1860 Calendar
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1860 Historical Event(s)
January 2, 1860
– The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France
February 27, 1860
– Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
March 17, 1860
– The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand land wars.
March 28, 1860
– First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
April 6, 1860
– The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—later renamed Community of Christ—is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois
April 14, 1860
– The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California.
May 3, 1860
– Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
August 5, 1860
– Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
September 8, 1860
– The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
October 17, 1860
– First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
Who Were Born On 1860?
January 8, 1860
– Emma Booth, daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1903)
May 21, 1860
– Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist; Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
June 24, 1860
– Mercedes of Orleans, Queen of Spain (d. 1878)
August 15, 1860
– Henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)
August 16, 1860
– Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, England cricketer (d. 1938)
September 28, 1860
– Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist, discovered the Gamma rays (d. 1934)
November 7, 1860
– Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (d. 1936)
December 7, 1860
– Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
December 15, 1860
– Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1904)
December 18, 1860
– Edward MacDowell, American composer and pianist (d. 1908)