1860 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1860th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 860th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1860, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead …

Dec 1, 2017 · The election of 1860 was one of the most pivotal presidential elections in American history. It pitted Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln against Democratic Skip to main content

May 17 German football club TSV 1860 München is founded; May 18 US Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president; May 26 Giuseppe Garibaldi occupies Palermo, Italy; Jun 3 Comanche, Iowa, completely destroyed by one of a series of tornadoes; Jun 7 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco

United States presidential election of 1860, American presidential election held on November 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. The electoral split between Northern and Southern Democrats was emblematic of the severe sectional split, …

Historical Events in 1860. Apr 13 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento, California. Jun 30 Famous debate on Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution held at the Oxford University Museum and dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce. Nov 6 Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of …

Nov 13, 2009 · In December 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden (1787-1863) introduced legislation aimed at resolving the looming secession crisis in the Deep South.

Jul 20, 2019 · August 13, 1860: Annie Oakley, sharpshooter who became an entertainment phenomenon, was born in Ohio. November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. December 20, 1860: In response to Lincoln's election, the state of South Carolina issued an "Ordinance of Secession" and declared it is leaving the Union. Other states would …

February 22 – The New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860 begins in Lynn, Massachusetts. The strike spreads throughout New England, and eventually involves 20,000 workers. February 26 – 1860 Wiyot Massacre: 80 to 250 Wiyot people are killed on Indian Island, near Eureka, California. February 27 – Abraham Lincoln gives his Cooper Union speech.

The 1860s (pronounced "eighteen-sixties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1860, and ended on December 31, 1869. The decade was noted for featuring numerous major societal shifts in the Americas.

Events [ edit] 1 January – Cray Wanderers Football Club formed in St Mary Cray, north Kent. 25 January – HMS Prince of Wales, a 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate ship of the line is launched at Portsmouth Dockyard. February – Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom recommends erection of the Palmerston Forts.