Important Historical Events of the year 1860, Year 1860 in History

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List of 1860 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1860

What happened in the year 1860?

Date	Event
January 1, 1860	The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
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 5, 1860	Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
March 17, 1860	The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
March 24, 1860	Sakuradamon Incident: Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke is assassinated by rōnin samurai outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.
March 28, 1860	First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
April 3, 1860	The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, 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 9, 1860	On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
May 18, 1860	United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
May 27, 1860	Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
June 23, 1860	The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
June 30, 1860	The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
August 5, 1860	Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
September 7, 1860	Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
September 8, 1860	The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
September 18, 1860	Second Opium War: Battle of Zhangjiawan: Now heading towards Beijing after having recently occupied Tianjin, the allied Anglo-French force engages and defeats a larger Qing Chinese army at Zhangjiawan.
September 20, 1860	The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
September 21, 1860	Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
October 17, 1860	First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
October 18, 1860	The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
October 26, 1860	Unification of Italy: The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
November 6, 1860	Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
December 20, 1860	South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States with the South Carolina Declaration of Secession.
December 26, 1860	First Rules derby is held between Sheffield F.C. and Hallam F.C., the oldest football fixture in the world.
December 29, 1860	The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.