Historical Events In 1860
Monday, 16 February 2026
Jan 01 Slavery ends of in Neth Indies. 


Jan 01 Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies 


Jan 02 William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds) 


Jan 05 St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies 


Jan 07 Emanuil Mandlov, composer 


Jan 08 Nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa 


Jan 11 Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author (Journal) 


Jan 12 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63. 


Jan 20 Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes. 


Jan 25 Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33) 


Jan 28 Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua 


Jan 29 American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX 


Jan 29 Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard). 


Jan 30 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44 


Feb 01 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC. 


Feb 03 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture 


Feb 03 Thomas Clemson takes office as inaugural US superintendent of agriculture. 


Feb 06 Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje). 


Feb 09 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63 


Feb 10 John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres. 


Feb 11 Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus) 


Feb 13 King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes. 


Feb 16 Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse government steps down 


Feb 16 Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse govt steps down. 


Feb 18 Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa). 


Feb 20 Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69. 


Feb 22 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for the inaugural time 


Feb 22 Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time. 


Feb 22 Shoe-making workers of Lynn MS, strike successfully for higher wages 


Feb 24 Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types) 


Feb 25 Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter. 


Feb 27 Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency. 


Feb 29 Herman Hollerith, inventor (1st electric tabulating machine) 


Mar 01 Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader. 


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