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  • Italy
    Sunday May 6, 1860
    Unification of Italy

    Garibaldi landed near Marsala on the west coast of Sicily

    Italy
    Sunday May 6, 1860

    On 6 May 1860, Garibaldi and his cadre of about a thousand Italian volunteers, steamed from Quarto near Genoa, and, after a stop in Talamone on 11 May, landed near Marsala on the west coast of Sicily.




  • Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
    Thursday May 10, 1860
    Abraham Lincoln

    Illinois Republican State Convention

    Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
    Thursday May 10, 1860

    On May 9–10, 1860, the Illinois Republican State Convention was held in Decatur. Lincoln's followers organized a campaign team led by David Davis, Norman Judd, Leonard Swett, and Jesse DuBois, and Lincoln received his first endorsement.




  • Italy
    Monday May 14, 1860
    Unification of Italy

    Garibaldi proclaimed himself dictator of Sicily

    Italy
    Monday May 14, 1860

    On 14 May Garibaldi proclaimed himself dictator of Sicily, in the name of Victor Emmanuel. After waging various successful but hard-fought battles, Garibaldi advanced upon the Sicilian capital of Palermo, announcing his arrival by beacon-fires kindled at night.




  • Calatafimi-Segesta, Trapani, Italy
    Tuesday May 15, 1860
    Unification of Italy

    Battle of Calatafimi

    Calatafimi-Segesta, Trapani, Italy
    Tuesday May 15, 1860

    The Battle of Calatafimi was fought on the 15 May 1860 between Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers and the troops of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Calatafimi, Sicily, as part of the Expedition of the Thousand.




  • Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    Saturday May 19, 1860
    Abraham Lincoln

    Republican National Convention in Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    Saturday May 19, 1860

    On May 18, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Lincoln won the nomination on the third ballot, beating candidates such as Seward and Chase. A former Democrat, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, was nominated for vice president to balance the ticket. Lincoln's success depended on his campaign team, his reputation as a moderate on the slavery issue, and his strong support for internal improvements and the tariff.




  • Semarang, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Indonesia)
    Monday May 21, 1860
    Willem Einthoven

    Birth

    Semarang, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Indonesia)
    Monday May 21, 1860

    Willem Einthoven was born in Semarang on Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), the son of Louise Marie Mathilde Caroline (de Vogel) and Jacob Einthoven.




  • Palermo
    Sunday May 27, 1860
    Unification of Italy

    Garibaldi's force laid siege to the Porta Termini of Palermo

    Palermo
    Sunday May 27, 1860

    On 27 May the force laid siege to the Porta Termini of Palermo, while a mass uprising of street and barricade fighting broke out within the city.


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