The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
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Britain declared war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continued interfering in Italy and Switzerland.
Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
The Worms massacre began.
John Bellingham was sentenced to death for assassinating Spencer Perceval, the British Prime Minister.
