WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1860
Find out what all happened June to November 1860

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

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

In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao. (21. September 1860)

The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States. (20. September 1860)

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

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

The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee. (10. October 1860)

Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens. (8. October 1860)

Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. (26. October 1860)

The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. (8. September 1860)

First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open). (17. October 1860)

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

Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside. (30. September 1860)

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

The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty. (18. October 1860)