1860

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1860 was 11 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 41st year of Alabama statehood.

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Buzzard Roost Bridge, c. 1960s

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In 1860, the Taiping Rebellion continued. The Pony Express went into operation. The Oxford evolution debate took place. The Second Opium War ended in China. The first Open Championship, a.k.a. the British Open, took place. The Expedition of the Thousand led to the dissolution of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, an important step in reunifying Italy. Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Charles Dickens published the first installment of Great Expectations. South Carolina seceded from the U.S.

Notable births in 1860 included writer Anton Chekhov, politician William Jennings Bryan, composer Gustav Mahler, murder suspect Lizzie Borden, show performer Annie Oakley, painter Grandma Moses, and General John J. Pershing. Notable deaths included reformer Theodore Parker, architect Charles Barry, inventor Charles Goodyear, and philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.

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