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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1860 MDCCCLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2613 |
| Armenian calendar | 1309 ԹՎ ՌՅԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6610 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 16–17 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1781–1782 |
| Bengali calendar | 1267 |
| Berber calendar | 2810 |
| British Regnal year | 23 Vict. 1 – 24 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2404 |
| Burmese calendar | 1222 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7368–7369 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4556 or 4496 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4557 or 4497 |
| Coptic calendar | 1576–1577 |
| Discordian calendar | 3026 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1852–1853 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5620–5621 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1916–1917 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1781–1782 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4960–4961 |
| Holocene calendar | 11860 |
| Igbo calendar | 860–861 |
| Iranian calendar | 1238–1239 |
| Islamic calendar | 1276–1277 |
| Japanese calendar | Ansei 7 / Man'en 1 (万延元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1788–1789 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4193 |
| Minguo calendar | 52 before ROC 民前52年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 392 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2402–2403 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1986 or 1605 or 833 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1987 or 1606 or 834 |
1860 (MDCCCLX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1860th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 860th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1860, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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)