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May 31 – Peter Vivian Daniel, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1841 to 1860 (born 1784) June 6 – Henry P. Haun, U.S. Senator from California from 1859 to 1860 (born 1815) July 1 – Charles Goodyear, inventor (born 1800) September 12 – William Walker, filibuster, briefly President of Nicaragua, executed (born 1824)
The signing of the First Geneva Convention by some of the major European powers in 1864 T. H. Huxley's famous debate in 1860 with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The London Fire Brigade was established in 1865. Florence Nightingale founds school for nurses in 1860.
U.S. territorial extent in 1860. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins. November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four-man race. December 18 – Crittenden Compromise fails. December 20 – President Buchanan fires his cabinet.
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 ...
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These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
March – Food and Drink Act, 1860 prohibits the adulteration of certain foodstuffs. [2] 7 March – HMS Howe, the Royal Navy's last, largest and fastest wooden first-rate three-decker ship of the line, is launched at Pembroke Dockyard but never completed for sea service.
October 21 – Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. Senator from Oregon from 1860 to 1861 (born 1811) October 26 – Edward "Ned" Kendall, bandleader and instrumentalist (keyed bugle) (born 1808) November 28 – Richard M. Young, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1837 to 1843 (born 1798)