This whole site is vibe-coded.
TIMELINER

History's most surprising connections

Who Was Alive in 1860

61 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1860

Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 75
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 72
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 69
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 69
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 58
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 58
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 57
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 56
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 55
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 51
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 51
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 49
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 48
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 47
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 47
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 45
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 42
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 42
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 41
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 41
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 41
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 40
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 40
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 40
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 39
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 39
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 38
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 38
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 38
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 32
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 32
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 32
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 30
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 29
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 29
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 27
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 26
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 25
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 25
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 21
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 20
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 20
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 20
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 19
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 16
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 16
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 13
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 13
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 12
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 8
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 7
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 6
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 4
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 4
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 4
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 4
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 2
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 2
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 2
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 1
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 0
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master

Born in 1860

Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master

Also Born in 1860

1860–1904 · born January 29
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
1860–1911 · born July 7
Composer and conductor (1860–1911)
1860–1904 · born May 2
Father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)
1860–1937 · born May 9
Scottish novelist and playwright (1860–1937)
1860–1935 · born September 6
American activist and reformer (1860–1935)
1860–1917 · born May 20
German chemist (1860–1917)
1860–1934 · born August 20
President of France from 1913 to 1920
1860–1927 · born May 21
Dutch physiologist (1860–1927)
1860–1939 · born July 24
Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist (1860–1939)
1860–1904 · born December 15
Faroese physician and Nobel laureate (1860–1904)
1860–1925 · born November 23
Swedish politician (1860–1925)
1860–1941 · born November 18
Polish pianist, composer, intellectual and statesman (1860–1941)

Died in 1860

Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism

Also Died in 1860

1788–1860 · died September 21
German philosopher (1788–1860)
1802–1860 · died January 27
Hungarian mathematician (1802–1860)
1784–1860 · died December 14
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1855
1800–1860 · died July 1
American inventor (1800–1860)
1791–1860 · died April 8
Hungarian noble and statesman (1791–1860)
1795–1860 · died March 25
Scottish surgeon (1795–1860), pioneer of hypnotism

Sources

  1. 1860 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  3. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  4. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  5. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  6. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  7. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  8. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  9. George Sand — Wikipedia
  10. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  11. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  12. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  13. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  14. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  15. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  16. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  17. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  18. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  19. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  20. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  21. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  22. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  23. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  24. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  25. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  26. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  27. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  28. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  29. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  30. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  31. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  32. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  33. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  34. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  35. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  36. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  37. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  38. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  39. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  40. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  41. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  42. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  43. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  44. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  45. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  46. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  47. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  48. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  49. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  50. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  51. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  52. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
  53. Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
  54. Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
  55. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  56. Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
  57. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  58. Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  59. Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
  60. Max Planck — Wikipedia
  61. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  62. Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
← 1859 1861 →