Birthdays
Jonathan E. Bulkeley
Turns 34 on this date
William Crutchfield
Turns 33 on this date
Charles Smith Hamilton
Turns 35 on this date
Castner Hanway
Turns 36 on this date
John Brooks Henderson
Turns 31 on this date
Michael Kelly Lawler
Turns 43 on this date
Manton Marble
Turns 22 on this date
Francis Benjamin Sellers
Turns 16 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | At the siege of Lucknow, William Hall becomes the first black man to win the Victoria Cross | 11/16/1857 |
Documents
| Letter | Samuel Pattison to L. W. Thompson, November 16, 1857 | 11/16/1857 |