Birthdays
George Lloyd Magruder
Turns 11 on this date
Joseph Benjamin Palmer
Turns 34 on this date
Mary Smith Kelsey Peake
Turns 36 on this date
Luke Potter Poland
Turns 44 on this date
John Radcliffe Smead
Turns 29 on this date
George Eliphaz Spencer
Turns 23 on this date
Gottfried Weitzel
Turns 24 on this date
Robert Wilson
Turns 56 on this date
George Helm Yeaman
Turns 30 on this date
Events
| Religion/Philosophy | All Saints Day | 11/01/1859 |
| Legal/Political | At the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, Wendell Phillips praises John Brown in a speech | 11/01/1859 |
| Personal | Francis Hall arrives in Yokohama, Japan | 11/01/1859 |
| Science/Technology | New Cape Lookout Lighthouse lit for the first time on North Carolina coast | 11/01/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Train derailment in Wisconsin kills ten people and injures many more | 11/01/1859 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to William E. Frazer, November 1, 1859 | 11/01/1859 |
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Harpers Ferry Insurgent at Carlisle," November 1, 1859 | 11/01/1859 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, "Runaway Slaves in Canada," November 1, 1859 | 11/01/1859 |