What Happened In March 1860 In History

Historical Events for March, 1860

• 5th » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
• 17th » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki Region named Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand land wars.
• 24th » Sakuradamon incident (1860) e.g Sakuradamon incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
• 28th » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1860

• 2nd » Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
• 3rd » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
• 12th » Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)
• 13th » Hugo Wolf, Slovene-Austrian composer (d. 1903)
• 15th » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian bacteriologist (d. 1930)
• 19th » William Jennings Bryan, American politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
• 27th » Frank Frost Abbott, American scholar (d. 1924)

Famous Deaths for March 1860

• 6th » Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
• 14th » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (b. 1802)
• 25th » James Braid (surgeon) called James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)

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