Birthdays
Richard Lee Turberville Beale
Turns 40 on this date
Jeremiah Tilford Boyle
Turns 41 on this date
Sydney Howard Gay
Turns 45 on this date
Milton Slocum Latham
Turns 32 on this date
Arthur Tappan
Turns 73 on this date
Events
| Cultural | Arthur Conan Doyle is born in Edinburgh | 05/22/1859 |
| Foreign | King "Bomba" dies in his palace in Caserta in Italy, aged forty-nine | 05/22/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Does Mr. Crittenden Back Out?,” May 22, 1859 | 05/22/1859 |