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Born :04/26/1860Alphonse M A J Ari‰ns, Dutch pastor
Born :02/18/1860Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)
Born :10/03/1860Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)
Born :08/13/1860Annie Oakley, Drake Ohio, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West)
Born :01/29/1860Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Russia, writer (Cherry Orchard)
Born :01/25/1860Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
Born :05/02/1860D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)
Born :02/24/1860Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types)
Born :09/03/1860Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement
Born :05/15/1860Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson
Born :10/12/1860Elmer A Sperry, inventor (gyrocompass)
Born :08/14/1860Ernest T Seton, naturalist/painter/author (Buffalo Wind-1938)
Born :08/15/1860Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)
Born :04/03/1860Frederik W van Eeden, psychiatrist
Born :09/13/1860Gen John J (Blackjack) Pershing, US commander in WW I
Born :08/25/1860George Fawcett, US actor (Intolerance)
Born :09/07/1860Grandma (Anna Maria) Moses, NY, primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket)
Born :08/22/1860Gustaf Fr”ding, poet
Born :07/07/1860Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan)
Born :06/25/1860Gustave Charpentier, French composer (opera Louise)
Born :12/23/1860Harriet Monroe, Chicago, poet/editor of Poetry magazine (You & I)
Born :12/21/1860Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)
Born :02/29/1860Herman Hollerith, inventor (1st electric tabulating machine)
Born :03/13/1860Hugo Wolf, Windisch-Gr„z Austria, composer
Born :11/06/1860Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kuryl˘wka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot
Born :05/29/1860Isaac [Manuel F] Alb‚niz, Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia)
Born :02/05/1860Jackson Showalter, 1st US chess champion (1888-92, 1895-97, 1906-0?)
Born :04/13/1860James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)
Born :05/09/1860James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan)
Born :09/06/1860Jane Addams, US, pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931)
Born :07/16/1860Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist
Born :02/06/1860Johan, [Eliza J] de Meester, journalist/writer (Geertje)
Born :07/20/1860Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation i.d. Wste)
Born :07/11/1860Johannis J van Lar, chemist (thermodynamics)
Born :09/13/1860John J Persing, US General (WW I)
Born :08/19/1860John Kane, Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait)
Born :08/05/1860Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man"
Born :08/16/1860Jules Laforgue, Uruguay, French poet (Les Complaintas)
Born :10/31/1860Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scout founder
Born :11/23/1860Karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921)
Born :07/19/1860Lizzie Borden, murderer, gave her mother forty whacks
Born :04/29/1860Lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk)
Born :12/13/1860Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theatre director (l'od‚on)
Born :10/05/1860Lucien Laberthonnire, French philosopher
Born :12/15/1860Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)
Born :05/04/1860Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)
Born :10/06/1860Oscar L Helfrich, governor (Cura‡ao)
Born :08/22/1860Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk)
Born :07/26/1860Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama)
Born :08/20/1860Raymond Poincar‚, France, president/PM (1912)
Born :10/06/1860Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, foreign minister (1908-13)
Born :09/24/1860Samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist
Born :10/04/1860Sidney Paget, British illustrator (Sherlock Holmes)
Born :03/01/1860Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader
Born :05/02/1860Theodor Herzl, Austria journalist (founded zionism)
Born :03/11/1860Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)
Born :05/19/1860Victor E Orlando, Ital's premier (1917-19)
Born :04/07/1860W K Kellogg, a real corn flake
Born :05/31/1860Walter Richard Sickert, Danish/English painter (The Miner)
Born :05/21/1860Willam Einthoven, inventor (electrocardiograph)
Born :09/07/1860Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican
Born :01/02/1860William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)
Born :03/19/1860William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman
Born :06/06/1860William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral




Died :05/23/1860Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies
Died :04/16/1860Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies
Died :09/18/1860Casimiro de Abreu, Brazilians poet (Primaveras), dies
Died :04/18/1860Count Istv n Sz‚chenyi, statesman, commits suicide
Died :08/13/1860Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies
Died :11/28/1860Heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies
Died :02/20/1860Henry Drummond, English banker, dies
Died :10/12/1860Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73
Died :01/27/1860Jan˘ Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (parallel), dies at 57
Died :09/18/1860Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies
Died :10/02/1860Louis Hersent, painter, dies
Died :01/12/1860Martinus J Niewindt, Cura‡ao bishop (christened slaves), dies
Died :01/05/1860St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
Interest:06/23/1860[RC] Commemoration of St Joseph Cafassio, Italian priest
Interest:01/05/1860[RC] Memorial of St John Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia




Special :05/16/1860-18) Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate
Special :10/15/186011-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard
Special :09/20/18601st British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
Special :08/30/18601st British tram opens (Birkenhead)
Special :04/02/18601st Italian Parliament met at Turin
Special :03/09/18601st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington
Special :11/11/18601st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
Special :04/14/18601st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo
Special :06/15/18601st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
Special :10/13/18601st aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston
Special :10/17/18601st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)
Special :02/01/18601st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC
Special :07/19/18601st railroad reaches Kansas
Special :11/06/1860Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill-Rep) elected 16th pres
Special :05/18/1860Abraham Lincoln nominated for president
Special :08/03/1860American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
Special :01/29/1860American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
Special :12/17/1860Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County
Special :03/24/1860Asteroid 58, Concordia, discovered
Special :03/23/1860Asteroid 58, Concordia, discovered (Named for goddess of peace)
Special :01/28/1860Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
Special :10/12/1860British & French troops capture Peking
Special :03/24/1860Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY
Special :06/03/1860Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes
Special :03/12/1860Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists
Special :06/23/1860Congress establishes Government Printing Office
Special :04/23/1860Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery
Special :09/07/1860Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
Special :09/09/1860H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #61 Danae
Special :09/12/1860J Chacornac discovers asteroid #59 Elpis
Special :09/14/1860J Ferguson discovers asteroid #60 Echo
Special :03/17/1860Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]
Special :09/08/1860Loss of steamer, "Lady Elgin"
Special :03/27/1860M.L. Byrn patents the corkscrew (NY)
Special :12/26/1860Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)
Special :08/11/1860Nation's 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
Special :04/30/1860Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby)
Special :09/14/1860O Lesser & W Forster discovers asteroid #62 Erato
Special :02/22/1860Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time
Special :04/03/1860Pony Express began between St Joseph Mo & Sacramento Calif
Special :08/08/1860Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC
Special :03/24/1860R Luther discovers asteroid #58 Concordia
Special :12/20/1860SC votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Seccession, 1st state to secede
Special :05/06/1860SF Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club founded
Special :02/22/1860Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
Special :10/08/1860Telegraph line between LA & SF opens
Special :07/09/1860Temperature hits 115ĝ F in Ft Scott & 112ĝ F in Topeka Kansas
Special :02/03/1860Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture
Special :04/27/1860Thomas J Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry
Special :06/23/1860US Secret Service created
Special :03/21/1860US extradition treaty with Sweden

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