Historical figures in 1866
The atlas holds 25 people and 42 moments here, in 1866. The most recorded lives are Mark Twain, Andrew Johnson and Karl Marx. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Performers.
Notable people
Alexander Graham Bell
in 1866
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Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
Alfred Nobel
in 1866
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Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Andrew Johnson
in 1866
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Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869 after serving as vice president, U.S.…
Benito Juárez
in 1866
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Mexican lawyer, Liberal politician, and president of Mexico from 1858 until his death. A Zapotec from Oaxaca, Juárez led the Liberal government…
Camille Pissarro
in 1866
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Danish-French painter and a central figure in Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Born in Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, Pissarro studied in…
Charles Baudelaire
in 1866
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French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…
Chulalongkorn
in 1866
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Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was King of Siam from 1868 until 1910. His reign combined state centralization, legal and social reform, and diplomacy…
Giuseppe Verdi
in 1866
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Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1866
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Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
H. G. Wells
in 1866
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Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
Johannes Brahms
in 1866
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German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…
Karl Marx
in 1866
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German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Mark Twain
in 1866
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Michael Faraday
in 1866
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English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Octave Mirbeau
in 1866
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French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1866
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Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Porfirio Díaz
in 1866
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José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
in 1866
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Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Richard Wagner
in 1866
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German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Sarah Bernhardt
in 1866
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French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Sun Yat-sen
in 1866
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Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1866
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Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Vincent van Gogh
in 1866
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Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
Walt Whitman
in 1866
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American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
Moments
- 1866 University studies in Edinburgh Alexander Graham Bell
- 1866 United States visit during Krümmel factory explosion Alfred Nobel
- 1866 Move to Pontoise Camille Pissarro
- 1866 Novice ordination at Wat Bawonniwet Chulalongkorn
- 1866 Extended Paris stay for Don Carlos Giuseppe Verdi
- 1866 Visits Portugal Hans Christian Andersen
- 1866 Three-month Karlsruhe stay Johannes Brahms
- 1866 Lectures in Washoe City Mark Twain
- 1866 Assassination attempt in Berlin Otto von Bismarck
- 1866 Observed the Battle of Königgrätz Otto von Bismarck
- 1866 Move to Moscow for music teaching Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1866 Engagement at the Odéon Sarah Bernhardt
- 1866 Student at Albany Law School William McKinley
- 1866 Washington's Birthday address Andrew Johnson
- 1866 Collapse at Saint-Loup Church Charles Baudelaire
- 1866 Recuperates in Margate Karl Marx
- 1866 Walks from Margate to Canterbury Karl Marx
- 1866 Arrives in Honolulu Mark Twain
- 1866 Reports from Honolulu Mark Twain
- 1866 Residence at Villa Tribschen Richard Wagner
- 1866 Stays at Wailuku Plantation Mark Twain
- 1866 Visits Haleakalā Mark Twain
- 1866 Lighthouse work from Hampton Court Michael Faraday
- 1866 Summer at Peterhof Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1866 Government established at Chihuahua Benito Juárez
- 1866 Returns to Honolulu from Hawaiʻi Island Mark Twain
- 1866 Visits erupting Kīlauea Mark Twain
- 1866 Assessment of Fenian crisis Ulysses S. Grant
- 1866 Admission to Dr. Duval's clinic Charles Baudelaire
- 1866 New York leave from Attorney General's Office Walt Whitman
- 1866 Johnstown platform-collapse visit Andrew Johnson
- 1866 Swing Around the Circle speech in St. Louis Andrew Johnson
- 1866 Swing Around the Circle stop in Chicago Andrew Johnson
- 1866 Swing Around the Circle stop in Cleveland Andrew Johnson
- 1866 Swing Around the Circle stop in Indianapolis Andrew Johnson
- 1866 Swing Around the Circle stop in Louisville Andrew Johnson
- 1866 Birth at Atlas House H. G. Wells
- 1866 Enters school in Tilburg Vincent van Gogh
- 1866 Battle of Miahuatlán Porfirio Díaz
- 1866 Recapture of Oaxaca Porfirio Díaz
- 1866 Law-school enrollment Octave Mirbeau
- 1866 Birth in Cuiheng Sun Yat-sen