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Type	Date Span	Title
Foreign	Sun, March 18, 1860	Piedmont-Sardinia annexes Emilia as the unification of Italy increases pace
Personal	Sun, March 18, 1860	William H. Bissell becomes the first Illinois governor to die in office
US/the World	Sun, March 18, 1860	First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs Hawaii for San Francisco
Crime/Disasters	Sun, March 18, 1860	Large boiler explosion in Detroit, Michigan results remarkably in no serious injuries
Personal	Mon, March 19, 1860	William Jennings Bryan born in Marion County, Illinois
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, March 20, 1860	Lieutenant-Governor Wood sworn in as Governor of Illinois after the death of William Bissell
Science/Technology	Tue, March 20, 1860	First day of Spring
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, March 21, 1860	United States signs extradition treaty with Sweden and Norway
Foreign	Thu, March 22, 1860	Piedmont-Sardinia annexes Tuscany as the unification of Italy increases pace
Foreign	Fri, March 23, 1860	Spanish win crushing victory over Moroccan forces
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, March 23, 1860	The Muslim feast of Ramadan begins
Business/Industry	Sat, March 24, 1860	Clipper ship sails from New York to San Francisco in record time
US/the World	Sat, March 24, 1860	Pro-Western Japanese leader assassinated
US/the World	Sat, March 24, 1860	The treaty annexing Savoy and Nice is signed in Turin
Foreign	Sat, March 24, 1860	From Germany, the Grand Duke of Tuscany protests the annexation of his province
Foreign	Sun, March 25, 1860	Spanish force Moroccan authorities to accept an armistice and begin peace negotiations
Religion/Philosophy	Mon, March 26, 1860	Pope Pius IX decrees excommunication for "sinful insurrection" in the Papal States during 1859
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, March 26, 1860	First railroad track ever laid in Kansas put down
Science/Technology	Tue, March 27, 1860	The corkscrew receives its first United States patent
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, March 27, 1860	Constitutional Union Party begins its presidential campaign in Boston
Slavery/Abolition	Tue, March 27, 1860	Failed rescue in Philadelphia of a Virginia fugitive being returned to slavery
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, March 28, 1860	Kansas Democrats choose Stephen Douglas as their candidate for President
Crime/Disasters	Wed, March 28, 1860	Another New York City tenement fire kills two women and eight children
Slavery/Abolition	Thu, March 29, 1860 - Fri, March 30, 1860	Daniel Worth convicted of selling Helper's inflammatory anti-slavery book in North Carolina
US/the World	Thu, March 29, 1860	Queen Isabella of Spain approves the preliminary terms of a punitive treaty against Morocco
US/the World	Thu, March 29, 1860	First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States arrives in California
Personal	Fri, March 30, 1860	Last survivor of the 1778 Wyoming Massacre dies in Ohio
Crime/Disasters	Fri, March 30, 1860	Kentucky Military Institute partially destroyed by fire
US/the World	Sat, March 31, 1860 - Fri, April 6, 1860	The first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States hosted in San Francisco
Foreign	Sun, April 1, 1860	King Victor-Emmanuel of Piedmont-Sardinia explains the transfer of Nice and Savoy to France