Explore 1232 historical events from 1860–1869.
Apolinario Mabini y Maranán was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Governm…
Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 1903)
Vice-Admiral James Charles Tancred, born James Charles Cleghorn, was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service in the First World War, and rose to the rank of vice-admira…
James Tancred, English admiral (died 1943)
Andrej Hlinka was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest and politician who was one of the most important Slovak public activists in Czechoslovakia before World War II. He was the leader o…
Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician (died 1938)
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic. His major philosophical essay was Tragic Sense of Life (1913), and his most f…
Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author (died 1936)
Louis Jean Lumière was a French engineer and industrialist who played a key role in the development of photography and cinema.
Louis Lumière, French director and producer (died 1948)
Ozias Leduc was a Canadian painter who was an early painter in Quebec. He produced portraits and landscapes. According to Laurier Lacroix, he was the first Canadian artist who can …
Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (died 1955)
Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, was a British military officer in the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began in the regular …
Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (died 1927)
Theodore Frank Appleby was an American realtor, insurance agent, banker, and Republican Party politician from Asbury Park, New Jersey who represented Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean…
T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (died 1924)
Kamini Roy was a Bengali poet, social worker and feminist in British India. She was the first woman honours graduate in British India.
Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer (died 1933)
Elinor Glyn was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by mod…
Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (died 1943)
James Fielding Hinkle was an American banker, politician and the sixth governor of New Mexico.
James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (died 1951)
John Francis Dodge was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.
John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company (died 1920)
Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov was a Russian Romantic composer.
Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1956)
Toktogul Satylganov was a Kyrgyz akyn. The Kyrgyz town of Toktogul in the Jalal-Abad Region is named in his honour. Toktogul was born in Kushchusu, a village now submerged in the T…
Toktogul Satylganov, Kyrgyz Akyn, poet and singer (died 1933)
Don Adolfo Camarillo was a prominent Californio philanthropist, ranchero, and horse breeder, known for founding the city of Camarillo, California, along with his brother Juan Camar…
Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958)
Juris Alunāns was a Latvian writer and philologist in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first contributors of the Latvian language. He was one of the members of the Young Latvi…
Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (born 1832)
John Benjamin Cocke was an American lawyer who served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment in the Trans-Mississippi Th…
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John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was one of the highest-ranking Union officers to be…
John Sedgwick, American general and educator (born 1813)
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart w…
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (born 1804)
John Clare was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and his sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent ma…
John Clare, English poet (born 1793)
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert l…
Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (born 1791)
Simion Bărnuțiu was a Romanian historian, academic, philosopher, jurist, and liberal politician. A leader of the 1848 revolutionary movement of Transylvanian Romanians, he represen…
Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (born 1808)
Hong Xiuquan, born Hong Huoxiu and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Chinese revolutionary and religious leader who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty. He establ…
Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (born 1812)