Events
| Religion/Philosophy | First Sunday in Lent | 02/26/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Unindentified white men murder scores of Wiyot Indians in northern California | 02/26/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Gold from Pike’s Peak,” February 26, 1860 | 02/26/1860 |