Birthdays
Lewis Golding Arnold
Turns 54 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Ball
Turns 32 on this date
John Cabell Breckinridge
Turns 50 on this date
Alexander Mosby Clayton
Turns 70 on this date
Abigail Kelley Foster
Turns 60 on this date
Lafayette McLaws
Turns 50 on this date
Hiester Henry Muhlenburg
Turns 59 on this date
Ozora Pierson Stearns
Turns 40 on this date
John Dodson Stiles
Turns 49 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | The "lame duck" third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC |
01/05/1871 to 03/02/1871 |