Birthdays
John Brewer Brown
Turns 22 on this date
William McClanahan Busey
Turns 15 on this date
Howard Copeland
Turns 30 on this date
William Hamilton Getzendaner
Turns 24 on this date
Jacob V. Gotwalts
Turns 18 on this date
Zebulon Baird Vance
Turns 28 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | Eighth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City |
05/13/1858 to 05/14/1858 |
| 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 |
| US/the World | United States signs a commercial and friendship treaty with Bolivia in La Paz | 05/13/1858 |