Explore 1232 historical events from 1860–1869.
Nettie Maria Stevens was the American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes. In 1905, soon after the rediscovery of Mendel's paper on genetics in 1900, she observed that male m…
Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (died 1912)
Anton Stepanovich Arensky was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, pianist, conductor and professor of music. He is known especially for his chamber music, songs and pia…
Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1906)
Kate M. Gordon was an American suffragist, civic leader, and one of the leading advocates of women's voting rights in the Southern United States. Gordon was the organizer of the So…
Kate M. Gordon, American activist (died 1931)
Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem was a French theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity. Duhem was also a pr…
Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916)
William Attewell was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Attewell was a medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy a…
William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)
Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee was a German naval officer in the Imperial German Navy, who commanded the East Asia Squadron during World War I. Spee entered t…
Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (died 1914)
Kadambini Bose Ganguly was the first Indian female doctor of western medicine along with Anandibai Joshi. Both got their degree in Western medicine in 1886. However, she was India'…
Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (died 1923)
Andrew Cowper Lawson was a Scots-born Canadian geologist who became professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the editor and co-author of the 1908 repo…
Andrew Lawson, Scottish-Canadian Geologist, first to identify and name the San Andreas Fault (died 1952)
Samuel Percy Jones was an Australian cricketer who played 12 Test matches between 1882 and 1888.
Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (died 1951)
Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray CIE FNI FRASB FIAS FCS was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist from Bengal. He established the first modern Indian…
Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic (died 1944)
Daniel Edward Howard was the 16th president of Liberia, serving from 1912 to 1920.
Daniel Edward Howard, 16th president of Liberia (died 1935)
Byron George Harlan was an American singer from Kansas, a comic minstrel singer and balladeer who often recorded with Arthur Collins. The two together were often billed as "Collin…
Byron G. Harlan, American singer (died 1936)
William Lane was an English-born journalist, author, advocate of Australian labour politics and a utopian socialist ideologue.
William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia (died 1917)
Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt, was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times.
Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, also referred to by his initials, MV, was an Indian civil engineer, administrator, and statesman, who served as the 19th Dewan of Mysore from 1912 to…
M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (died 1962)
Dorothea Klumpke Roberts was an American astronomer. In 1893, she became the first woman to earn a doctorate degree at the Sorbonne University. She joined the Paris Observatory whe…
Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic (died 1942)
Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin was an American schoolteacher and inventor. In 1888, she obtained a patent for the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels, becoming the second African-American …
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
George Herbert Putnam was an American librarian. He was the eighth Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. He implemented his vision of a universal collection with strengths in ma…
Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress (died 1955)
Robert Bosch was a German business magnate, engineer and inventor. He was the founder of Bosch.
Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (died 1942)
Bhikhaiji Rustom Cama, also known as Madam Cama, was one of the prominent figures in the Indian independence movement. She unfurled one of the earliest versions of the flag of inde…
Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (died 1936)
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson was an American poet, writer and lecturer. She was also the younger sister of President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of First Lady…
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author (died 1933)
William Mills Wrigley Jr. was an American chewing gum industrialist. He founded the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in 1891.
William Wrigley Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (died 1932)
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918) was an American theologian and Baptist pastor who taught at the Rochester Theological Seminary. Rauschenbusch was a key figure in the Social Gospel…
Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian (died 1918)
Frederic Sackrider Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the …
Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1909)