Birthdays
Chapman Vinson Brooks
Turns 37 on this date
George Walker Crawford
Turns 61 on this date
William Lambert Gooding
Turns 8 on this date
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
Turns 38 on this date
Paul Octave Hébert
Turns 41 on this date
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Turns 36 on this date
David James Holmes
Turns 29 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | Governor Wise of Virginia meets with southern medical students returned from Philadelphia | 12/22/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, "Southern Students in New York," December 22, 1859 | 12/22/1859 |