Birthdays
Henry Bowen Anthony
Turns 45 on this date
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Turns 37 on this date
James Smith Colwell
Turns 47 on this date
John Egbert Farnum
Turns 36 on this date
Jeremiah Haralson
Turns 14 on this date
James Wilson Troxell
Turns 29 on this date
James Williams
Turns 35 on this date
Richard Wootton
Turns 25 on this date
Theodore George Wormley
Turns 34 on this date
Events
| Foreign | King Victor-Emmanuel of Piedmont-Sardinia explains the transfer of Nice and Savoy to France | 04/01/1860 |
| Religion/Philosophy | Palm Sunday | 04/01/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| US/the World | The first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States hosted in San Francisco |
03/31/1860 to 04/06/1860 |
| Cultural | The purportedly oldest man in the United States dies in California aged one hundred and twenty | 04/01/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Seward’s Opinion on the Mexican Business,” April 1, 1860 | 04/01/1860 |