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The 1860s (pronounced "eighteen-sixties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1860, and ended on December 31, 1869. The decade was noted for featuring numerous major societal shifts in the Americas .
February 26 – 1860 Wiyot Massacre: 80 to 250 Wiyot people are killed on Indian Island, near Eureka, California. February 27 – Abraham Lincoln gives his Cooper Union speech. March 6 – While campaigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike. March 9 – The first Japanese ambassadors to the United ...
The 1860s was the decade that began on January 1, 1860 and ended on December 31, 1869. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''187st decade''' which began on January 1, 1861 and ended on December 31, 1870.
Lawrence Allen "Larry" Wells (30 April 1860 – 11 May 1938), frequently spelled Laurence Allen Wells, was an Australian explorer.. Wells was born at Yallum Station near Penola, South Australia and grew up in the Mount Gambier, South Australia district, and after a short stint in a merchants office, joined the South Australian Survey Department in October 1878.
Category:1860s births. 19th-century births : 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s. People born in the 1860s, from the year 1860 to the year 1869. Related category: 1860s deaths . Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1860s births.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1860s. The category is for articles and events specifically related to the decade of the 1860s which begins in the year 1860 and ends in the year 1869 .
Births. January 29 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904) May 29 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909) August 13 – Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926) December 7 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947) Category: 1860.
