WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1860
Find out what all happened May to December 1860

The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States. (20. September 1860)

The first ever inter-club association football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. (26. December 1860)

Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens. (8. October 1860)

Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside. (30. September 1860)

The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee. (10. October 1860)

In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao. (21. September 1860)

The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty. (18. October 1860)

The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. (8. September 1860)

The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established. (12. June 1860)

Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification. (27. May 1860)

Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State. (18. May 1860)

First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open). (17. October 1860)

The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. (30. June 1860)

South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States. (20. December 1860)

Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. (26. October 1860)

The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand. (3. August 1860)

Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy. (5. May 1860)

The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office. (23. June 1860)

The United States Congress establishes the Secret Service. (23. June 1860)

The first British seagoing ironclad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. (29. December 1860)