WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1860
Find out what all happened February to April 1860

The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—later renamed Community of Christ—is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois (6. April 1860)

Sakuradamon incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke. (24. March 1860)

Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency. (27. February 1860)

First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins. (28. March 1860)

The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins. (3. April 1860)

Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. (5. March 1860)

The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California. (14. April 1860)

The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand land wars. (17. March 1860)

On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice. (9. April 1860)