Birthdays

Alfred Armstrong
Turns 58 on this date

Henry Coalter Cabell
Turns 39 on this date
Conrad Wise Chapman
Turns 17 on this date

Winfield Scott Hancock
Turns 35 on this date

Martin Christian Herman
Turns 18 on this date

Alfred Iverson Jr.
Turns 20 on this date

Francis Celeste Le Blond
Turns 38 on this date

James Green Martin
Turns 40 on this date
Events
Science/Technology | George Washington Ferris, inventor of the Ferris Wheel, born in Galesburg, Illinois | 02/14/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Oregon admitted to the Union as the 33rd state | 02/14/1859 |
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 | New York Times, “Admission of Oregon,” February 14, 1859 | 02/14/1859 |