Page 3: Historical Events In 1860

Apr 26   Founding of the Second Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada from six independent militia units; later the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, oldest regiment in the Canadian Armed Forces in the year 1860.   

Apr 27   In the year 1860 thomas J Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry   

Apr 29   On this day in history lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk)   

Apr 30   In the year 1860 navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby)   

May 02   In the year 1860 d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)   

May 03   In the year 1860 charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.   

May 04   On this day in history emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies   

May 04   Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) on this day in history.   

May 06   In the year 1860 sF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club forms   

May 09   In the year 1860 james Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan)   

May 15   On this day in history ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson   

May 16   In the year 1860 -18] Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate   

May 16   Republican convention (Chicago) selects Abraham Lincoln candidate on this day in history.   

May 17   German football club TSV 1860 München is founded on this day in history.   

May 18   Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president in the year 1860.   

May 19   In the year 1860 victor E Orlando, Italy's premier (1917-19)   

May 21   In the year 1860 johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53   

May 21   On this day in history willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)   

May 23   In the year 1860 albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies   

May 26   Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy on this day in history.   

May 31   On this day in history walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner)   

Jun 03   Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes on this day in history.   

Jun 06   William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, SF   

Jun 09   In the year 1860 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter"   

Jun 12   The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established on this day in history.   

Jun 15   1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin) on this day in history.   

Jun 15   The first White settlement in Idaho (Franklin) in the year 1860.   

Jun 18   On this day in history hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])   

Jun 23   In the year 1860 congress establishes Government Printing Office   

Jun 23   In the year 1860 congress establishes the Government Printing Office   

Jun 23   US Secret Service created in the year 1860.   

Jun 25   Gustave Charpentier, French composer (opera Louise) in the year 1860.   

Jun 29   On this day in history thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of william C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)   

Jan 07   Emanuil Mandlov, composer was born in the year 1860.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author (Journal)   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)   

Jan 17   Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (d. 1949) was born in the year 1860.   

Jan 21   In the year 1860 birth of karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)   

Jan 25   Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1860 martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63   

Jan 13   On this day in history death of william Mason, American politician (b. 1786)   

Jan 27   On this day in history death of jános Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)   

Jan 30   On this day in history francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44   

Feb 09   On this day in history eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63   

Feb 20   Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Feb 25   Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790) died in the year 1860.