Birthdays
Ann Leah Fox Underhill
Turns 46 on this date
George Baird Hodge
Turns 31 on this date
John Hitchcock Leard
Turns 33 on this date
Events
| Foreign | Tatya Tope, one of the last leaders of the Indian Rebellion, is captured in north central India | 04/08/1859 |
| Legal/Political | The federal trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Simeon Bushnell continues in Cleveland, Ohio |
04/06/1859 to 04/14/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The murder trial of Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York continues in Washington D.C. |
04/05/1859 to 04/09/1859 |