Today in History for February 1860
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Months in 1860: January March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 8 of 8
1st - 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC
3rd - Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture
10th - John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres
13th - King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes
16th - Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse govt resigns
22nd - Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time
22nd - Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
27th - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 11 of 11
2nd - Curtis Guild, Jr., 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
6th - Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)
11th - Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus)
14th - Eugen Schiffer, German politician (d. 1954)
18th - Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)
21st - Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist (d. 1927)
21st - Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor (d. 1952)
24th - Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types)
25th - Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter
25th - William James Ashley, English economic-historian
29th - Herman Hollerith, inventor (1st electric tabulating machine)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
9th - Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63
20th - Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69
25th - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)
