Birthdays
Henry Laurens Benbow
Turns 30 on this date
Zachariah Cantey Deas
Turns 40 on this date
William James Hiss
Turns 27 on this date
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss
Turns 44 on this date
John Pendleton Kennedy
Turns 64 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | All-England Cricket team wind up their United States tour with a victory in Rochester, New York | 10/25/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | John Brown appears before a Virginia court for the first time | 10/25/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Massive storms batter the western coast of the British Isles and cause hundreds of deaths |
10/25/1859 to 10/26/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Dissolution of the Union," October 25, 1859 | 10/25/1859 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “From Carlisle,” October 25, 1859 | 10/25/1859 |
| Newspaper | New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "The Harper's Ferry Affair," October 25, 1859 | 10/25/1859 |
| Newspaper | Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Madness of Brown,” October 25, 1859 | 10/25/1859 |