What Happened In February 1860 - Historical Events 1860 February

Historical Events for February, 1860

27th » Abraham Lincoln makes a Cooper Union Address speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York City New York that is largely responsible for his election to the President of the United States Presidency.

2nd » Curtis Guild, Jr., American politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
11th » Rachilde, French author (d. 1953)
13th » Nienke van Hichtum, Dutch author (d. 1939)
14th » Eugen Schiffer, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 1954)
17th » Tom Seeberg, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1938)
20th » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (d. 1921)
21st » Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist (d. 1927)
21st » Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor (d. 1952)
25th » William Ashley (economic historian) e.g William Ashley, English historian (d. 1927)
28th » Basil Spalding de Garmendia, American tennis player (d. 1932)
29th » Herman Hollerith, American statistician (d. 1929)

25th » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, lexicographer, and educator (b. 1790)