Explore 1232 historical events from 1860–1869.
Guido Castelnuovo was an Italian mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of algebraic geometry. He is also renowned for his contributions to the study of statis…
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1952)
Mikao Usui was the father of a form of energy medicine and spiritual practice known as Reiki, used as an alternative therapy for the treatment of physical, emotional, and mental di…
Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (died 1926)
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory be…
Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (died 1936)
Dame Mary Jean Gilmore was an Australian writer and journalist known for her prolific contributions to Australian literature and the broader national discourse. She wrote both pros…
Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist (died 1962)
Julia Marlowe was an English-born American actress, known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare's plays.
Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (died 1950)
Augustus Bernard Tancred was a 19th-century South African Test cricketer. His brothers, Vincent and Louis, also played Test cricket for South Africa.
Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer (died 1911)
Ferdinand I, nicknamed the Unifier, was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta A…
Ferdinand I of Romania (died 1927)
Arthur James Arnot was a Scottish electrical engineer and inventor, best known for patenting the world's first electric drill. He later designed the Spencer Street Power Station.
Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (died 1946)
James Henry Breasted was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894 – the first American to obtain a docto…
James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian (died 1935)
Charles Gates Dawes was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 for h…
Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate…
Simeón Ola y Arboleda is a hero of the Philippine Revolution and was the last general of the Philippines to surrender to the American forces after the Philippine–American War.
Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician (died 1952)
Jānis Pliekšāns, known by his pseudonym Rainis, was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts and Indulis un Ār…
Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (died 1929)
Sir William Murray McPherson, KBE was an Australian philanthropist and politician. He was the 31st Premier of Victoria.
William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (died 1932)
Frank Eugene was an American-born photographer who was a founding member of the Photo-Secession and one of the first university-level professors of photography in the world.
Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (died 1936)
Pekka Halonen was a Finnish painter of landscapes and people in the national romantic and Realist styles.
Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (died 1933)
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, usually known as Baroness Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her…
Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright (died 1947)
Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, was a senior and highly decorated and distinguished British Indian Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boe…
William Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal (died 1951)
Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon was a French painter who was born at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the…
Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter (died 1938)
Henri Lebasque was a French Post-Impressionist painter. He was born at Champigné (Maine-et-Loire). His work is represented in French museums, notably Angers, Geneva, Lille, Nantes,…
Henri Lebasque, French artist (died 1937)
Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt was an American Army officer and aide to presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. After a few years as a newspaper r…
Archibald Butt, United States Army Officer (died 1912)
Mary Du Caurroy Russell, Duchess of Bedford, was a British aviator and ornithologist. She was honoured for her work in founding hospitals and working in them during the First World…
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 1937)
Amélie of Orléans was the last Queen of Portugal as the wife of Carlos I of Portugal. She was regent of Portugal during the absence of her husband in 1895.
Amélie of Orléans, Queen Consort of Carlos I of Portugal (died 1951)
Paul Abraham Dukas was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical and abandoned and destroyed many of hi…
Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (died 1935)
Gustave Loiseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter, remembered above all for his landscapes and scenes of Paris streets.
Gustave Loiseau, French painter (died 1935)