Northern Somalia declared its independence, becoming the unrecognized de facto Republic of Somaliland.
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The Worms massacre began.
John Bellingham was sentenced to death for assassinating Spencer Perceval, the British Prime Minister.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
The Crusaders lost control of the city of Acre, the Kingdom of Jerusalem's last bastion, after a fourteen-day siege.
