Historical Events In 1860

Oct 13   On this day in history first aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston  

Oct 15   11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard on this day in history.  

Oct 17   1st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club on this day in history.  

Oct 17   Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer in the year 1860.  

Oct 17   In the year 1860 first pro golf tournament held in Scotland  

Oct 18   The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty in the year 1860.  

Oct 19   On this day in history affie Jarvis, cricketer (Australian WK of the late 19th century)  

Oct 24   In the year 1860 elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80  

Oct 31   In the year 1860 johan Nathan, murderer, hanged  

Oct 31   On this day in history juliette Gordon Low, activist/founder (Girl Scouts of America)  

Nov 05   Carl Binder, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1860.  

Nov 06   Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill-Rep) elected 16th President in the year 1860.  

Nov 06   In the year 1860 abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th pres  

Nov 11   In the year 1860 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina  

Nov 14   Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1860.  

Nov 16   Edmund Schuecker, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20) on this day in history.  

Nov 23   In the year 1860 karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921)  

Nov 23   With the "Banking Panic" of 1857 stretching into another decade and showing few signs of lifting, the New York Clearing House moved to offer help on this day, the Clearing House handed out its first loan, issuing $7.375 million worth of certificates to the nation's ailing banks in the year 1860.  

Nov 23   On this day in history with the "Banking Panic" of 1857 stretching into another decade and showing few signs of lifting, the New York Clearing House moved to offer help: on this day, the Clearing House handed out its first loan, issuing $7.375 million worth of certificates to the nation's ailing banks.  

Nov 28   In the year 1860 heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies  

Nov 29   On this day in history hans Haym, composer  

Dec 02   On this day in history c T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)  

Dec 07   On this day in history constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43  

Dec 15   In the year 1860 niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)  

Dec 17   Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County in the year 1860.  

Dec 18   Edward Alexander MacDowell, US, composer (Indian Suite) in the year 1860.  

Dec 20   In the year 1860 sC votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede  

Dec 20   SC votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, first state to secede on this day in history.  

Dec 20   On this day in history south Carolina secedes from the American Union, and joined the Confederacy  

Dec 21   Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) on this day in history.  

Dec 23   Harriet Monroe, Chicago, poet/editor of Poetry magazine (You & I) in the year 1860.  

Dec 24   Joseph Jefferson's "Rip Van Winkle," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Dec 26   On this day in history maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)  

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Jan 02   William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of emanuil Mandlov, composer  

Jan 08   Nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1860 birth of douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (d. 1949)  

Jan 21   Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915) was born in the year 1860.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1860 st John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies  

Jan 12   On this day in history martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63  

Jan 13   William Mason, American politician (b. 1786) died in the year 1860.  

Jan 27   In the year 1860 death of jános Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)  

Jan 30   In the year 1860 francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44  

Feb 09   Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63 in the year 1860.  

Feb 20   Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 in the year 1860.  

Feb 25   On this day in history death of chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)