Explore 854 historical events from 1860–1869.
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)
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of He…
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1953)
Juliette Wytsman was a Belgian impressionist painter. She was married to painter Rodolphe Wytsman. Her paintings are in the collections of several museums in Belgium.
Juliette Wytsman, Belgian painter (died 1925)
Carlos Schwabe was a Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker.
Carlos Schwabe, Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker (died 1926)
Francesco Cilea was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur.
Francesco Cilea, Italian composer and academic (died 1950)
Frederick Frost Blackman FRS was a British plant physiologist.
Frederick Blackman, English physiologist and academic (died 1947)
António José de Almeida was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1919 to 1923. António José de Almeida also served as prime minister from 1916 to 19…
António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (died 1929)
Helen Beatrix Heelis, usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featur…
Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (died 1943)
Albertson Van Zo Post was an American fencer and writer. He earned two gold medals in the 1904 Summer Olympics as well as a silver and two bronze medals, and also competed in the 1…
Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer (died 1938)
Carl Dietrich Harries was a German chemist born in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Prussia. He received his doctorate in 1892. In 1900, he married Hertha von Siemens, daughter of the ele…
Carl Harries, German chemist and academic (died 1923)
Matthew Alexander Henson was an American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on ex…
Matthew Henson, American explorer (died 1955)
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has…
Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
Hendrik "Henrik" Sillem was a Dutch jurist, mountaineer and sport shooter.
Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist (died 1907)
Giovanni Agnelli was an Italian industrialist and principal founder of Fiat S.p.A., established in 1899. Under his leadership, Fiat became a cornerstone of Italy's automotive indus…
Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A. (died 1945)
George Henry Stevens Trott was an Australian cricketer who played 24 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1888 and 1898. Although Trott was a versatile batsman, spin bowler and o…
Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (died 1917)
Louis Édouard Lapicque was a French neuroscientist, socialist activist, antiboulangist, dreyfusard and freemason who was very influential in the early 20th century. One of his main…
Louis Lapicque, French neuroscientist known for the integrate-and-fire model of the nervous system (died 1952)
Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de La Vallée Poussin was a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for proving the prime number theorem.
Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (died 1962)
Italo Santelli was an Italian fencer who is considered to be the "father of modern sabre fencing".
Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (died 1945)
Asaf Jah VI, also known as Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, was the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad State, one of the princely states of India, between 1869 and 1911.
Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 1911)
Asaf Jah VI, also known as Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, was the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad State, one of the princely states of India, between 1869 and 1911.
Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 1911)
José Gabriel Gálvez Egúsquiza was a Peruvian lawyer, professor and liberal politician. During the presidential government of Mariano Ignacio Prado he was Secretary—i.e. Minister—of…
José Gálvez Egúsquiza, Peruvian politician (born 1819)
Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman was a Russian mathematician of Jewish-Austrian origin. He was a student of Joseph Johann Littrow, and the advisor of Pafnuty Chebyshev and August David…
Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1796)
John McDouall Stuart, often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers.
John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (born 1815)
Seattle was a leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship…
Chief Seattle, American tribal chief (born 1780)