Birthdays

John Hall Allstadt
Turns 40 on this date

Absalom Arter
Turns 14 on this date

Arthur W. Bannister
Turns 14 on this date

Wilson Barrett
Turns 25 on this date

Julia D. Coulter Bates
Turns 52 on this date

Thomas Bayne
Turns 35 on this date

John Yates Beall
Turns 24 on this date

Philip Alexander Bell
Turns 51 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Engine-house in Worcester, Massachusetts demolished in a gas explosion | 01/01/1859 |
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
US/the World | Napoleon III hints at coming war with Austria | 01/01/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 35th Congress is in its ten day holiday recess until January 5, 1859 |
12/24/1858 to 01/04/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Starvation in New York,” January 1, 1859 | 01/01/1859 |