Britain declared war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continued interfering in Italy and Switzerland.
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The US Congress passed Selective Service Act.
Northern Somalia declared its independence, becoming the unrecognized de facto Republic of Somaliland.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
