Explore 1232 historical events from 1860–1869.
Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the …
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (died 1934)
Swami Abhedananda, born Kaliprasad Chandra, was a direct disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of Ramakrishna Vedanta Math. Swami Vivekananda …
Swami Abhedananda, Indian mystic and philosopher (died 1939)
Josephine Domingue Sabel was an American singer and comedian, billed as "The Queen of Song" in vaudeville.
Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (died 1945)
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-American electrical engineer and inventor who received hundreds of patents in fields related to radio and sonar between 1891 and 1936.
Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (died 1932)
Włodzimierz Halka Ledóchowski was a Polish Catholic priest who served as the 26th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 11 February 1915 until his death. Prior to taking ho…
Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1942)
James Ramsay MacDonald was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, first briefly in 1924 and again from 1929 to 1935. The first two of his governments belonged to the Labour Pa…
Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1937)
Thomas J. Armat was an American mechanic and inventor, a pioneer of cinema best known through the co-invention of the Edison Vita.
Thomas Armat, American mechanic and inventor (died 1948)
Norbert Klein was Bishop of Brno from 1916 to 1926 and 59th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1923 to 1933.
Norbert Klein, Bishop of Brno (died 1933)
Georg Alfred Schumann was a German composer and director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin.
Georg Schumann, German composer (died 1952)
Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a Filipino lieutenant general and a pharmacist who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5,…
Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician (died 1899)
Carl Gustav Witt was a German astronomer and discoverer of two asteroids who worked at the Berlin Urania Observatory, a popular observatory of the Urania astronomical association o…
Carl Gustav Witt, German astronomer (died 1946)
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)
Winfield Scott was an American military commander and a presidential candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of th…
Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (born 1786)
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)
Joseph Méry was a French writer, journalist, novelist, poet, playwright and librettist.
Joseph Méry, French poet and author (born 1798)
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901. She and her prince consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, became the ancestors of many members of European royalty.
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (born 1864)
Alexander von Nordmann was a Finnish biologist, who contributed to zoology, parasitology, botany and paleontology.
Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (born 1803)
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was a German mathematician who made profound contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry. In the field of real analysis, he…
Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (born 1826)
John Ross was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866; he served longer in that position than any other person. Ross led the nation through such tumultuous eve…
John Ross, American tribal chief (born 1790)
Gábor Klauzál de Szlavovicz was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in the first government of…
Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (born 1804)
John Mason Neale was an English Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter. He worked on and wrote a wide range of holy Christian texts, including obscure medieval hymns, both Wester…
John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (born 1818)
Tokugawa Iemochi was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the 14th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1858 to 1866. During his reign there was much internal…
Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (born 1846)