Birthdays
Clement Edwin Babb
Turns 37 on this date
Stephen Gano Burbridge
Turns 27 on this date
William Hamilton Griffith
Turns 22 on this date
John Porter McCown
Turns 43 on this date
James Carroll Robinson
Turns 35 on this date
Events
| Foreign | Japan signs a commercial treaty with Russia | 08/19/1858 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| US/the World | Nicaragua adopts a new constitution | 08/19/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, "Hot Work in Illinois," August 19, 1858 | 08/19/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |