1860 - What happened in 1860 ?

January 1860

Monday 02:

The discovery of the planet Vulcan was announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.

February 1860

Monday 27:

Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.

March 1860

Monday 05:

Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referenda to join Kingdom of Sardinia.

Wednesday 28:

First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

April 1860

Tuesday 03:

The first successful Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins, and is completed on April 13).

Saturday 14:

The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California.

May 1860

Tuesday 01:

A chondrite-type meteorite falls to earth in Muskingum County, Ohio, near the town of New Concord.

Thursday 03:

Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

Sunday 27:

Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.

June 1860

Saturday 09:

' becomes the first dime novel to be published.

Tuesday 19:

Louise of Orange-Nassau marries King Charles XV of Sweden-Norway.

Saturday 23:

The US Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.

August 1860

Friday 03:

The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.

Sunday 05:

Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

September 1860

Friday 07:

Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.

Thursday 20:

The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.

Friday 21:

In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao.

October 1860

Wednesday 17:

First British golf open

Thursday 18:

The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.

November 1860

Tuesday 06:

U.S. presidential election, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office.

December 1860

Thursday 20:

South Carolina becomes first state to secede from the United States

Saturday 29:

The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, the HMS Warrior is launched.