Explore 436 historical events from 1860–1869.
The Union is a term used to refer to the central government and loyal states of the United States during the American Civil War. Its military forces and civilian population resiste…
Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire…
The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance
The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox Court House, by General Rober…
American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama
Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. The 16th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lin…
American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining
Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard was a French composer, somewhat influenced by César Franck and Vincent d'Indy. Magnard became a national hero in 1914 when he refused to surren…
Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (died 1914)
Carl August Nielsen was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.
Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1931)
Karl Blossfeldt was a German photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. He was i…
Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer (died 1932)
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West …
American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who ling
The Battle of Palmito Ranch, also known as the Battle of Palmito Hill, is considered by some criteria the final battle of the American Civil War. It was fought May 12 and 13, 1865,…
American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Ci
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It…
The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris
Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census and estimated at 204,689 following an annexation in 202…
In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes
The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox Court House, by General Rober…
Conclusion of the American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi div
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Iris…
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Dame Mary Louise Webster, known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two w…
May Whitty, English actress (died 1948)
George Redmayne Murray was an English physician who pioneered in the treatment of endocrine disorders. In 1891, he introduced the successful treatment of myxedema, with injections …
George Redmayne Murray, English biologist and physician (died 1939)
The Battle of Riachuelo was a large and decisive naval battle of the Paraguayan War between Paraguay and the Empire of Brazil. By late 1864, Paraguay had scored a series of victori…
The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one sid
The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863,…
Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed o
Charles William Woodworth was an American entomologist. He published extensively in entomology and founded the Entomology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He w…
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John Raleigh Mott was an American evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received …
John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
Adelaide Casely-Hayford, was a Sierra Leone Creole advocate, activist of cultural nationalism, teacher, fiction writer, and feminist. Her commitment to public service led her to im…
Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism (died 1960)
Silas Stillman Soule was an American abolitionist, teenage conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and early example of what would later be called a "whistleblower…
Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (born 1838)
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the pro…
John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (born 1838)
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet, was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first scheduled steamship conne…
Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (born 1787)