Birthdays
Hamilton Fish
Turns 51 on this date
Graceanna Lewis
Turns 38 on this date
Francis Sutton Livingston
Turns 21 on this date
Benjamin Addison Massey
Turns 40 on this date
John Eugene Smith
Turns 43 on this date
Patrick Henry Taylor
Turns 21 on this date
Frederic Winthrop
Turns 20 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | Amid great ceremony, the cornerstone is laid for the National Monument at Plymouth Rock | 08/03/1859 |
| Education/Culture | Sixth annual international cricket match is played between the United States and Canada |
08/03/1859 to 08/04/1859 |
| Business/Industry | The American Dental Association meets in Niagara Falls |
08/02/1859 to 08/04/1859 |
| Science/Technology | The American Scientific Association meets in Springfield, Massachusetts | 08/03/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Bloody Riots in Baltimore,” August 3, 1859 | 08/03/1859 |