Birthdays

Daniel Weisiger Adams
Turns 38 on this date

John W. Campbell
Turns 60 on this date

Nathan Fellows Dixon II
Turns 47 on this date

Augustus van Horne Ellis
Turns 32 on this date

William George Ferguson
Turns 27 on this date

George Franklin Fort
Turns 50 on this date

Thomas Harrison
Turns 36 on this date

William Young Conn Humes
Turns 29 on this date

John Bankhead Magruder
Turns 52 on this date
Events
Foreign | Five Austrian army corps have crossed into Piedmont and occupy large areas north of the Po River | 05/01/1859 |
Religion/Philosophy | Prayers of thanksgiving made in all British churches for the success in putting down the Indian Mutiny | 05/01/1859 |
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, “A Foreigner View of Black Republicanism,” May 1, 1859 | 05/01/1859 |