1862 | Europe • Great Britain
| London International Exhibition in South Kensington, London |
1864 | Europe | The first typewriter (inventor: Peter Mitterhofer) |
1866 | Europe • France | Color lithography popularized by Jules Chéret (1836–1932) in France. This made it possible to print large colored advertising posters for the first time. |
1867 | Africa | Adam Render and Carl Mauch publish research on the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. |
1867 | Europe • France | The Paris International Exhibition is held. |
1867 | Africa • Southern Africa | Diamonds discovered in Cape Colony. |
1869 | Europe | DNA is extracted by the Swiss physician Frederick Miescher - he calls it nuclein |