Birthdays

Henry Whitney Bellows
Turns 45 on this date

Augustus Hill Garland
Turns 27 on this date

James Lawson Kemper
Turns 36 on this date

Robert Huston Milroy
Turns 43 on this date

Samuel Davis Sturgis
Turns 37 on this date

Eli Thayer
Turns 40 on this date

John Weller
Turns 29 on this date
Events
Foreign | In Italy, the pro-Austrian Duke of Modena flees and a provisional government is formed | 06/11/1859 |
Business/Industry | Large silver deposits are found in Six Mile Canyon near Virginia City in Nevada | 06/11/1859 |
Foreign | Prince Metternich dies in Vienna | 06/11/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Kansas Gold Mines,” June 11, 1859 | 06/11/1859 |