Explore 854 historical events from 1860–1869.
Florence Foster Jenkins was an American socialite and amateur coloratura soprano who became known and mocked for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing abilit…
Florence Foster Jenkins, American soprano and educator (died 1944)
Miron Cristea was a Romanian cleric and politician.
Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania (died 1939)
Constantine I was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and again from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. The eldest son of George I of Greece, he succeeded to the …
Constantine I of Greece (died 1923)
Canchupati Venkatarao Venkaswami Rao(4 August 1868 – 12 May 1922), referred as Master C.V.V. in his own handwritten original writings, was an Indian philosopher, yogi, and guru. Ma…
Master C. V. V., Indian philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1922)
Oskar Merikanto was a Finnish composer, music critic, pianist, and organist.
Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer (died 1924)
Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He is most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devo…
Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (died 1955)
Ladislaus Josephovich Bortkiewicz was a Russian economist and statistician of Polish ancestry. He wrote a book showing how the Poisson distribution, a discrete probability distribu…
Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician (died 1931)
Huntley Wright was an English stage and film actor, comedian, dancer and singer, best known for creating roles in many important Edwardian musical comedies.
Huntley Wright, English actor (died 1941)
Bernarr Macfadden was an American proponent of physical culture, a combination of bodybuilding with nutritional and health theories. He founded the long-running magazine publishing…
Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (died 1955)
Hugo Eckener was the manager of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, includ…
Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman (died 1954)
Ellen Crosby Roosevelt was an American tennis player. Roosevelt was a daughter of John Aspinwall Roosevelt, an estate proprietor, and Ellen Murray Crosby. She started playing tenni…
Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (died 1954)
Willis Rodney Whitney was an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company. He is known as the "father of industrial research" in the Unit…
Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (died 1958)
Edgar Lee Masters was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology (1915), The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Sati…
Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (died 1950)
General Hong Beom-do was a Korean independence activist and national hero. Hong served as commander of a guerrilla unit of the Justice Army "Yibyon" within the Righteous armies and…
Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist (died 1943)
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 18…
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born
Henry Bennett was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from New York from 1849 to 1859.
Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (born 1808)
Kondō Isami was a Japanese swordsman and samurai of the late Edo period. He was the fourth generation master of Tennen Rishin-ryū and was famed for his role as commander of the Sh…
Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (born 1834)
Julius Plücker was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode ra…
Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (born 1801)
Christopher Houston Carson, popularly known as Kit Carson, was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and U.S. Army officer.
Kit Carson, American general (born 1809)
Mihailo Obrenović III was the ruling Prince of Serbia from 1839 to 1842 and again from 1860 to 1868.
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (born 1823)
Heber Chase Kimball was an American religious leader who was a pioneer in the early Latter Day Saint movement. He served as one of the original twelve apostles in the early Church …
Heber C
Carlo Matteucci was an Italian physicist and neurophysiologist who was a pioneer in the study of bioelectricity.
Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (born 1811)
James Buchanan Jr. was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the 17th United States secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represe…
James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (born 1791)
Harada Sanosuke was a Japanese warrior (samurai) who lived in the late Edo period. He was the 10th unit captain of the Shinsengumi, and died during the Boshin War.
Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (born 1840)