Birthdays
Blanche Kelso Bruce
Turns 18 on this date
Robert Christie Buchanan
Turns 48 on this date
Lewis Garrard Clarke
Turns 44 on this date
David Radnor Coover
Turns 27 on this date
James Fleming Fagan
Turns 31 on this date
Hiram Bronson Granbury
Turns 28 on this date
William Dean Howells
Turns 22 on this date
John Moore Leonard
Turns 26 on this date
Albin Francisco Schoepf
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Five newspaper offices burn in Memphis, Tennessee fire | 03/01/1859 |
| 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, “Terrible Steamboat Disaster,” March 1, 1859 | 03/01/1859 |