Birthdays
Henry Brooks Adams
Turns 21 on this date
James Patton Anderson
Turns 37 on this date
Joseph Reid Anderson
Turns 46 on this date
Lysander Cutler
Turns 52 on this date
Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac
Turns 27 on this date
Joseph Ketchum Edgerton
Turns 41 on this date
John Wesley Heisley
Turns 35 on this date
John Daniel Imboden
Turns 36 on this date
James Kerr Kelly
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Cultural | The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania opens | 02/16/1859 |
| 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, “Fight in the Indiana Senate,” February 16, 1859 | 02/16/1859 |