…
Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (died 1948)
Jeanne Bérangère was a French stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly forty years on the stage and in films during the silent film era.
Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (died 1928)
Sir John Ninian Comper was a Scottish-born architect, one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architects.
Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (died 1960)
Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer and conductor known for his tone poems and operas. A leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern era, and a successor to Richar…
Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (died 1949)
Frank Michler Chapman was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.
Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945)
Johan Rudolf Kjellén was a Swedish political scientist, geographer and politician who first coined the term "geopolitics". His work was influenced by Friedrich Ratzel. Along with A…
Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and academic (died 1922)
Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist, neuropathologist and colleague of Emil Kraepelin. He is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which…
Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (died 1915)
Juris Alunāns was a Latvian writer and philologist in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first contributors of the Latvian language. He was one of the members of the Young Latvi…
Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (born 1832)
John Benjamin Cocke was an American lawyer who served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment in the Trans-Mississippi Th…
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John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was one of the highest-ranking Union officers to be…
John Sedgwick, American general and educator (born 1813)
Dr. Dwight Bryant Waldo was the first President of Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Waldo was born in Arcade, N.Y. but spent his childhood in Plainwell, Mi…
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Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert l…
Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (born 1791)
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart w…
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (born 1804)
John Clare was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and his sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent ma…
John Clare, English poet (born 1793)
Simion Bărnuțiu was a Romanian historian, academic, philosopher, jurist, and liberal politician. A leader of the 1848 revolutionary movement of Transylvanian Romanians, he represen…
Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (born 1808)
Hong Xiuquan, born Hong Huoxiu and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Chinese revolutionary and religious leader who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty. He establ…
Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (born 1812)
Sarah Rosetta Wakeman was an American female soldier who served in the Union army during the American Civil War under the male name of Lyons Wakeman. Wakeman served with Company H,…
Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, American soldier (born 1843)
Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which s…
Leonidas Polk, American general and bishop (born 1806)
The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appoint…
Richard Heales, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Victoria (born 1822)
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: African-American Union soldiers were massacred and mutilated during and after the Battle of Poison S
The Coinage Act of 1864 was a United States federal law passed on April 22, 1864, which changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin…
Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece (pictured), the first U
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Union Lt
The Second Schleswig War, also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War, was the second military conflict over the Schleswig–Holstein question of the 19th cent…
Second Schleswig War: The Battle of Heligoland (depicted), the last naval engagement fought by squadrons of wooden ships