Explore 436 historical events from 1860–1869.
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United S…
American Civil War: A Confederate victory by forces under General Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Cross Keys, along w
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: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle o
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating t…
President Abraham Lincoln signs the Territorial Slavery Act of 1862, which prohibits slavery in all current and future U
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was an English politician in colonial Canada and New Zealand. He is considered a key figure in the establishment in the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s of British co…
Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (born 1796)
John Drew was an Irish-American stage actor and theatre manager. Drew is a part of the multi-generational Drew acting family and the great-great-grandfather of actress Drew Barrymo…
John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (born 1827)
Franciszek (also spelled Franz) Wincenty Mirecki (1791–1862) was a Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher.
Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (born 1791)
Hidenoyama Raigorō was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Kesennuma, Mutsu Province. He was the sport's 9th yokozuna.
Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (born 1808)
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard was a Hungarian–German experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays. This work led to his exp…
Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on…
Slavery in Washington, D
Fertilisation of Orchids is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin published on 15 May 1862 under the full explanatory title On the Various Contrivances by Which British and F…
Fertilisation of Orchids, the first book by Charles Darwin which demonstrated the power of natural selection in detail,
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: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Vi
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: Confederate troops under Joseph E
Trương Định, sometimes known as Trương Công Định, was a mandarin (scholar-official) in the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam under Emperor Tự Đức. He is best known for leading a guerrilla …
Vietnamese guerrilla leader Trương Định chose to fight on against European forces, defying Emperor Tự Đức and the Treaty
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: The Union Army's victory in the First Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval p
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: The Confederate Army won a resounding victory at the Battle of Cross Keys, one of the two decisive b
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: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a vic
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mount…
The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States; Virginia later becomes the eighth s
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: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching
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: Robert E
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus
The Great Comet of 1861, formally designated as C/1861 J1 and 1861 II, is a long-period comet that was visible to the naked eye for approximately 3 months. It was categorized as a …
The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 1886 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns 7,540 kilometres of opera…
Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri
The Règlement Organique was a series of international conventions, between 1860 and 1864, between the Ottoman Empire and the European Powers, which led to the creation of the Mount…
The Beyoglu Protocol turns the district of Mount Lebanon into an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire and grants
Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, also known as Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor, mostly self-educated in the fields of chemist…
Thaddeus S