Birthdays
Samuel Lewis Casey
Turns 38 on this date
Alexander Gilmore Cattell
Turns 43 on this date
Peter Cooper
Turns 68 on this date
James Johnson
Turns 48 on this date
Abraham Lincoln
Turns 50 on this date
Robert Ransom Jr.
Turns 31 on this date
Charles Carroll Walcutt
Turns 21 on this date
Henry Lawson Wyatt
Turns 17 on this date
Events
| Science/Technology | Charles Darwin, busy in the preparation of his great work on the origin of species, celebrates his fiftieth birthday | 02/12/1859 |
| 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 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Marshall’s Posse,” February 12, 1859 | 02/12/1859 |