Explore 854 historical events from 1860–1869.
Frances Adeline Seward was the First Lady of New York and the wife of William Henry Seward, a senator in the New York legislature, Governor of New York, a senator from New York and…
Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H
Jean-Joseph Dassy, a French historical and portrait painter, and lithographer, was born at Marseilles on 27 December 1791, and died in the same city on 27 July 1865.
Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (born 1791)
William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as…
William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (born 1785)
Evangelos or Evangelis Zappas was a Greek philanthropist and businessman who is recognized today as one of the founders of the modern Olympic Games, which were held in 1859, 1870, …
Evangelos Zappas, Greek-Romanian businessman and philanthropist (born 1800)
George Andrew Atzerodt was a German American repairman, Confederate sympathizer, and conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was assigned to assassin…
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: execution of convicted conspirators
James Barry was a military surgeon in the British Army. Originally from the city of Cork in Ireland, Barry obtained a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School…
James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (born 1799)
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothe…
Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (born 1818)
Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer. Among his activities, he worked on the calculation of the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the Earth to the S…
Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (born 1791)
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a Nova Scotia-born judge, author, novelist, and Conservative MP in Britain. He was the first internationally bestselling fiction author from what is …
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (born 1796)
The United States Army is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As a part …
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It…
The International Telecommunication Union, which standardizes and regulates international radio and telecommunications,
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: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Ar
Brigadier-General Stand Watie, also known as Standhope Uwatie and Isaac S. Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 186…
Stand Watie became the last Confederate general of the American Civil War to surrender to Union forces
The first ascent of the Matterhorn was a mountaineering expedition of the Matterhorn made by Edward Whymper, Lord Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz, and t…
A seven-man mountaineering team made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, marking the end of the golden age of alpinism.
Crescent City is the only incorporated city in Del Norte County, California, United States, of which it is also the county seat. The city is on the North Coast of California and ha…
Off the coast of Crescent City, California, the steamer Brother Jonathan struck an uncharted rock and sank, killing…
The Battle of Plymouth was an engagement during the American Civil War that was fought from April 17 through April 20, 1864, in Washington County, North Carolina.
American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina
The Battle of Dybbøl was the key battle of the Second Schleswig War, fought between Denmark and Prussia. The battle was fought on the morning of 18 April 1864, following a siege th…
Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
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A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. The term was also retrospectively applied to the Baltimore clipper, which originated in the la…
The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co
The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, west of mainland Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese, but the group includes many smaller islands in ad…
The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece
During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union army, Federal a…
American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure
The Emperor of Mexico was the head of state and head of government of Mexico on two non-consecutive occasions during the 19th century.
Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time
The Battle of Marks' Mills, also known as the Action at Marks’ Mills, was fought in present-day Cleveland County, Arkansas, during the American Civil War. Confederate Brigadier-Gen…
American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers an
Theta Xi (ΘΞ) is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1864. Of all the social fraternities today, Theta Xi…
Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the America