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Type	Date Span	Title
Foreign	Sat, December 31, 1859	Napoleon III urges Pope Pius IX to give up the revolting Papal States
Battles/Soldiers	Sun, January 1, 1860	Spanish defeat the Moroccans at the Battle of Catellijo
Education/Culture	Sun, January 1, 1860	First Czech language paper in the United States commences publication
Legal/Political	Mon, January 2, 1860	Governor Chase of Ohio responds to Virginia Governor Wise's accusations against his northern neighbors
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, January 2, 1860	The California Legislature assembles in Sacremento with a slight pro-slavery Democratic majority
Crime/Disasters	Mon, January 2, 1860	Fire destroys Female College in Hernando, Mississippi
Legal/Political	Tue, January 3, 1860	Large political meeting in favor of the Union held in Maysville, Kentucky
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, January 3, 1860	Republicans sweep Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's municipal elections
Slavery/Abolition	Tue, January 3, 1860	Nebraska legislature votes to abolish slavery in the territory
Crime/Disasters	Tue, January 3, 1860	Tenement fire in New York City kills six people
Crime/Disasters	Wed, January 4, 1860	Fire destroys half of the town of Hickman, county seat of Fulton County, Kentucky
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, January 4, 1860	Illinois Democrats choose their Charleston delegates and back Stephen Douglas as the nominee
Slavery/Abolition	Wed, January 4, 1860	Eight Ottawa, Illinois residents indicted under the Fugitive Slave Law for assisting a slave escape
Foreign	Thu, January 5, 1860	Argentine Confederation and breakaway province of Buenos Aires agree to a reunification
Foreign	Thu, January 5, 1860	Emperor Napoleon III initiates free trade reforms in France
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, January 5, 1860	Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia dies on the street of a stroke aged forty-eight
Crime/Disasters	Fri, January 6, 1860	Steamship from San Francisco to Oregon wrecked and thirty passengers and crew drown
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, January 6, 1860	Jews in Hungary gain full rights to testify in court
Cultural	Fri, January 6, 1860	John C. Heenan, "the Benicia Boy," departs for England to fight British champion Tom Sayers
Crime/Disasters	Sat, January 7, 1860 - Sun, January 8, 1860	Mediterranean gales play havoc with the Spanish fleet off the Moroccan coast
Personal	Sat, January 7, 1860	Revolutionary War soldier dies in Ohio, aged 101 years
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, January 8, 1860	Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia lies in state in his Cathedral
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, January 9, 1860	Kentucky Democratic Convention chooses James Guthrie as its candidate for president
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, January 9, 1860	Milton S. Latham sworn in for his five-day term as California governor
Slavery/Abolition	Mon, January 9, 1860	Territorial Governor Samuel W. Black vetoes the Nebraska bill to abolish slavery
Religion/Philosophy	Tue, January 10, 1860	Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia buried in St. Peter's Church in the city
Crime/Disasters	Tue, January 10, 1860	Pemberton Mill collapse and fire in Lawrence, Massachusetts kills score of workers
Slavery/Abolition	Tue, January 10, 1860	Cassius Clay speaks for more than three hours from the Capitol steps in Frankfort, Kentucky
Business/Industry	Wed, January 11, 1860	Commercial ice-boat begins operation in Wisconsin on the Upper Mississippi
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, January 11, 1860 - Sat, January 14, 1860	The Alabama Democratic Convention meets in Montgomery and formulates the "Alabama Platform"