WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO MAY 1860
Find out what all happened March to May 1860

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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