1860

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1830s  1840s  1850s  – 1860s –  1870s  1880s  1890s
Years:	1857 1858 1859 – 1860 – 1861 1862 1863

Events

• October 6 – The Introduction of the so-called Section 377 of the British Indian penal code (Law) was enacted on the 6th of October, in British India respectively.

Births

• January 29 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)
• May 29 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
• August 13 – Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
• December 7 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)