What Happened In September 1860 - Historical Events 1860 September

Historical Events for September, 1860

7th » Italian re-unification: Garibaldi enters Naples.
8th » The steamship 'PS Lady Elgin e.g Lady Elgin' sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
20th » The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.
21st » In the Second Opium War, an United Kingdom or Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

6th » Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
7th » Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
10th » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
11th » James Allan (rugby union) e.g James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1934)
13th » John J. Pershing, American general (d. 1948)
14th » Hamlin Garland, American author and poet (d. 1940)
15th » Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician, List of Diwans of Mysore named Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962)
17th » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (d. 1934)
18th » Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)
21st » Wilson Kettle, Canadian centenarian (d. 1963)
28th » Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (d. 1934)