1860s

The 1860s was the decade that began on January 1, 1860 and ended on December 31, 1869. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''187st decade''' which began on January 1, 1861 and ended on December 31, 1870.

 The most important events 
 The Civil War in the United States

 Sports 
College football is first played in 1869.

 World leaders 
 Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
 Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada)
 Emperor Napoleon III (Second French Empire)
 King William I, German Emperor (Germany)
 King Victor Emmanuel II (Italy)
 Pope Pius IX
 Emperor Alexander II (Russia)
 Queen Isabella II (Spain)
 Queen Victoria (United Kingdom)
 Prime Minister Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (United Kingdom)
 Prime Minister Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (United Kingdom)
 Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (United Kingdom)
 President James Buchanan (United States)
 President Abraham Lincoln (United States)
 President Andrew Johnson (United States)
 President Jefferson Davis (Confederate States of America)
 President Ulysses S. Grant (United States)
 Nasser-al-Din Shah of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
 Emperor Kōmei (Japan)
 Emperor Meiji (Japan)
 Emperor Xianfeng (China)
 Emperor Tongzhi (China)