Birthdays
William Edgeworth Bird
Turns 34 on this date

James Gillpatrick Blunt
Turns 33 on this date

David Evans Bruner
Turns 40 on this date

Wiliam Irvine Holmes
Turns 49 on this date

David Hunter
Turns 57 on this date

John Lyon
Turns 38 on this date

Benjamin Patton
Turns 49 on this date

Charles Lewis Reason
Turns 41 on this date

Charles Robinson
Turns 41 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Nevada delegates meet to frame a constitution for their unorganized territory |
07/18/1859 to 07/27/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas |
07/06/1859 to 07/28/1859 |
Cultural | William Wordsworth's private library of three thousand volumes sold at auction in England |
07/21/1859 to 07/22/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Game of Base Ball,” July 21, 1859 | 07/21/1859 |