WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1860
Find out what all happened May to August 1860

The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established. (12. June 1860)

The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office. (23. June 1860)

Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim. (5. August 1860)

The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand. (3. August 1860)

Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification. (27. May 1860)

The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. (30. June 1860)

Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State. (18. May 1860)

The United States Congress establishes the Secret Service. (23. June 1860)

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. (5. May 1860)