Centuries:
18th century -
19th century -
20th century
Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s - 1860s - 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
Years: 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 - 1869 - 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874
Events
Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy
Births
- February 11 - Helene Kroller-Muller Dutch museum founder and patron of the arts.
- February 14 - Charles Wilson[?], physicist
- March 5 - Michael von Faulhaber[?], cardinal and archbishop (+ 1952)
- March 14 - Algernon Blackwood, writer (+ 1951)
- March 18 - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (+ 1940)
- March 21 - Florenz Ziegfeld[?], theatrical producer (+ 1932)
- April 11 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor
- May 14 - Friedrich Karl Kleine[?], physician (+ 1951)
- August 10 - Lawrence Binyon, poet and scholar
- September 2 - Fritz Pregl, chemist (Nobel prize 1923)
- October 2 - Mohandas Gandhi, Indian politician
- November 9 - Marie Dressler, Academy Award winning actress (+ 1934)
- December 31 - Henri Matisse, painter
Deaths