Birthdays

Henry Ward Beecher
Turns 46 on this date

John Archibald Campbell
Turns 48 on this date

David Ramsay Clendenin
Turns 29 on this date

Birkett Davenport Fry
Turns 37 on this date

John Joseph Hughes
Turns 62 on this date

Henry Rootes Jackson
Turns 39 on this date

William Radford
Turns 45 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Battlefield carnage inspires Henri Durant to found what will become the International Red Cross | 06/24/1859 |
Foreign | Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Napoleon III meet in battle at Solferino in Italy | 06/24/1859 |
Crime/Disasters | Weeks of dangerously high temperatures prevail in central California |
06/20/1859 to 07/01/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Ho! for Niagara,” June 24, 1859 | 06/24/1859 |