1860
Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian (died 1929)
Albert Giraud was a Belgian poet who wrote in French.
Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian (died 1929)
The 1860s
Explore 854 historical events from 1860–1869.
1860
Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (died 1956)
Gustave Charpentier was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise.
Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (died 1956)
1860
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (died 1935)
Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate…
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (died 1935)
1860
Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (died 1919)
Robert Bacon was an American athlete, banker, businessman, statesman, diplomat and Republican Party politician who served as the 39th United States Secretary of State in the Theodo…
Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (died 1919)
1860
Mathieu Jaboulay, French surgeon (died 1913)
Mathieu Jaboulay was a French surgeon born in Saint-Genis-Laval, a city in the department of Rhône. He is remembered for introduction of new surgical procedures, as well as his wor…
Mathieu Jaboulay, French surgeon (died 1913)
1860
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1911)
Gustav Mahler was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century tradition a…
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1911)
1860
Princess Charlotte of Prussia (died 1919)
Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen was Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen from 1914 to 1918 as the wife of Bernhard III, the duchy's last ruler. Born at the Neues Pala…
Princess Charlotte of Prussia (died 1919)
1860
Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (died 1939)
Alfons Maria Mucha, known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for…
Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (died 1939)
1860
Elias M. Ammons, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado (died 1925)
Elias Milton Ammons served as the 19th governor of Colorado from 1913 to 1915. He is perhaps best remembered for ordering National Guard troops into Ludlow, Colorado during the Col…
Elias M. Ammons, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado (died 1925)
1860
Lizzie Borden, American woman, tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and step-mother in 1892 (died 1927)
Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No one else was…
Lizzie Borden, American woman, tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and step-mother in 1892 (died 1927)
1860
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (died 1922)
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia was by birth member of the House of Romanov and a Grand Duchess of Russia and by marriage Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (died 1922)
1860
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (died 1940)
Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington,, was a British politician and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901,…
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (died 1940)
1860
Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator (died 1940)
Mary Morris Vaux Walcott was an American artist and naturalist known for her watercolor paintings of wildflowers. She has been called the "Audubon of Botany."
Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator (died 1940)
1860
Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (died 1918)
Bazil George Assan was a Romanian engineer, explorer and economist. Belonging to a wealthy family in Bucharest, Assan was an important figure in the industrialization of the Kingdo…
Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (died 1918)
1860
William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (died 1935)
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a British-American inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.
William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (died 1935)
1860
Louis Wain, English artist (died 1939)
Louis William Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens.
Louis Wain, English artist (died 1939)
1860
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (died 1936)
Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian music theorist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani classical music, an art which had been propagated for centuries most…
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (died 1936)
1860
Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (died 1939)
Ottó Titusz Bláthy was a Hungarian electrical engineer. During his career he became the co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the voltage regulator, the AC watt-hour mete…
Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (died 1939)
1860
Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (died 1907)
Klara Hitler was the mother of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. In 1934, Adolf Hitler honoured his mother by naming a street in Passau after her.
Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (died 1907)
1860
Annie Oakley, American target shooter (died 1926)
Annie Oakley was an American exhibition/trick shooter and folk heroine who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
Annie Oakley, American target shooter (died 1926)
1860
Ernest Thompson Seton, American author, artist, and naturalist (died 1946)
Ernest Thompson Seton was a Canadian and American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (…
Ernest Thompson Seton, American author, artist, and naturalist (died 1946)
1860
Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer (died 1938)
Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, generally known as Lord Hawke, was an English amateur cricketer active from 1881 to 1911 who played for Yorkshire and England. He was born in …
Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer (died 1938)
1860
Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (died 1924)
Florence Mabel Harding was First Lady of the United States from 1921 until the death of her second husband, President Warren G. Harding, in 1923. She had initially studied to be a …
Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (died 1924)
1860
Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author (died 1887)
Jules Laforgue was a Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet. Critics and commentators have also pointed to Impressionism as a direct influence and his poetry …
Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author (died 1887)