Editing 1860 (section)

=== September ===
* [[September 3]]&ndash;[[September 5|5]] &ndash; The [[Karlsruhe Congress|First International Chemistry Congress]] is held in [[Karlsruhe]], [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]].
* [[September 7]]
** The {{PS|Lady Elgin}} is accidentally rammed and sunk in [[Lake Michigan]], drowning at least 300 people.
** [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]]'s forces capture [[Naples]].
* [[September 10]] &ndash; Piedmontese forces invade the [[Papal States]], hoping to link up with [[Garibaldi]] in Naples.
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Battle of Castelfidardo]]: The Piedmontese decisively defeat the Papal forces, allowing them to continue their march into Neapolitan territory, and effectively reducing the [[Papal States]] to the territory around Rome.
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Guayaquil]]: [[Ecuador]]ian forces, led by [[Juan José Flores]] and [[Gabriel García Moreno]], take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief [[Guillermo Franco (Ecuadorian general)|Guillermo Franco]], who is backed by [[Peru]]vian forces.