Birthdays

Peter Vivian Daniel
Turns 75 on this date

James Edward Harrison
Turns 44 on this date

Charles Ferguson Smith
Turns 52 on this date
Events
Foreign | French troops are starting to depart Paris for Italy to confront the Austrians |
04/23/1859 to 04/25/1859 |
Crime/Disasters | Steamboat disaster on the Mississippi River with scores dead | 04/24/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The trial of Daniel Sickles for the murder of Philip Barton Key continues in Washington D.C. | 04/24/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston continues in the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio |
04/19/1859 to 05/09/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Winnebago Delegation,” April 24, 1859 | 04/24/1859 |