Birthdays
Barnard Elliot Bee Jr.
Turns 35 on this date
Austin Blair
Turns 41 on this date
John Hepburn Campbell
Turns 39 on this date
Richard Stoddert Ewell
Turns 42 on this date
Amos Preston Gilbert
Turns 18 on this date
John King Jackson
Turns 31 on this date
Adam Rankin Johnson
Turns 25 on this date
Martin Kalbfleisch
Turns 55 on this date
John Alexander Logan
Turns 33 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 35th U.S. Congress is sitting between early January and early March, 1859 |
01/05/1859 to 03/02/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | William and Mary College loses its main building to fire | 02/08/1859 |