Birthdays
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Turns 42 on this date
William Leonard Helfenstein
Turns 54 on this date
Henry Washington Hilliard
Turns 51 on this date
George Proctor Kane
Turns 42 on this date
Abraham J. Labagh
Turns 54 on this date
William H. Mathews
Turns 10 on this date
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
Turns 36 on this date
Robert Purvis
Turns 49 on this date
Charles Roome
Turns 47 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Major Lewis Armistead and his men defeat a party of hostile Indians in the Mojave region of California | 08/04/1859 |
| 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 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Rights of Women in Kansas,” August 4, 1859 | 08/04/1859 |