Birthdays
Joseph Benson Akers
Turns 29 on this date
George Thomas Anderson
Turns 34 on this date
Spencer Fullerton Baird
Turns 35 on this date
Aaron Harrison Cragin
Turns 37 on this date
Samuel Ryan Curtis
Turns 53 on this date
Nathan George Evans
Turns 34 on this date
Philander Chinn George
Turns 28 on this date
Horace Greeley
Turns 47 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 |
01/06/1858 to 06/13/1858 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | William Walker and his companions are indicted in New Orleans under the Neutrality Laws | 02/03/1858 |