Birthdays

James Asheton Bayard Jr.
Turns 60 on this date

Thomas Forster
Turns 47 on this date

James Henry Hammond
Turns 52 on this date

Robert Mallory
Turns 44 on this date

Thurlow Weed
Turns 62 on this date

Pierce Manning Butler Young
Turns 23 on this date
Events
Science/Technology | Large and bright meteor is tracked across the east coast | 11/15/1859 |
Campaigns/Elections | Mozart Hall Democrats nominate Fernando Wood for mayor of New York City | 11/15/1859 |
Business/Industry | The Ohio River at Pittsburgh open to navigation for the winter | 11/15/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Insurrectionists in West Tennessee,” November 15, 1859 | 11/15/1859 |