What Happened In May 1860 - Historical Events 1860 May

Historical Events for May, 1860

3rd » Charles XV of Sweden or Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
5th » 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.
18th » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party (United States) called Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
27th » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.

2nd » John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
2nd » Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1904)
3rd » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
7th » Tom Norman, English businessman (d. 1930)
9th » J. M. Barrie, Scottish author and playwright (d. 1937)
17th » Martin Kukučín, Slovak author and playwright (d. 1928)
20th » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
21st » Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
25th » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (d. 1944)
27th » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
29th » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1909)
31st » Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)

5th » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
12th » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester e.g Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
14th » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)