Today in History for March 1860
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Months in 1860: January February April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 9 of 9
5th - Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
9th - 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington
12th - Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists
17th - Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]
21st - US extradition treaty with Sweden
24th - Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY
27th - M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew)
28th - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
29th - Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1st - Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader
2nd - Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
3rd - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
11th - Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)
12th - Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer
13th - Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (d. 1903)
19th - William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman
22nd - Alfred Ploetz, German physician (d. 1940)
27th - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (d. 1924)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
6th - Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
25th - James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)
28th - Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer, dies at 73
