What Happened In December 1860 - Historical Events 1860 December

Historical Events for December, 1860

20th » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secession or secede from the United States.
26th » 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.
29th » The first British seagoing ironclad warship, HMS Warrior (1860) named HMS 'Warrior' is launched.

7th » Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
8th » Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1939)
13th » Lucien Guitry, French actor (d. 1925)
15th » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1904)
15th » Abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953)
18th » Edward MacDowell, American pianist and composer (d. 1908)
20th » Dan Leno, English actor (d. 1904)
25th » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (d. 1921)
31st » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (d. 1937)

14th » George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
17th » Désirée Clary, French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1777)