1860

Events 
 October 6 – The Introduction of the so-called Section 377 of the British Indian penal code (Law) was enacted on the 6th of October, in British India respectively.

 Births 
 January 29 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)
 May 29 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
 August 13 – Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
 December 7 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)