Birthdays
George Boardman Boomer
Turns 28 on this date
Henry Cousins Chambers
Turns 37 on this date
Joseph Augustine Scranton
Turns 22 on this date
Julian Monson Sturtevant
Turns 55 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | American playwright Charles Hale Hoyt is born in Concord, New Hampshire | 07/26/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Benjamin Butler booed off the stage at Democratic meeting in Lowell, Massachusetts | 07/26/1860 |
| US/the World | British and Force warships anchor at the port of Beitang in preparation for the latest landing in China | 07/26/1860 |
| Education/Culture | In San Francisco, Emperor Norton I dissolves the United States republic and declares an absolute monarchy | 07/26/1860 |
| Education/Culture | Survey finds only nine of Harvard's 107 man class of 1860 are Democrats while seventy-five are Republicans | 07/26/1860 |
| Slavery/Abolition | The Republic of Liberia celebrates the thirteenth anniversary of its independence | 07/26/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, “Bell for a Slave Code,” July 26, 1860 | 07/26/1860 |